News US medical personnel participate in DEFENDER 23 with NATO Allies Photos by Airman 1st Class Edgar Grimaldo June 16, 2023 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel Moseley, 86th Critical Care Air Transport Team physician, and Polish air force 2nd Lt. Magdalena Gaswlowska-Baran, 8th Airlift Base physician, review patient care procedures during exercise DEFENDER 23 en-route to Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, June 6. A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter takes flight during exercise DEFENDER 23 at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, June 6. Exercise DEFENDER 23 demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s ability to aggregate U.S.-based combat power quickly in Eastern Europe, increase lethality of the NATO Alliance through long-distance fires, build unit readiness in a complex joint, multinational environment, and leverage host nation capabilities to increase U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s operational reach. U.S. and Polish military medical personnel observe senior medical personnel execute simulated medical scenarios en-route to Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, June 6. These medical scenarios serve the purpose of teaching the medical team how to quickly and effectively respond to medical emergencies in transit. U.S. And Polish military medical personnel simulate treatment to a mannequin during exercise DEFENDER 23, at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, June 6. U.S. and NATO military medical personnel observe a defibrillator during a simulated medical exercise en-route to Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, as part of DEFENDER 23, June 6. U.S. and Polish military personnel load medical supplies onto a Humvee as a part of exercise DEFENDER 23, at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, June 6. U.S. Air Force and Polish military medical personnel simulate treatment to a mannequin during exercise DEFENDER 23, at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, June 6. Exercise DEFENDER 23 includes more than 7,800 U.S. and 15,000 multi-national service members from 26 Allied and partner nations, including Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the U.S. U.S. Air Force Maj. Justin Stein, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron senior flight nurse evaluator, signals U.S. and Polish military medical personnel to safely board a C-130H at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, June 6. U.S. Air Force and Polish military medical personnel unload medical supplies as part of exercise DEFENDER 23, at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, June 6. U.S. and Polish military medical personnel load mannequins onto a medical transportation vehicle at Ramstein Air Base, as part of DEFENDER 23, June 6. A U.S. Air Force Airman, assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, stands at the foot of a C-130H as U.S. and Polish military medical personnel unpack medical supplies as part of exercise DEFENDER 23, at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, June 6. « Previous × Next » Share Tweet