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Sam kylie, thank you so much. i want to talk now with cnn military analyst with general mark hertling. can you tell us what goes into getting soldiers away from the front line and getting them the time to save lives. that golden hour is critical. >> yes, it is critical. its a process. the first thing that normally happens is whats called buddy aid. if its in a good unit, you have something called combat lifesavers, soldiers trained in advanced techniques. then it goes to a medic that does a tr...

Hospital. i explain all that because this is a technique the u.s. army uses. we have trained the ukrainian army to do that. their buddy aids and lifesavers have the kits they need to including tourniquets and bandages. scott kelly, the astronaut, has donated a bunch of ambulances to ukraine to make sure the golden hour is complete. i saw the same approach attempted to be used by the russian army. they do not have the buddy aid and its difficult to go the long distances back to their combat suppo...

Tension and time to save their lives? because obviously that golden hour is critical. >> yeah, the golden hour is critical, anderson. and what i will tell you is it is a process. you know, the first thing that normally happens is what is called a buddy aid. if it isnt a good unit, you also have something called combat lifesavers, which our soldiers who have been trained in advanced medical techniques. and then it goes to a medic which kind of does a triage to see what kind of conditions you are ...

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For the past two years, South Dakota and Wyoming's National Guards have piloted a new sexual assault response training program. The Buddy Aid training program was developed by a Major of the South Dakota Army National Guard after she witnessed sexual violence in Afghanistan in 2013. Wyoming National Guard Master Sgt. Rebecca Motley brought the pilot program to the state's Army Guard in 2019. Motley told Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska that her own experience made her realiz...

For the past two years, South Dakota and Wyoming's National Guards have piloted a new sexual assault response training program.