Keywords: US Navy 020629-N-9958S-002 Medics Evacuate Simulated Casualties.jpg en Vestmannaeyjar Archipelago Iceland Jun 29 2002 -- Medics evacuate simulated casualties from Heimaey Island on a U S Army CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter during exercise Cooperative Safeguard '02 The exercise involved an international response to a simulated volcanic eruption on the island of Heimaey Relief teams intervened to care for the wounded and evacuate the population to the mainland Icelandic town of Florlákshöfn Training is designed to foster interoperability among the participating forces and to improve coordination between the Government of Iceland GOI NATO Partnership for Peace organizations as well as non-governmental private volunteer and international agencies U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Stephen Sheedy RELEASED 2002-06-29 020629-N-9958S-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 1875 U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Stephen Sheedy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Vestmannaeyjar Archipelago Iceland CH-47 Chinook June 2002 photographs |