449 Air Expeditionary Group provides support for mass casualty exercise Pale Serpent

Camp Lemonnier’s Expeditionary Medical Facility and 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight personnel prepare to load simulated casualties onto an ambulance as part of Pale Serpent, a mass casualty exercise, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sep. 27, 2025. The intent of the exercise was to enhance intraservice relationships and readiness among U.S. Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers in the Djibouti area of responsibility, ensuring emergency responders and medical personnel are ready to respond at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Ray J. Salvador)
A U.S. Soldier assigned to Task Force Bataan provides security as part of Pale Serpent, a mass casualty exercise, at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sep. 27, 2025. The intent of the exercise was to enhance intraservice relationships and readiness among U.S. Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers in the Djibouti area of responsibility, ensuring emergency responders and medical personnel are ready to respond at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Ray J. Salvador)
U.S. Army Task Force Bataan Soldiers set up security as part of Pale Serpent, a mass casualty exercise, at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sep. 27, 2025. The intent of the exercise was to enhance intraservice relationships and readiness among U.S. Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers in the Djibouti area of responsibility, ensuring emergency responders and medical personnel are ready to respond at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Ray J. Salvador)
A U.S. Soldier assigned to Task Force Bataan provides security as part of Pale Serpent, a mass casualty exercise, at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sep. 27, 2025. The intent of the exercise was to enhance intraservice relationships and readiness among U.S. Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers in the Djibouti area of responsibility, ensuring emergency responders and medical personnel are ready to respond at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Ray J. Salvador)
U.S. Army Task Force Bataan Soldiers recover casualties following a simulated attack as part of Pale Serpent, a mass casualty exercise, at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sep. 27, 2025. The intent of the exercise was to enhance intraservice relationships and readiness among U.S. Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers in the Djibouti area of responsibility, ensuring emergency responders and medical personnel are ready to respond at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Ray J. Salvador)
U.S. Army Specialist Ruben Arellano, right, Bravo Company 2162, 3rd Platoon Task Force Bataan medic, treats Staff Sgt. Sam Clemens, Task Force Bataan combat engineer, following a simulated attack as part of Pale Serpent, a mass casualty exercise, at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Sep. 27, 2025. The intent of the exercise was to enhance intraservice relationships and readiness among U.S. Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers in the Djibouti area of responsibility, ensuring emergency responders and medical personnel are ready to respond at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Ray J. Salvador)