Setup for RIDEX
Tech. Sgt. Christopher Warner, left, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron NCO in charge of clinical operations, and a Marine from the III Marine Expeditionary Force, right, work together to lock the leg of an Air Transportable Treatment Unit at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 23, 2021. The ATTU was set up in preparation for the upcoming bilateral engagement with the Japan Self Defense Force in the Rescue Island Disaster Exercise. U.S. Air Force members from the 353rd SOSS, III MEF, JJS and U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa will partake in the RIDEX, transporting patients from an island to the ATTU to receive medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cesar J. Navarro)