Col. Ashley Nickloes, director of the PATRIOT National Disaster Rescue Drill. This year’s drill focused on responding to weather-related disasters, such as tornadoes, hurricanes and flooding.

Japan’s coast guard had its first trilateral joint search and rescue drills with the U.S. and South Korean counterparts in June. Last year, Japanese and U.S. coast guards provided capacity ...

Located at an elevation of 2551 meters above sea level, Tuesday's drill comes in preparation for possible disasters. Four rescuers, sliding down the rope with rescue equipment, made their way to ...