Crisis Archives - State Magazine

First responders, including local guard force members, medical emergency response team members, and other embassy personnel, attend to injured role-players during the crisis management exercise, Nov. 9, 2022. Photo courtesy of Embassy Kathmandu

Crisis Simulation

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) takes a helicopter tour of the Hatay province with Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (left), Feb. 19. Photo by Chuck Kennedy

After the Earthquakes

Firefighters demonstrate the use of a fire blanket normally used for a vehicle fire during a crisis response exercise during ConGen Johannesburg’s training exercise in January 2023. Photo courtesy of ConGen Johannesburg

ConGen Johannesburg hosts crisis response exercise

Embassy Colombo’s civil affairs team and the responders from the Sri Lanka Life Saving team conduct a medical rescue as part of their final exercise of a three-day seminar, Dec. 29, 2022. Photo by Kenneth Ji

Empowering community leaders in times of crisis

Members of Marine Security Guard Detachment Karachi demonstrate a method of carrying an injured person without a stretcher during Karachi’s Emergency Preparedness Fair, Feb. 25. Photo by Narendar Kumar

Team Readiness

Qatari special forces and U.S. special operators encounter a simulated gunman at the Qatar Metro Station, Mar. 24, 2021, during a training exercise called Invincible Sentry 21 in Doha. Invincible Sentry represented a unique opportunity to train with Qatari partners to exercise critical crisis response capabilities. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex L. Smedegard

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