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A person wearing a respirator, hard hat and gloves holds a mechanical saw to cut a broken windshield, with other people wearing similar attire in the background.

Extraction

A soldier assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, uses a saw to remove a car window while extracting a simulated casualty during an urban search and rescue exercise as part of a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response force training evaluation at Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 11, 2026. The soldiers are trained and certified to extract victims from collapsed structures and vehicles during large-scale disaster response operations.

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