Photos: Camp Pendleton drone attack drills

by John Kelley, Nelvin Cepeda

At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. The wounded are immediately taken to a field medical unit, where they are treated and stabilized before being airlifted to a hospital. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. The wounded are immediately taken to a field medical unit comprised of medical personnel from the U.S. Navy, where they are treated and stabilized before being airlifted to a hospital. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) — The drill was meant to test the limits of Navy corpsmen, many of whom will be soon deploying to Australia. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. The wounded are immediately taken to a field medical unit comprised of medical personnel from the U.S. Navy, where they are treated and stabilized before being airlifted to a hospital. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) — The wounded are immediately taken to a field medical unit comprised of medical personnel from the U.S. Navy, where they are treated and stabilized before being airlifted to a hospital. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. The wounded are immediately treated by medical personnel from the U.S. Navy and then given additional deteriorating medical symptoms from an evaluator, for the team to treat and diagnose. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) — Navy medical personnel are given additional deteriorating medical symptoms from an evaluator, for the team to treat and diagnose. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. The wounded are immediately taken to a field medical unit comprised of medical personnel from the U.S. Navy, where they are treated and stabilized before being airlifted to a hospital. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) — At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. The wounded are immediately taken to a field medical unit comprised of medical personnel from the U.S. Navy, where they are treated and stabilized before being airlifted to a hospital. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) — Patients are treated at a field unit during the simulated attack. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. The wounded are immediately treated by Naval medical personnel as the patient status board is continuously updated on the condition of the wounded. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) — The wounded are immediately treated by Naval medical personnel as the patient status board is continuously updated on the condition of the wounded. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. The wounded are immediately taken to a field medical unit comprised of medical personnel from the U.S. Navy, where they are treated and stabilized before being airlifted to a hospital. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) — Stabilized patients are loaded into an Osprey before being airlifted to a hospital. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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