Service members attached to commands in the Indo-Pacific region participate in a joint-service, multilateral patient movement exercise during Valiant Shield 2024 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 15, 2024. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service and with our allies to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Forces and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy Video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan A. LeCompte and Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael J. Flesch)
Operation Specialist 1st Class, Ueldiv Ortiz Santiago, a U.S. Navy Reserve Sailor assigned to Navy Reserve Center El Paso and a native of Orocovis, Puerto Rico, demonstrated quick thinking and compassion when he stopped to assist a wheelchair-bound woman in distress in El Paso, Texas. Ortiz Santiago called 911, administered first aid, and stayed by the woman’s side until first responders arrived.
