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Medical personnel within the U.S. Armed Forces and United Arab Emirates Army Soldiers simulate dragging a casualty during a tactical combat obstacle course as part of the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX) on Fort Cavazos, Texas, June 3, 2024. JEMX2024 is a multinational training event for the U.S. Armed Forces and allied nations where all trainees receive professional classroom instruction along with practical training in realistic combat casualty care in order to increase unit and individual combat readiness and joint interoperability.(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nick LaRocco)
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Eugene Kang, center, an emergency room physician assigned to Nellis Air Force Base, demonstrates opening the airway of a critical care training mannequin during the field hospital portion of the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX) on Fort Cavazos, Texas, June 5, 2024. JEMX2024 is a multinational training event for the U.S. Armed Forces and allied nations where all trainees receive professional classroom instruction along with practical training in realistic combat casualty care in order to increase unit and individual combat readiness and joint interoperability. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony X. Sanchez)
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U.S. Armed Forces members from multiple branches and our partner nations receive a brief during a Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX) at Fort Cavazos, Texas on June 2, 2024. JEMX2024 is an international training event which provides emergency medical personnel both classroom and practical training in a realistic combat casualty care environment to improve combat readiness. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Josefina Garcia)
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A U.S. Navy Corpsman, left, practices drawing blood from a U.S. Army Soldier, right, as a part of a practical exercise during the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX) on Fort Cavazos, Texas, June 3, 2024. JEMX2024 is a multinational training event for the U.S. Armed Forces and allied nations where all trainees receive professional classroom instruction along with practical training in realistic combat casualty care in order to increase unit and individual combat readiness and joint interoperability. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony X. Sanchez)
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A U.S. Army Soldier, left, helps an United Arab Emirates Soldier, right, up and over a wall during a practical exercise during the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX) in the Medical Simulation Training Center on Fort Cavazos, Texas, June 3, 2024. JEMX2024 is a multinational training event for the U.S. Armed Forces and allied nations where all trainees receive professional classroom instruction along with practical training in realistic combat casualty care in order to increase unit and individual combat readiness and joint interoperability. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony X. Sanchez)
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Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center alongside medical partners conducts U.S. Military’s largest preeminent medical training exercise
Fort Cavazos, TX. – The Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, multi-national partners, sister services, and multiple units across the U.S. Army conducted the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise 2024 (JEMX 2024) from June 2-7, 2024.
JEMX 2024 included personnel from the United States Army, Navy, Airforce, Netherlands Royal Army and the United Arab Emirates Army to train medical personnel in realistic combat casualty care scenarios for both humans and canines. The exercise increased unit and individual combat readiness, allowed participants to share medical knowledge, and fostered familiarity in joint medical operations.
“JEMX gives us a fair look at the totality of healthcare on the battlefield” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jamie Culbreath, the Medical Readiness battalion commander at Fort Cavazos. “When we go into a large-scale combat operation or high intensity conflict, this is the best training exercise to provide that simulated environment for our medical professionals.”
JEMX 2024 allowed personnel to work together in diverse teams alongside multi-national partners and personnel from their sister services, while incorporating a wide variety of field training exercises.
The training incorporated many different medical conditions including helicopter evacuation, multi-level field hospital scenarios, tactical combat casualty care, military working dog first responder training, and much more.
Interoperability of different U.S. military branches and allied nations was a constant focus during JEMX2024.
“It's amazing to see groups of medics that are made up of different military branches and nationalities working together and they aren't going to get this kind of training anywhere else,” said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jennifer Simmonds, an Army combat medic and JEMX 2024 evacuation training NCOIC. “By the time they get to my part of training in JEMX, these different medical personnel look like they have been training together for years.”
One theme JEMX 2024 stressed, is the differences in which military medicine was conducted in counter-insurgency operations and how our current systems have adapted to large-scale combat operations.
In past conflicts military branches and nations worked independently; on the ever-changing battlefield medical personnel must work together. The aim of medical staff has shifted from quick transportation to medical personnel being trained to treat a casualty for hours or days before being transported to a hospital.
As medical needs evolve, so does medical training like JEMX 2024. Residents, physician assistants, nurses, and combat medics are all learning through this training exercise how they can improve their craft, and in turn bring lessons-learned to their home units.
“Everyone in the country should be aware of what we are doing,” added Culbreath. “This is about saving lives on the battlefield.”
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