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Ultimate caucus is a valuable exercise

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that demonstrates Transcom s ability to

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move patients from a theater of

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operations all the way through an air

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base like this joint base in mccord and

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integrate them into the hospital health

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care system , whether that be at

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Madigan , the V or somewhere else in

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health and human services and having

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the ability for a Metcom soldiers to be

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involved with . This exercise is

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excellent . It gives them a perspective

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on joint operations . It gives them a

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perspective on how the Air Force moves

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patients through from theater all the

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way to their eventual home station and

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certainly gives them a wide variety of

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experience with interagency partners

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and others that are involved in this

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complex issue that we have of moving

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patients from theater . The

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7243rd is augmenting as

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the pit team that stands for the

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patient insertion team . Our job is to

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load and load aircraft with patients

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and put them into ambulances wherever

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they need to go . Typically , our 8 s

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are more focused

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on what our specific MLSS are . So

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it would be medically focused on

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what our individual jobs are . This is

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a more broad spectrum . So it's

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teaching us how to work as a larger

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group and how to work in between other

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agencies and organizations .

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So ultimate caucus really helps bring

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the team together . They all speak

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different languages . I spent six years

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in the health care system in Durham ,

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North Carolina . They speak much

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differently than army , to air force ,

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to navy . And this exercise allows

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everyone to come together as a team so

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that we're playing from the same

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playbook , understanding the different

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languages between each of the service

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departments , civilian health care

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system . And it just really helps

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everything gel together . I just think

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that the opportunity for soldiers to

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experience this kind of training for

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air metcom to be involved in one of the

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400 soldiers that are here supporting

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this exercise is just invaluable and

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I'm so glad that we get to support this

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mission in this way .