Trained to Save | U.S. Navy Sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion conduct training in a Role II medical facility during exercise Northern Viper [Image 16 of 21]

YAUSUBETSU TRAINING AREA, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

01.27.2020

Photo by Lance Cpl. Terry Wong 

3rd Marine Logistics Group

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Van Gent gives a period of instruction about equipment used in the Forward Resuscitative Surgery System of the Role II medical facility during exercise Northern Viper on Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 27, 2020. Personnel currently assigned to the Logistics Combat Element for exercise Northern Viper train in austere environments to prepare units for all weather conditions. Northern Viper is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Japan Alliance by allowing Marine Air-Ground Task Forces from III Marine Expeditionary Force to maintain their lethality and proficiency in MAGTF Combined Arms Operations in cold weather environments. Van Gent, a native of Boonville, Missouri, is a surgeon with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Terry Wong)

• Date Taken: 01.27.2020
• Date Posted: 02.03.2020 03:34
• Photo ID: 6056200
• VIRIN: 200127-M-ZM399-1010
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 9.2 MB
• Location: YAUSUBETSU TRAINING AREA, HOKKAIDO, JP
• Hometown: BOONVILLE, MO, US