U.S. Air Force medical Airmen on a critical care air transport team offload a simulated patient from an U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, Michigan National Guard, during a Medical Readiness University capstone exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, June 13, 2024. This large-scale, training event provided hands-on and real-world operational training at a reduced cost for more than 300 service members from across the Joint and Total Force, including more than 21 medical career specialties, that may not be acquired elsewhere. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lauren Rosenhoover, cardiopulmonary technician, 140th Wing, Colorado National Guard, trains alongside other critical care air transport team members in properly allocating resources in the event of an inflight patient emergency during a Medical Readiness University capstone exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, June 13, 2024. This large-scale training event provided Total Force Airmen with hands-on and real-world operational training at a reduced cost for more than 21 medical career specialties. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joshua Alley, right, respiratory care practitioner, 134th Air Refueling Wing, Tennessee National Guard, trains alongside other critical care air transport team members in properly allocating resources in the event of an inflight patient emergency during a Medical Readiness University capstone exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, June 13, 2024. This large-scale training event provided Total Force Airmen with hands-on and real-world operational training at a reduced cost for more than 21 medical career specialties. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)

U.S. Air Force medical Airmen with the Air National Guard transport a simulated casualty using a two-man carry during a Medical Readiness University capstone exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, June 13, 2024. This large-scale training event provided Total Force Airmen with hands-on and real-world operational training at a reduced cost for more than 21 medical career specialties. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)

U.S. Airmen load simulated patients onto a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, during a Medical Readiness University capstone exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, June 13, 2024. This large-scale training event provided Total Force Airmen with hands-on and real-world operational training at a reduced cost for more than 21 medical career specialties. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Alexandra Cunningham, center, flight nurse, 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, controls the flow of movement of simulated patients, personnel, and equipment on a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft during a Medical Readiness University capstone exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, June 13, 2024. This large-scale training event provided Total Force Airmen with hands-on and real-world operational training at a reduced cost for more than 21 medical career specialties. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)