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US, NATO partners participate in Multilateral Medical Simulation Training

March 14, 2025
Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement participants unify medical practices at the Military Medical Simulation Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 26, 2025. Providing soldiers with advanced medical training can increase their survivability, ensuring that forces remain combat-effective despite potential threats in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
Tereza Ivanova, a Bulgarian nursing student, provides simulated cover fire while medics tend to a casualty at the Military Medical Simulation Center during Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 27, 2025. The simulation center provided a controlled yet realistic training environment, allowing soldiers to refine life-saving skills before facing real-world combat scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
Bulgarian Armed Forces personnel, students, physicians, nurses, and doctors represent their countries during Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement at the Military Medical Simulation Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 25, 2025. This training enhanced mission readiness in the European theater by ensuring military personnel can provide immediate and effective medical care in austere and high-threat environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
North Macedonian Army Capt. Viktorija Arsova, North Macedonian 2nd Infantry Battalion medical doctor, intubates a mannequin at the Military Medical Simulation Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 26, 2025. By equipping personnel with life-saving skills, the course strengthened unit resilience, minimizing combat fatalities and preserving force strength during operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement participants pose for a group photo at Military Medical Simulation Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 26, 2025. By utilizing state-of-the-art medical simulators, the center ensured personnel can practice complex trauma interventions under conditions that mirror battlefield stress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement instructors from the U.S. and Bulgaria explain how to wrap a foil blanket around wounded military personnel at the Military Medical Simulation Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 26, 2025. Bulgaria invited 10 countries from eastern Europe and Eurasia to the simulation center allowing soldiers to refine life-saving skills before facing real-world combat scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement participants gather in a discussion circle during Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement at the Military Medical Simulation Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 24, 2025. Bulgaria invited 10 countries from eastern Europe and Eurasia to the simulation center allowing soldiers to refine life-saving skills before facing real-world combat scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement participant performs standard casualty care procedures at the Military Medical Simulation Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 26, 2025. By integrating Tactical Combat Casualty Care principles, the engagement ensured units remain self-sufficient in medical emergencies, even in high-threat environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
Bulgarian Armed Forces medical personnel tend to a simulated wounded service member during the hands-on training of the Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement at the Military Medical Simulation Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 25, 2025. By reducing preventable combat deaths, this training maximized personnel availability for strategic objectives, strengthening deterrence and defense posture in the European theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
Bulgarian Armed Forces Senior Lieutenant Georgi Valentinov Semovski, assistant professor in the military toxicology section department of disaster medicine, briefs Bulgarian Multilateral Medical Simulation Training Engagement participants during a walkthrough at the Military Medical Simulation Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 24, 2025. The engagement ensured that every military member, regardless of role, became a force multiplier in casualty care, directly contributing to the readiness and resilience of forward-deployed forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dylan Myers)
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