A variety of effective carries can be used depending on the casualty’s level of consciousness, the enemy threat level, terrain issues, or other considerations. Each of them has some advantages, as well as some potential disadvantages.

Examples of one-person drag/carries include the:

In general, an advantage of one-person drags/carries is that only one rescuer is exposed to enemy fire, but they have the disadvantage of being difficult to perform, taking longer, not able to immediately engage with the enemy, and causing the rescuer to tire quickly.