U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brandon Hockenbarger, 59th Medical Operations Squadron warrior operational medicine clinic flight chief, wheels a simulated patient toward an En Route Patient Staging System (ERPSS) tent during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2024 at Travis Air Force Base, California, June 17, 2024. Participants simulated receiving injured troops from overseas locations at designated Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) hubs and Patient Reception Areas (PRA) where Federal Coordinating Centers (FCCs) and local partners received, triaged, staged, tracked and transported patients to pre-designated local definitive care facilities.