Camp Novo Selo tests readiness
Story and photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cody Harding
4th Public Affairs Detachment
F
rench, Moroccan, Danish and
American soldiers took part in
a force protection and mass casualty exercise at Camp Novo
Selo Nov. 27.
The exercise was designed to test the
readiness of the base’s defensive procedures and their response to wounded
soldiers on the camp.
Upon noti?cation of a security threat,
the French maneuvered their base defense assets to secure the area, sending
mounted and dismounted patrols along
the perimeter of the base.
When the simulated casualties were
found, French and American medics
rushed to the scene and immediately
began treating the wounded. The patients were stabilized and moved to the
French medical treatment facility. The
casualties were later medically evacuated by a helicopter to a medical facil-
ity that could provide a higher level of
care.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Marlon Phills,
the medical platoon sergeant for the
U.S. coy, said the exercise was a great
opportunity to see the different tactics
and procedures their multinational
partners used.
“I am fully con?dent that they can do
what needs to be done,” Phills, a New
York City native, said. “They [multinational partners] know how to communicate with each other, they know each
other’s equipment and both doctors
know how to relay information.”
French Col. Alan Taveau, the medical
director for the French MTF, said that
training was essential for the multinational partners on Camp Novo Selo.
“Here in Kosovo, we have to work
together. We have to train for this, be-
cause some things we do one way,
the Americans do another way. So we
have to work together, and that is why
we are working together today.”
During the exercise, the French coy
provided constant communication to
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