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Reserve Citizen Airmen set up the En-Route Patient Staging System tent during the Exercise Nexus Dawn at March Air Reserve Base, California, April 26, 2021. This mobile, or fixed system, provides 10 patient holding/staging beds, and can support a maximum throughput of 40 patients in a 24-hour period. Nexus Dawn is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of certain Air Force Reserve units to generate, employ and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Travis, Beale, March, and McConnell Air Force Bases and Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in the exercise, along with Air National Guardsmen from Fresno, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Erb)

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Capt. Michelangelo Dofredo, left, a clinical nurse, and Lt. Col. Alfie Ignacio, chief nurse, both assigned to the 452nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, triage and treat patients before transport during Exercise Nexus Dawn at March Air Reserve Base, California, April 28, 2021. Nexus Dawn is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of certain Air Force Reserve units to generate, employ and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Travis, Beale, March, and McConnell Air Force Bases and Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in the exercise, along with Air National Guardsmen from Fresno, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Erb)

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Master Sgt. Zeb Pettersborg of the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron assists with an aeromedical evacuation simulation as part of Exercise Nexus Dawn at March Air Reserve Base, California, on April 26, 2021. Nexus Dawn is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of certain Air Force Reserve units to generate, employ and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Travis, Beale, March, and McConnell Air Force Bases and Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in the exercise, along with Air National Guardsmen from Fresno, California. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sergeant Ryan Green)

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Reserve Citizen Airmen load simulated patients onto a bus for an aeromedical evacuation during Exercise Nexus Dawn at March Air Reserve Base, California, April 27, 2021. Nexus Dawn is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of certain Air Force Reserve units to generate, employ and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Travis, Beale, March, and McConnell Air Force Bases and Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in the exercise, along with Air National Guardsmen from Fresno, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ann Butler)

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Senior Airmen Sussy Crowler, a medical technician assigned to the 349th Medical Squadron, left, and Capt. April Telan, a flight nurse with the 446th Aeromedical Squadron, discuss patient care during Exercise Nexus Dawn at March Air Reserve Base, California, April 28, 2021. Nexus Dawn is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of certain Air Force Reserve units to generate, employ and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Travis, Beale, March, and McConnell Air Force Bases and Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in the exercise, along with Air National Guardsmen from Fresno, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ann Butler)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard Payne, a 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight commander, reviews exercise plans aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, in preparation for Exercise Nexus Dawn, April 25, 2021. Nexus Dawn is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of certain Air Force Reserve units to generate, employ and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Travis, Beale, March, and McConnell Air Force Bases and Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in the exercise, along with Air National Guardsmen from Fresno, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Cozad Staley)

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A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Joint Base Lewis-McChord lands at March Air Reserve Base, California, as part of Exercise Nexus Dawn, April 26, 2021. Nexus Dawn is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of certain Air Force Reserve units to generate, employ and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Travis, Beale, March, and McConnell Air Force Bases and Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in the exercise, along with Air National Guardsmen from Fresno, California. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sergeant Ryan Green)

Reservists, Guardsmen participate in Exercise Nexus Dawn

Published May 5, 2021
Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs