WEBVTT 00:04.470 --> 00:06.490 - [Kenny] The Army Reserve is focused on becoming 00:06.490 --> 00:10.303 more capable, combat ready and lethal than ever before. 00:10.780 --> 00:12.440 This is the Army Reserve's vision 00:12.440 --> 00:14.580 since Lieutenant General Charles Luckey 00:14.690 --> 00:15.890 became the Commanding General 00:15.890 --> 00:17.743 of the US Army Reserve Command. 00:18.170 --> 00:20.800 Cold Steel II, Bridge Combat Support 00:20.800 --> 00:24.885 Training Exercise 78-18-03, and Regional Medic, 00:24.885 --> 00:28.723 part of Bridge CSTX conducted at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, 00:28.840 --> 00:31.882 are a few of many exercises conducted in 2018 00:31.882 --> 00:34.183 that help accomplish this goal. 00:34.630 --> 00:36.830 Waves of patients are sent to the Medical Units 00:36.830 --> 00:39.630 from the from the Effects and Enablers Cell 00:39.980 --> 00:42.770 where mannequins and role players are first moulaged 00:42.860 --> 00:44.794 to reflect the realistic injuries 00:44.794 --> 00:47.013 the training audience must treat. 00:47.650 --> 00:50.245 Several of the units participating in Regional Medic 00:50.245 --> 00:52.600 will also have to prove their mobility 00:52.630 --> 00:55.210 by relocating or jumping to a new site 00:55.210 --> 00:57.110 where they can be closer to the front lines 00:57.110 --> 00:58.743 to support the war fighters. 00:59.140 --> 01:00.520 Regional Medic is designed 01:00.520 --> 01:02.470 to get Ready Force X Medical Units 01:02.470 --> 01:04.040 to a higher state of readiness 01:04.040 --> 01:06.060 so that if they're needed to deploy quickly, 01:06.060 --> 01:08.240 they are better prepared to do so. 01:08.240 --> 01:11.520 Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Stevens shared his thoughts 01:11.520 --> 01:14.520 about why getting together as a complete hospital staff 01:14.520 --> 01:16.720 in a field environment like Regional Medic 01:16.910 --> 01:19.223 is important to the success of his unit. 01:19.700 --> 01:21.328 - It's definitely elevated the significance 01:21.328 --> 01:23.310 and the priority of making sure 01:23.310 --> 01:26.160 that we get good training while we're here at Fort McCoy. 01:26.460 --> 01:29.082 This is literally our time to bring all of our soldiers 01:29.082 --> 01:32.150 from 22 different states all together in one place 01:32.150 --> 01:33.803 to actually set up the hospital, 01:33.999 --> 01:37.094 to be able to establish and start training as teams. 01:37.094 --> 01:39.628 - [Kenny] In order for this training to be effective, 01:39.628 --> 01:42.650 subject matter experts from the medical community, 01:42.650 --> 01:46.083 who know what right looks like, are needed as trainers. 01:46.550 --> 01:49.634 These individuals are called Observer Coach Trainers. 01:49.634 --> 01:52.763 Colonel Stevens shares their value to him. 01:52.836 --> 01:55.320 - [Bryan] It's always good to have an outsider, 01:55.320 --> 01:57.797 second set of eyes, to kind of look over the shoulder. 01:57.797 --> 02:01.124 We truly have a greatly skilled staff here, 02:01.124 --> 02:04.593 but to have an outside perspective is helpful as well. 02:04.882 --> 02:07.670 The OCTs are supposed to be familiar and current 02:07.670 --> 02:09.460 with the most recent doctrine 02:09.460 --> 02:11.620 and the hospital operations procedures, 02:11.620 --> 02:13.620 so to have them to be able to interject, 02:13.810 --> 02:15.810 and they kind of manage some of the simulations 02:15.810 --> 02:17.260 and the patient flow as well. 02:17.400 --> 02:19.319 - [Kenny] Caring for service members on the battlefield 02:19.319 --> 02:21.261 and getting them back into the fight 02:21.261 --> 02:23.863 is every medical professional's goal. 02:24.180 --> 02:26.230 Medical Readiness and Training Command 02:26.340 --> 02:28.823 has a wealth of realistic scenarios, 02:28.850 --> 02:31.620 mock injured patients and OCTs 02:31.620 --> 02:33.310 to challenge the Medical Units 02:33.310 --> 02:35.273 participating in Regional Medic. 