Airmen to receive Tactical Combat Casualty Care course during BMT (preview)

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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The U.S. Air Force will fully integrate Tactical Combat Casualty Care into Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 2.  “The Air Force realized that this training was needed because of a number of things,” said Master Sgt. William Everett, 319th Training Squadron Instructor Supervisor of Training.

“Looking at 20 years’ worth of combat downrange and hearing from the physicians about surgeries that were going on, we realized how to save lives faster. And in today’s world of active shooters, every Airman needs to know how to act in any situation when duty calls.”



The course instructors received training at JBSA-Camp Bullis in early 2019 with the Defense Health Agency in order to implement the course properly.

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