Austere Challenge 2012 Medical Exercise

Soldiers from Delta Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command participate in medical drill reacting to a simulated rocket attack on their post in Israel while participating in Austere Challenge 2012. Austere Challenge 2012 (AC 12) is a large-scale air defense field training and command post simulation exercise designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Israeli militaries.

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