This week, the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team transferred the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine mission to the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, but before the Thunderbirds handed over the reins to Task Force Orion, the two US units, along with their multinational partners, held a mass casualty exercise at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center, according to National Guard website.
UNIAN: Oklahoma, New York soldiers conduct medical drill in Ukraine
Capt. Michael Doyle, the 27th IBCT's physician assistant, says they want to make sure that Ukrainians, Americans, Canadians, Poles, Lithuanians — any coalition forces here — are safe, and that if something does happen downrange they can effectively communicate.