U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Amado Ornelas, a preventative medicine technician with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo with a Taiwan Beauty snake, during a snake handling course on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, April 28, 2026. The training featured a mosquito laboratory designed to teach medical personnel how to identify mosquito species in order to combat vector-borne diseases and safe handling of regional snakes to better support jungle operations.
| Date Taken: | 04.27.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 05.05.2026 19:50 |
| Photo ID: | 9661794 |
| VIRIN: | 260428-M-GO019-1276 |
| Resolution: | 1849x2774 |
| Size: | 1.37 MB |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 9 |
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