Recently, the Eighth Army Chaplain and Surgeon Directorates and 65th Medical Brigade's Medical Simulation Training Center staff partnered to provide a first-time training of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), the Army's newest mandatory first aid training for Soldiers. The purpose of this iteration of training is to facilitate first aid training for chaplains and religious affairs specialists, but also enable them in the core competency of "caring for the wounded," which is bedrock to the

Take cover, incoming fire! 💥 Experience a mass casualty training event at Fort Jackson, designed to test decision-making under fire for those going through Basic Training. The U.S. Army integrates realistic Mass Casualty Event (MCE) simulations into Basic Combat Training (BCT), particularly during the culminating Field Training Exercise (FTX) called "The Forge," to test recruits' ability to triage, provide first aid (TCCC), and evacuate wounded soldiers under high-pressure, chaotic scenarios, o