Photo by Lance Cpl. Marvin Lopeznavarro | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 01.30.2019
The ASBBC's main mission in platelet collection is to provide units to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) to support babies and mothers who may be in need during/after delivery. Units are also provided for any traumas that may occur. We are the sole source of FDA approved platelets on island and our platelet supply is dangerously low. (U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Lance Cpl. Marvin E.......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Cameron Parks | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.14.2019
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit volunteer to give blood during a blood drive at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 14, 2019. Marines were encouraged to donate blood for the upcoming exercise Cobra Gold. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continually forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis......