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Video by Maj. Michael Meyer

Global Medic - The Joint Accredited Exercise to Prepare the Ready Medical Force

Medical Readiness and Training Command

Aug. 29, 2019 | 5:16

Global Medic challenges and develops 21st Century medical units to deliver synchronized joint, multicomponent, and multinational world class expeditionary healthcare to meet combatant commander requirements in a complex and large scale operational environment. The Army Reserve Medical Readiness and Training Command (MRTC) enables the U.S. Armed Forces to maintain a ready status by providing annual campaign-quality joint accredited collective medical training exercises. Global Medic is the largest joint patient movement and medical field training exercise within the Dept. of Defense.

As Global Medic has evolved, partnerships with several other exercises have expanded to include a full range of sustainment operations, including but not limited to: medical health services, force health protection, logistics, maintenance, fueling, engineering, communications, firefighting, combat camera and public affairs operations. Global Medic allows participants to function in a broader range of simulated battlefield scenarios and is conducted twice a year at two joint certified U.S. Army Reserve training sites.

More than 2,700 personnel participate annually in Global Medic at Fort McCoy, Wisc. and Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. as rotational medical training units, real-world medical support, observer coach/trainers, and exercise control support staff. Participants include joint units from all components of the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force. Multinational partners have included units from Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Saudi Arabia.

(This government contracted video was captured during actual training exercises. )