Local Casualties Being Pulled From Afghan Battlefield Much Faster With Training From U.S. Marines

U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province are helping Afghan security forces to develop their casualty evacuation capabilities, reports the Military Times.

The assistance is needed because local security forces still lack efficient means to evacuate dead and wounded, and the Afghan air force does not have the assets for the mission.

Advisers with U.S. Marine Task Force Southwest have been assisting Afghanistan's 215th Corps with casualty evacuations since...