U.S. Naval Sailor Hospital Corpsman First Class Zachary Wilson with Surgical Company, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group trains and leads corpsman within bed teams to triage and care for patients exceptionally and accordingly at Camp Pendleton, California on December 7th, 2019. Surgical Company is evaluated regularly on familiarity with equipment, pace of establishing the Shock Trauma Platoon, value of patient care, and constant mobility and readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Miah Nielsen)
One Marine was killed in a M-1151 Enhanced Armament Carrier vehicle accident at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California.
The Marines in the 1st Marine Logistics Group’s training area tightened down their hoods and pulled on their gloves as they confirmed that they were in Mission-Oriented Protection Posture (MOPP) level 4. This highest level of MOPP entails full body coverage—with boots, pants, jackets, hoods, gloves and gas masks— to protect from possible chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats. This was the MOPP level 1st MLG...
