Golden Eagle
STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - Staff Sgt's Erin Spaulding and Zachary Mckinnon, 105MDG Aerospace medical technicians transport a simulated casualty here May 1 during Exercise Golden Eagle II, a training exercise designed to test the ability of local medical providers to participate in the National Disaster Medical System in which patients are moved from areas affected by a disaster to other locations. The exercise tests casualty reporting mechanisms, communications between state, local, and federal participants and exercise the Federal Coordinating Centers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lee C. Guagenti)