Meaning of CASEVAC | Babel Free

Definitions

The emergency patient evacuation of injured people (civilians or soldiers) from a combat zone.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“2001, Kent B. Pandolf, R. E. Burr, Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 2, Office of the Surgeon General (US), page 1156, Rehearsal of representative CASEVACs is invaluable in refining both operating techniques with the CASEVAC assets and coordination with the receiving MTF.”

“2011, Robby Carpenter, Shawn Carpenter, Ramiro Bujeiro, Force on Force: Modern Wargaming Rules, Ambush Alley Games, Osprey Publishing, page 53, If a force has CASEVAC assets available (medevac choppers, ambulances, an on-table aid station, etc.), then a unit may hand off its Casualties (and the associated penalties) by moving into contact with the CASEVAC asset.”

“In the late 1940s, helicopters were used in the casevac role by the British in Malaya.”

“I have done several night casevacs and they can be pretty hazardous.”

“Linde had been on his way to fetch a casevac from 32 Battalion at a place called Luenga, in the bush, 60 kilometres south of Menonque.”

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