Photo by Cpl. Victoria Taylor | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.28.2018
Sri Lanka – San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and embarked U.S. Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct Passing Exercise (PASSEX) with the Sri Lanka Navy while on a regularly scheduled deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th MEU, August 28, 2018. USS Anchorage and the embarked Marines of the 13th MEU conducted a......
Photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.22.2017
U.S. Navy LT Raymond Posey shakes hands with Sri Lankan Marines and Sailors during the Sri Lanka Health Engagement 17 closing ceremony at Naval Base Welisara, Sri Lanka, Sept. 22, 2017. Roughly 70 Sri Lankan Marines and Sailors were recognized for their participation in the medical exchange. Posey, an Atlanta, Georgia native, is the Health Service Support Officer for 3d Marine Logistics Group,......
Photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.22.2017
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Adolfo Granados shakes hands with Sri Lankan Marines and Sailors during the Sri Lanka Health Engagement 17 closing ceremony at Naval Base Welisara, Sri Lanka, Sept. 22, 2017. The two medical forces came together and exchanged medical capabilities during the two week health engagement. Granados, a native of Mission Hills, California, is the Group Surgeon of 3d Marine Logistics......
Photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.22.2017
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Adolfo Granados gives his remarks during the Sri Lanka Health Engagement 17 closing ceremony at Naval Base Welisara, Sri Lanka, Sept. 22, 2017. Throughout the fourth iteration of the health engagement, the U.S. and Sri Lankan medical forces shared and exchanged their medical skills and knowledge in order to improve their capabilities and regional interoperability. Granados, a......
Photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.21.2017
Sri Lanka Navy Leading Medical Assistant W.I. Kumara demonstrates how to start an intravenous line during the second week of Sri Lanka Health Engagement 17 at Naval Base Welisara, Sept. 18, 2017. During SLHE-17, Sri Lankan Marines and Sailors teach their peers basic live-saving techniques in order to enhance their medical capabilities. Kumara is with the Sri Lanka Medical Corps. (U.S. Marine......
Photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.20.2017
Sri Lanka Marines and Sailors practice “clearing the airway” techniques on their peers during the second week of Sri Lanka Health Engagement 17 at Naval Base Welisara, Sri Lanka, Sept. 20, 2017. The U.S. Navy and Sri Lankan forces came together for this engagement to improve interoperability and medical readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez)...
Photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.20.2017
U.S. Navy HM3 Samantha Drummond reviews how to apply a pressure dressing with Sri Lankan Marines and Sailors during the second week of Sri Lanka Health Engagement 17 at Naval Base Welisara, Sri Lanka, Sept. 20, 2017. The engagement between the two forces enhances their interoperability and medical readiness. Drummond, an Enterprise, Alabama native, is a corpsman with Headquarters Regiment, 3d......
Photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.18.2017
A group of Sri Lankan Marines and Sailors take turns applying a tourniquet on each other during Sri Lanka Health Engagement 17 at Naval Base Welisara, Sept. 18, 2017. Marines and Sailors demonstrated their knowledge of this technique during a class on combat life-saving skills, The engagement between the Sri Lankan medical forces and Sailors with 3d Medical Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics......
