Throughout Basic Training or One Station Unit Training U.S. Army Trainees receive 11-hours of instruction on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). The TCCC concept was established in 1996 by Special Operations Forces as an evidence-based and battlefield-proven way to reduce deaths at the point of injury. Trainees are exposed to all three phases of TCCC and how to treat their battle buddies in the proper order, by most critical situation first, if they're ever exposed to combat. | U.S. Army Cente

We grow leaders by training together and mastering the basics. That is how we stay mission ready! Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) skills prepare #Soldiers to save lives on and off the battlefield by teaching life-saving techniques for trauma care in high-stress environments. Last week, U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, Louisiana National Guard, responded to a shooting incident near L’Enfant Plaza immediately rendering ai