Photo by 94th Airlift Wing | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.23.2015
Seaman Jared Clark ensures blood bags are ready to receive donations, June 23, at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa. Clark is a lab technician with the center. According to Clark, the bag contains anticoagulant which prevents the blood from clotting while in the bag. The blood is either frozen and pre-positioned at blood product depots, or sent......
Photo by 94th Airlift Wing | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.23.2015
Ensign Marven Ayson gets his blood pressure checked before donating blood June 23, at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa. The center collects the entire blood supply for the Pacific Command. This includes over 36 countries and more than 200,000 people. Ayson is a nurse at the multi-service ward at USNH. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl.......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janessa Dugan | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 03.19.2015
Petty Officer 3rd Class Feliciano C. Paredes II prepares Seaman Jared R. Clark for the screening process prior to blood donation March 19 at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The blood bank provides for the entire PACOM area of operations. The facility supports the area solely with the donations of Status of Forces Agreement personnel in......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janessa Dugan | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 03.19.2015
Airman 1st Class Marcus Livingston poses for a picture while holding a gift awarded for being the first donor of the day March 19 at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The blood bank provides for the entire PACOM area of operations. The facility supports the area with blood donations from Status of Forces Agreement......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janessa Dugan | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 03.19.2015
A laboratory technician removes the needle from a donor’s arm during a blood donation March 19, at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The blood bank provides blood for the entire PACOM area of operations and is supported with the donations from Status of Forces Agreement personnel in Okinawa (U.S. Marine Corps Photo......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janessa Dugan | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 03.19.2015
Spc. Amber Strong checks a donor’s blood pressure before removing the needle from a donor’s arm during a blood donation March 19 at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The blood bank provides blood for the entire PACOM area of operations and is supported with the donations from Status of Forces Agreement personnel......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janessa Dugan | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 03.18.2015
The Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center opened its new facility March 18 at the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The blood bank provides blood for the entire PACOM area of operations and is supported with the donations from Status of Forces Agreement personnel in Okinawa. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Janessa K. Pon/ Released)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janessa Dugan | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 03.18.2015
Sgt. John F. Michaud, volunteers as a platelet donor at the U.S. Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center on the opening day of its new building March 18 at the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The blood bank provides blood for the entire PACOM area of operations and is supported with the donations from Status of Forces Agreement personnel in Okinawa. Michaud,......
