WAUWATOSA - It almost looked like a scene out of a war movie. But this was just a drill. Members of the U.S. Military and hospital officials joined forces Wednesday for "Operation Red Dragon." It was to test how they would work together in a disaster.
 
The scenario was a scary one: It had been five days since a dirty bomb went off at Miller Park, and the hospitals can't handle any more patients. "The hospitals are overloaded, overrun, they’re exhausted, the resources are gone, our people are exhausted, we’ve gone to the county, we’ve gone to the state, we’re at the point where we need military assistance," said Doug Birlingmair with ProHealth Care.

Doctors and soldiers worked together on the "victims," even running some through mock decontamination tents. About 3,000 soldiers from the 415th Chemical Brigade of the U.S. Army Reserves participated in drills at nine hospitals across southeastern Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee area was chosen as the drill site, because of its proximity to Fort McCoy near Tomah, Wisconsin where they have held disaster exercises for years. 
 
Among the hospitals involved: Froedtert, Childrens, Columbia St. Mary's, Wheaton Franciscan All Saints Racine, Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Aurora Sinai, St. Luke's, West Allis Memorial, Elmbrook, Wisconsin Heart Hospital and Aurora Kenosha.

All of the hospitals remained fully operational during Wednesday's drills.