Airmen learn combat first aid skills in Expeditionary Center pre-deployment course

Tech. Sgt. Victor Figueroa, independent duty medical technician and medical instructor for the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, teaches a first aid carry type with the help of Senior Airman Michael Watkins during a session of the Care Under Fire (combat first aid) class in the Combat Airman Skills Training Course 10-1A on Nov. 9, 2009, at the center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The class focuses on combat lifesaver skills. The CAST course trains Airmen for upcoming deployments. Airman Watkins is a student in the course from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Airmen learn combat first aid skills in Expeditionary Center pre-deployment course

Tech. Sgt. Matt Thompson, independent duty medical technician and medical instructor for the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, teaches a session of the Care Under Fire (combat first aid) class to students in the Combat Airman Skills Training Course 10-1A on Nov. 9, 2009, at the center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The class focuses on combat lifesaver skills. The CAST course trains Airmen for upcoming deployments. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Airmen learn combat first aid skills in Expeditionary Center pre-deployment course

Tech. Sgt. Matt Thompson (left), independent duty medical technician and medical instructor for the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, teaches a session of the Care Under Fire (combat first aid) class to students in the Combat Airman Skills Training Course 10-1A on Nov. 9, 2009, at the center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The class focuses on combat lifesaver skills. The CAST course trains Airmen for upcoming deployments. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Airmen learn combat first aid skills in Expeditionary Center pre-deployment course

Students in the Combat Airman Skills Training Course participate in a training session of the Care Under Fire (combat first aid) class on Nov. 9, 2009, at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The class, taught by the Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, focuses on combat lifesaver skills. The CAST course trains Airmen for upcoming deployments. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Airmen learn combat first aid skills in Expeditionary Center pre-deployment course

Photo essay: Airmen learn combat first aid skills in Expeditionary Center pre-deployment course

Published Nov. 9, 2009
By Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol
Air Mobility Command Public Affairs

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Students in the Combat Airman Skills Training Course participated in training session of the Care Under Fire (combat first aid) class at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

The class, taught by the Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, focuses on combat lifesaver skills. The CAST course trains Airmen for upcoming deployments.