 A mass casualty exercise was conducted at Shabeli Airfield, Djibouti on November 16th. Patients simulated serious injuries while the installation fire department and joint medical aid station worked together to administer aid, coordinate with the US Army's quick response force, and then transport the injured to Camp Lemonnier. So the goal of any exercise is to find deficiencies and evaluate and validate our standard operating procedures. We challenged our response teams today to look for any of these deficiencies and we tested their capabilities to utilize resources and communicate with our command and control centers. We need to be ready at a moment's notice to do more than what is being asked of us to do. And coming into a joint environment we have to have a one team one fight mentality and a whole government approach. Utilizing the Army's base defense operating center and quick response force played a huge role responding to crises in order to promote regional security stability and prosperity. We train and perfect our craft every single day so whenever that day comes when we need to perform we won't hesitate as long as we continue to lead innovate and execute. Reporting from Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, I'm technical sergeant Jason Bermontz.