Medical professionals from the U.S. Armed Forces, Royal Netherlands Army, and United Arab Emirates Army participated in the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX-25) from June 8-13, 2025. This comprehensive exercise combined didactic instruction with dynamic tactical care scenarios, immersing participants in highly realistic combat casualty care training. Key training events included Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) at the point of injury, Military Working Dog (MWD) care, and "walking blood bank" (Autologous Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion) procedures. Participants honed skills in prolonged field care in resource-limited settings, casualty evacuation (CASAVAC) and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) utilizing air platforms such as the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and ground platforms like the M1133 Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV), and practiced damage control resuscitation and surgery. Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX-25) critically enhances unit and individual combat medical readiness and improves joint and multinational interoperability, preparing forces to deliver life-saving care across all roles of medical support in complex and dynamic operational environments.
(U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Julio Hernandez; featuring Spc. Marissa Krahulec and Pfc. Kayla McGuire)
FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – The annual Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise is in full swing this week at Fort Cavazos. Running June 8-13 this year, the exercise brings together military medical professionals from various U.S. Armed Forces branches and allied nations for intensive, realistic combat medical training.
Participants are immersed in complex, high-pressure scenarios designed to enhance their battlefield medical capabilities within prolonged field care lanes.
JEMX unites personnel from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and allied forces including the Netherlands Royal Army and United Arab Emirates Army. These joint and combined teams are training to care for humans and military working dogs, and are focusing on readiness, knowledge sharing and interoperability.
“Our primary goal here is to demonstrate the critical differences between stateside hospital care and deployed medical environments,” said Lt. Daniel Brillhart, medical director for JEMX. “While medical professionals excel in hospitals, those skills don’t always directly translate to the battlefield. We aim to identify and address those crucial friction points.”
Some of this year’s training centers on simulating emergency situations within a Role 1 emergency detachment. The immersive environment ensures joint and allied medical personnel collaborate under pressure, navigating multiple concurrent emergencies through high-realism scenarios, employing actors and robotic mannequins.
Brillhart emphasized the necessity of training medics to provide prolonged care at the lowest level, close to the point of injury, especially when rapid evacuation isn’t an immediate option.
As JEMX2025 continues, its ongoing efforts underscore the vital importance of continuous training and international partnership in military medicine, according to who?.
High-quality b-roll footage and imagery from the exercise are now available for download. To access the content, and for ongoing updates, photos, and video highlights, visit the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service at JEMX2025 or https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/JEMX2025.
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