Marines and Air Force Hold Joint Practice in Maryland

Marine Corps F-35 and Air Force F-22 pilots trained as a joint fighting force during recent exercises in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Joint Simulation Environment at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

“This milestone is a game-changer that ushers in a new era of interoperability for aviation’s combat community and served as a pivotal exercise getting NAWCAD ready to make this joint training standard for Navy and Air Force fighters starting this spring,” said NAWCAD Commander Rear Adm. John Dougherty IV.

Virtual Reality Medical Training Introduced in North Carolina

The Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina has introduced a new virtual reality training program for medical staff, a DVIDS story reports. The system, which tracks the staff member’s movements in a virtual simulation of a battlefield scenario, prepares them for using protocol in real life deployment situations.

“Participants in the training will practice their clinical decision-making skills that they are not able to exercise all of the time in their daily work environment,” said Nancy Harnois, certified healthcare simulation educator at Womack.

Navy photo by Terri Thomas