May 28, 2021
MASCAL: Unity is strength
ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait —
Dilapidated ruins in what felt like the middle of nowhere, surrounded by sand, made for the perfect atmosphere for a mass casualty exercise. With heat well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the sun beating down their faces, people slowly filled the scene drenched in sweat and fake blood – passersby would have taken one look and assumed a zombie apocalypse was about to take place.
Exercise. Exercise. Exercise.
The emergency call was made, and the simulated victims came to life – screaming for help, crying in pain and waiting for first responders to arrive.
The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing alongside its coalition partners participated in a mass casualty exercise here, May 19. For this iteration, the wing had volunteers to act as simulated casualties with injuries from a staged bombed observation post.