02:35.445 --> 02:39.071 - One of the tasks for Regional Medic 02:39.071 --> 02:43.203 is for the caches to be stressed. 02:43.510 --> 02:46.740 We have supplied beyond their capacity 02:47.080 --> 02:49.900 to the point where the caches have had to make 02:49.900 --> 02:51.080 some really tough decisions 02:51.080 --> 02:54.333 and they have handled that to the best of their ability. 02:54.450 --> 02:56.513 So when we stress those areas, 02:56.692 --> 02:58.760 where we're seeing give, where we're seeing that, 02:58.760 --> 03:01.800 and without supplying a real stress environment 03:01.800 --> 03:03.400 we won't be able to assess that, 03:03.790 --> 03:05.810 and that's what this is all about 03:06.190 --> 03:08.340 and that's what we've been able to accomplish. 03:08.340 --> 03:10.450 - [Kenny] The Regional Medic Training Task Force 03:10.450 --> 03:13.083 included approximately 225 personnel 03:13.083 --> 03:17.812 from MRTC and Western Medical Area Readiness Support Group 03:17.812 --> 03:21.250 serving as Observer Coach Trainers and support staff 03:21.270 --> 03:22.570 for the training audience 03:22.570 --> 03:25.210 of approximately 2,100 medical personnel 03:25.210 --> 03:27.400 in 25 units assigned to both 03:27.400 --> 03:31.203 the 807th and 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support. 03:31.620 --> 03:35.023 Colonel Mark Worley, MRTCs Chief of Operations, 03:35.130 --> 03:37.210 explains the importance of the training 03:37.210 --> 03:38.873 provided at Regional Medic. 03:39.370 --> 03:41.626 - As far as building readiness in the Army Reserve units, 03:41.626 --> 03:43.590 it's the only training platform 03:43.590 --> 03:46.780 that exercises from a medical brigade 03:46.780 --> 03:50.000 down to the lowest level in all the downstream units 03:50.000 --> 03:52.810 and we also expand that opportunity 03:52.810 --> 03:55.620 as high up to the Operational Command Post 03:55.620 --> 03:58.620 where there's no other training platform that does that 03:58.640 --> 04:00.530 when you talk Regional Medic and Global Medic, 04:00.530 --> 04:02.543 so it is a premier training site. 04:03.250 --> 04:04.550 The Medical Readiness Training Command 04:04.550 --> 04:07.030 is an integral part of General Luckey's vision 04:07.180 --> 04:08.530 to provide the most capable 04:08.530 --> 04:11.583 combat ready lethal Reserve Force in history. 04:11.860 --> 04:13.670 We provide the medical units, 04:13.670 --> 04:15.540 the training they need to build readiness 04:15.540 --> 04:17.800 and continue to build combat power 04:18.000 --> 04:19.753 and get folks back into the fight. 04:20.710 --> 04:23.630 - [Kenny] The combined exercises within Bridge CSTX 04:23.630 --> 04:26.474 include more than 11,000 service members 04:26.474 --> 04:29.410 from nearly 200 units across the country 04:29.570 --> 04:32.073 conducted throughout the month of March. 04:32.157 --> 04:34.409 Reporting from Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, 04:34.409 --> 04:37.453 for Army Reserve Medical Command Public Affairs, 04:37.510 --> 04:39.583 I'm Sergeant 1st Class Kenny Scott.