Anakonda MASCAL (mass casualty) is a medical evacuation exercise that took place as part of exercise Anakonda 2016. It involved troops from the Polish Army (2nd Mechanised Infantry Battalion) and US Army (1st Armored Brigade Combat Team and 3rd Infantry Division Raider Brigade). The training took place near Mirosławiec Air Base in Poland. The exercise tested the troops’ ability to follow the correct drills and procedures in a mass casualty situation including evacuating the most severe casualties first. Exercise Anakonda is a Polish-led, multinational training exercise, running from 7 until 17 June, involving approximately 31,000 troops from 24 NATO and partner countries. It aims to test the ability, readiness and interoperability of the Polish Armed Forces with Allies and partners while conducting the joint defensive operation on a large scale.
