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    Role II Surgical Platoon [Image 3 of 11]

    Role II Surgical Platoon

    CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES

    10.28.2017

    Photo by Cpl. Austin Mealy 

    1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade

    U.S. Navy Cmdr. Joshua Minyard, an emergency room doctor with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, briefs Sailors and Marines from Alpha Surgical Company on the contents of role two medical containers as part of a casualty evacuation drill during Exercise Dawn Blitz at Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 28, 2017. In under four hours, Alpha Surgical Company processed eight casualties, transmitted a medical evacuation 9-line, and ground transported casualties to a designated landing zone where an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, transferred the victims to the USS Rushmore (LSD 47), the USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS Essex (LHD 2). During Dawn Blitz 2017, health services employed three surgical teams across the amphibious force and embarked Navy Medicine’s new role two light maneuver team in order to expand, test and stress surgical capability and capacity across a Marine Expeditionary Brigade/Expeditionary Strike Group construct. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Cpl. Austin Mealy)

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    Date Taken: 10.28.2017
    Date Posted: 10.29.2017 21:52
    Photo ID: 3911270
    VIRIN: 171029-M-YR007-560
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 6.29 MB
    Location: CAMP PENDLETON, CA, US

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