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In the dark of night, two soldiers used their medical skills and experience to treat four patients and a military working dog during an annual competition for Army medics. In the midst of triaging patients to evaluate who to treat first and who could wait for help, a drone flew overhead, taking out most of their casualties.
The combat scenario was simulated, but had plenty of stress.
“It kind of spoke to how real they’re trying to make the situation,” said Capt. Jesse Guerin told Task & Purpose.

U.S. Special Operations Command is gearing up for its first ever live, virtual and constructive exercise, which will help inform forthcoming changes to how it provides forces to combatant commands.
Sonic Spear, beginning in April with elements peppered into other exercises throughout the year, will be SOCOM’s first opportunity as a combatant command to host such an event as opposed to tabletop exercises.

A soldier on the Army’s “most-wanted list” for nine years was sentenced to 31 years in prison for crimes involving 19 victims, including children, officials said.
Staff Sgt. Ulises Moore-Ramirez, 48, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse, extortion, production and possession of child sexual abuse material and desertion, according to an Army release. His crimes were committed in 2013 and 2014 and involved minors across the U.S. Between 2013 and 2014, Moore-Ramirez posed as a teenager and convinced minors across the U.S. to send him explicit photos.