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MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING COMPLEX, Indiana – Military policemen, from 272nd Military Police Company out of Fort Polk, La., and medics, from 690th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance) out of Fort Benning, Ga., evacuated role-players and mannequins from a trailer park at Mascatatuck Urban Training Complex, Ind., Aug. 2.
The units are participating in Vibrant Response 13, a major field training exercise conducted by U.S. Northern Command and led by U.S. Army North.
Military policemen assisted medics in providing aid and evacuating more than 100 ‘injured’ personnel from the incident site. The military policemen rushed to role-players who could not walk and placed them on litters to move them to causality collection points.
“Fold it in half and fold the corners into triangles,” said Sgt. Mark Podlisny, a medic with the 690th and a native of Franklin, Ga., to military policeman helping him turn a splint into an improvised neck brace. “Hold his head in line with his body as we roll him on to the litter.”
Podlisny, along with other medics, provided on-the-spot treatment and stabilized the “patients” for transport out of the incident site.
“If they can’t walk they’re put on litters and taken to (field litter ambulances) and transported to get treatment,” said Sgt. Andrew Smith, a military policeman with the 272nd. “The people that can walk, with minor injuries, are being evacuated on buses to areas where they can receive further aid,”
Military policemen using speaker systems instructed personnel in the area who they were and what they were doing. Those that could walk were told to move to an area to receive food and water then be transported to another area for rest and further aid. Those who could not walk were told to make themselves known by “sight, sound or signal” so they could be found.
“We are providing…as much aid as we can, giving them something to eat, something to drink and shelter,” said Spc. Mark Hoffman, a military policeman with the 272th and a native of Fort Myers, Fla. “Then we transport them to another shelter away from (the incident site) so they can receive further treatment, food and water.”
The training happening at Vibrant Response allowed the soldiers to train in a realistic manner and therefore hone skills that are not normally fully exercised.
“I see this as a deployed-like environment. A lot of these soldiers have not been deployed yet…and they’re learning something new,” said Hoffman. “The training in general is amazing. I’ve been at Fort Hood and I’ve been at Fort Polk now, and there has been no training like this. This is the most realistic before you hit real.”
| Date Taken: | 08.02.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 08.03.2012 08:35 |
| Story ID: | 92613 |
| Location: | IN, US |
| Hometown: | ATHENS, GA, US |
| Hometown: | ATLANTA, GA, US |
| Hometown: | FORT MYERS, FL, US |
| Hometown: | ROSWELL, GA, US |
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