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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña)