24th MEU Sailors, Air Force medical personnel train together at Cold Bay, Alaska during Northern Edge 2021.
COLD BAY, ALASKA (May 6, 2021) – U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ezzer Brandes, with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, inserts an IV into U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Desmond Medina, a cyber control operator with 673rd Communications Squadron, during a medical training event at Cold Bay, Alaska in support of Northern Edge 2021. U.S. service members are participating in a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises designed to sharpen the joint forces’ skills; to practice tactics, techniques, and procedures; to improve command, control and communication relationships; and to develop cooperative plans and programs. Original public domain image from Flickr