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UK Medical Brigade Begins Training at NEMTI

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS141103-05
Release Date: 11/3/2014 10:33:00 AM

From Navy Medicine Operational Training Center Public Affairs

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (NNS) -- More than 100 service members from the United Kingdom's 2nd Medical Brigade are participating in an exercise that began Nov. 1 at Naval Expeditionary Medical Institute (NEMTI) at Camp Pendleton, California.

The United Kingdom medical professionals are taking part in Exercise Integrated Serpent, a combined effort with NEMTI, the premier U.S. Navy training facility for expeditionary medicine.

The two-week exercise is designed to foster teamwork among the participants and the U.S. Navy instructors, and to provide realistic training on setting up an expeditionary medical facility and understanding its functions.

Royal Army Medical Corps Lt. Col. Tony Calder, a chemical, biological, radiological (CBR) subject-matter expert participating in Integrated Serpent, said the training evolution will provide several unique opportunities for the visiting service members, many of whom have never been to the United States.

'What we want to achieve over the next week is to work with our American counterparts, to learn from each other,' he said. 'We also want to learn about casualty management, whether it be CBR or trauma patients.'

United Kingdom service members are also scheduled to participate in simulated field exercises and medical evacuations.

NEMTI, a training mainstay for U.S. Navy personnel deploying to contingency operations in areas throughout the world, is designed to mimic field conditions for students. Its ability to demonstrate the facility's capabilities to allies is something Navy Medicine Operational Training Center (NMOTC) Commanding Officer Capt. Paul D. Kane, MC, says will enhance a decades-old partnership and promote the already outstanding relationship Navy Medicine enjoys with its international partners.

'Training missions such as these are important for the continued cooperation Navy Medicine has with service members from the United Kingdom,' he said. 'Whatever uniform we wear, we are all in the business of saving lives, and I am honored that we are able to host our UK counterparts for training, which will prove invaluable in their future endeavors.'

The Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute reports to NMOTC. NMOTC, the recognized global leader in operational medical and aviation survival training, reports to Navy Medicine Education and Training Command (NMETC). NMETC manages Navy Medicine's formal enlisted and officer education and training programs, medical operational training for medical and medical support personnel deploying worldwide, and training that prepares aviators and flight crews to survive in land and water mishaps.

NEMTI, NMOTC and NMETC are part of the Navy Medicine team, a global health care network of Navy medical professionals around the world who provide high-quality health care to eligible beneficiaries. Navy Medicine personnel deploy with Sailors and Marines worldwide, providing critical mission support aboard ships, in the air, under the sea and on the battlefield.