A member of the Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) team, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California, consoles a simulated injured crewmember. Other members of the team secure the simulated injured crewmember to a stretcher for safe transport after responding to a simulated C-141 Starlifter fire as part of this years PATRIOT HOOK Exercise. The responding rescue team members are dressed in Joint-Firefighter Integrated Response Ensemble (J-FIRE) suits. The PATRIOT HOOK Exercise 2001, a joint force exercise involving four separate airfields in Southern California - March Air Reserve Base, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Los Alamitos Army Air Field, and San Clemente Naval...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: A member of the Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) team, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California, consoles a simulated injured crewmember. Other members of the team secure the simulated injured crewmember to a stretcher for safe transport after responding to a simulated C-141 Starlifter fire as part of this years PATRIOT HOOK Exercise. The responding rescue team members are dressed in Joint-Firefighter Integrated Response Ensemble (J-FIRE) suits. The PATRIOT HOOK Exercise 2001, a joint force exercise involving four separate airfields in Southern California - March Air Reserve Base, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Los Alamitos Army Air Field, and San Clemente Naval Landing Field. At the four airfields units practice air deployment of fighting forces and equipment during a wartime scenario.

Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT HOOK

Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michele A. Desrochers, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files