ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The 377th Medical Group from Kirtland Air Force Base joined forces with the New Mexico Veterans Affairs (NMVA) to take part in a large-scale military medical exercise on July 30, simulating the transfer of wounded troops from overseas to U.S. care facilities.
The event was part of Ultimate Caduceus 2025 (UC25), U.S. Transportation Command’s (USTRANSCOM) annual patient movement exercise, designed to test the Defense Department’s ability to coordinate with federal, local, and private partners in the event of a global medical evacuation.
The Albuquerque phase of the multistate exercise unfolded at the Albuquerque International Sunport, where an HC-130J cargo aircraft arrived carrying personnel role-playing as wounded troops from the Indo-Pacific region. Teams on the ground including federal, military, and civilian responders working together to receive, triage, and transport patients to predesignated local hospitals…