Here to Support: 26th MEU Conducts FHA Training During C2X [Image 8 of 21]

PERRY, GA, UNITED STATES

05.27.2023

Photo by Lance Cpl. Rafael BrambilaPelayo 

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)     

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Nakee Hopkins, a hospital corpsman with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses in front of a collapsed building during a simulated foreign humanitarian assistance (FHA) part of Composite Training Unit Exercise in Perry, Georgia, May 27, 2023. FHA consists of Department of Defense activities conducted outside of the U.S. and its territories to directly relieve or reduce human suffering, disease, hunger, or privation. FHA is intended to supplement or complement efforts of host nation civil authorities or agencies with the primary responsibility for providing assistance. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit serves as one of the Nation’s premier crisis response forces capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations, to include enabling follow-on forces and special operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rafael Brambila-Pelayo)
“What we learned during FHA was primarily how to take care of civilian patients. We typically take care of Marines and Sailors so we learned what our capabilities are and what care we can provide civilians as well as transporting civilian patients.”

“This training is important because it allows not only junior sailors but senior sailors that have not been on a MEU to have leadership positions and provide the first line of care. This scenario being an earthquake, we provided care for anything from a crush injury to blood transfusions and providing medication that a nurse would typically give.”

• Date Taken: 05.27.2023
• Date Posted: 05.30.2023 09:36
• Photo ID: 7823783
• VIRIN: 230527-M-GH793-1034
• Resolution: 5112x3410
• Size: 4.69 MB
• Location: PERRY, GA, US