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Video by Staff Sgt. James Jackson

Patriot Warrior 2016

3d Audiovisual Squadron

Aug. 11, 2016 | 2:09

U.S. airmen from the 94th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., perform inventory on an En Route Patient Staging System for exercise Patriot Warrior at Ft. McCoy, Wisc., alongside members of the Royal Air Force and U.S. airmen from other Air Force medical units, including the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from MacDill AFB, Fla., the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron at McChord Field, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., the 934th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Minneapolis-St. Paul Joint Air Reserve Station, Minn., and the 433rd Air Evacuation Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Patriot Warrior is a joint exercise designed to demonstrate contingency deployment training ranging from bare base buildup to full operational capabilities. More than 11,000 members from the U.S. service branches and their Reserve components, including Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines are participating alongside British, Canadian, and Saudi Arabian forces. This exercise evaluates the ability of Air Force Reserve units to deploy mobility airlift and agile combat support capabilities in support of joint theater operations.