Maj. Jeffrey Leversedge, U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) director, takes notes during a validation exercise at the Reintegration Facility at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. Camp Lemonnier is home to the only Phase 1 Reintegration Facility in Africa. After a recovery, rescued personnel are debriefed during the reintegration process to provide time sensitive information. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) specialists conduct a debriefing for a simulated recovered pilot during a validation exercise at the Reintegration Facility at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. Accompanied by a SERE psychologist for mental and emotional support, the recovered person is debriefed during the reintegration process to provide time sensitive information. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
Lt. Lucy Sho, Camp Lemonnier Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) flight surgeon, and Lt. j.g. Katelyn Morton, EMF nurse, treats injuries of Capt. Hans Kollar, 449th Air Expeditionary Group chief of safety during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. EMF members provided higher-level medical care to Kollar who simulated a recovered downed pilot for the exercise. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron looks out of a window of a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The KC-130J flight simulated the ability of PRCC assets to transfer recovered personnel overseas to higher levels of care. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron fly with a simulated recovered pilot on a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The flight simulated the ability of PRCC assets to transfer recovered personnel overseas to higher levels of care. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Renato Garafalo, a loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), looks through a window on a KC-130J Super Hercules during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. VMGR-352 tested the ability of PRCC assets to transfer recovered personnel overseas to higher levels of care. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Marine loadmasters sit on a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), KC-130J Super Hercules, during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron transfer a simulated rescued pilot to a KC-130 during the U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise on the flightline at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron directs a simulated recovered pilot to safety during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise on the flightline at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
A U.S. Marine assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161) looks out of an MV-22 Osprey during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise on the flightline at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) stand in front of an MV-22 Osprey during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The MV-22 provided transport of a simulated recovered pilot to Camp Lemonnier during the exercise. The PRCC, in support of CJTF-HOA, conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
A U.S. Marine assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161), looks out of an MV-22 Osprey during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron sit with a simulated rescued pilot in an MV-22 Osprey during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron stands in a Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161), MV-22 Osprey during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron provide medical care to a simulated rescued pilot during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron stand in a Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161), MV-22 Osprey during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161) looks out of an MV-22 Osprey during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron recover a simulated downed pilot during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Air Force Airman Special Tactics Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron recover a simulated downed pilot during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron secure an MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161) during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint partners in East Africa. The exercise displayed PRCC’s capabilities and tested their personnel recovery and casualty evacuation system for deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dwane R. Young)
