Final planning completed – MMCCMultinational Medical Coordination Centre/EMCEuropean Medical Command finalizes CAMO23 exercise
Final planning completed – MMCCMultinational Medical Coordination Centre/EMCEuropean Medical Command finalizes CAMO23 exercise
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The Multinational Medical Coordination Centre/European Medical Command is taking final planning steps with its organizing team March 06-10 in Tartu, Estonia.
The head of the planning team, Lieutenant Colonel Andreas G., explains to the participants the detailed plans for Exercise Casualty Move (CAMO) 2023, which will take place in April
Bundeswehr/Rico MaderthonerThe name of the simulation exercise, "CAMO" (Casualty Move), translates to "wounded transport" and already describes the core theme. The wargaming, which will take place in April, will focus on a conflict scenario in the context of national and alliance defense. The focus will be on the complete evacuation of wounded and injured from the front line to the respective home country. "This exercise is about NATO's ability to evacuate its wounded and injured in an Article 5 scenario," Colonel Jürgen Muntenaar, MMCCMultinational Medical Coordination Centre/EMCEuropean Medical Command deputy director for NATO affairs.
Two-day conference with NATO and partner nations
Several NATO Headquarters will also participate in Exercise Casualty Move 2023 and train collective patient evacuation for an Article 5 scenario
Bundeswehr/Rico MaderthonerThe aim was to confirm the exercise structure and the resources deployed. In particular, the individual exercise sections planned so far were perfected in this context. The structure of the exercise was designed in several steps and in cooperation with the participating nations and organizations in working groups to meet their individual needs.
Third edition of CAMO series going to have largest exercise scope ever
Together with the Estonian hosts, the MMCCMultinational Medical Coordination Centre/EMCEuropean Medical Command planning team took the final step to the Casualty Move 2023 wargaming exercise in April
Bundeswehr/Rico Maderthoner"More than 200 participants from more than 20 nations and organizations within NATO have already signed up for the April wargaming," said Major Olga P., the commissioned Hungarian planning officer, describing the enormous scale of this year's exercise.
Last year's exercise was combined with NATO's Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine (MILMED COECentre of Excellence) and with the Vigorous Warrior (VW) exercise in Hungary. The MMCCMultinational Medical Coordination Centre/EMCEuropean Medical Command contributed its unique expertise in medical wargaming there, too. However, with the participation of only 144 personnel from 23 countries. It provided a first opportunity to test interoperability and draw on lessons learned from the war in Ukraine. For the new edition, in addition to NATO's new "patient tracking tool," the latest changes to NATO's patient flow evacuation requirements were presented and integration into the exercise was discussed. This year, resupply of medical supplies and medications will also be part of the exercise.
