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A soldier wearing latex gloves puts makeup on another soldier’s face to simulate wounds.

Abrasion Imitation

Army Master Sgt. Melinda Gates creates simulated wounds on participants of a search-and-rescue exercise in Comayagua, Honduras, May 21, 2019. Soldiers practiced notification, recall, search and rescue, on-scene and on-base medical care and recovery of personnel from low- and high-angle austere terrain after a simulated HH-60 Black Hawk crash.

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