Military Medical Care

Scenes of medical personnel providing care in military settings, documenting both procedures and training exercises.

PHILIPPINE SEA (May 19, 2022) Lt. Marin Lehman, left, from Aurora, Ill., and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Cathryn Floyd, from Spring, Texas, perform a dental procedure aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

031218-F-7234P-016. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 447th Air Expeditionary Group

040109-F-1798W-011. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040622-F-1646R-007. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

030618-F-6449C-005. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

040912-A-2912C-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 15, 2022) U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Friedrichs, Joint Staff Surgeon, observes a mass casualty drill aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 15. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

PHILIPPINE SEA (May 19, 2022) Lt. Marin Lehman, left, from Aurora, Ill., and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Cathryn Floyd, from Spring, Texas, perform a dental procedure aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 20, 2022) U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Hillary Smalley, Internal Medicine Physician, assists in a simulated resuscitation exercise in the resuscitation bay aboard Royal Australian Navy Canberra-class landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo by Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall).

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 27, 2018) Cmdr. Jeffrey Chao, the Littoral Combat Group (LCG) 1 surgeon, second from left, performs an emergency appendectomy as other medical team members assist aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25), Nov. 27, 2018. Somerset is part of LCG-1, which is deployed in support of the Enduring Promise Initiative to reaffirm U.S. Southern Command's longstanding commitment to the nations of the Western Hemisphere.

010330-F-0308N-527. Base: Houston State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AF

020504-M-9902V-017. Base: USS Anchorage (LSD 36) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

220826-N-VM474-1123 BALTIC SEA (Aug. 26, 2022) U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dallas Dudelston treats a Swedish sailor simulating a casualty during a medical response team exercise aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Aug. 26, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

040109-F-1798W-003. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, Bahrain (May 22, 2022) - Sailors assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) Team 27, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (TF 51/5) conduct a trauma simulation aboard Naval Support Activity, Bahrain, May 22. The simulation was conducted as routine training for ERSS Team 27 during their deployment. TF 51/5 responds to crises and contingencies; coordinates, plans, and executes operations; conducts theater security cooperation; and advances emerging Naval concepts at sea, from the sea, and ashore in order to support U.S. Central Command, 5th Fleet, and Marine Corps Forces Central Command theater objectives.

020802-F-5435R-026. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 25, 2022) Hull Technician Fireman William Pettigrew, from Midland, N.C., practices vertical welding aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups conduct dual carrier operations to advance Joint Force interoperability while demonstrating our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Joint Force routinely seeks opportunities to operate in support of peace and stability for all nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Javier Reyes)

Medical technicians and doctors work with "patients" suffering various conditions during a chemical warfare training exercise. Personnel taking part in the exercise are wearing protective clothing. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

230329-N-OX847-1006 TYRRHENIAN SEA (March 29, 2023) Lt. Bryan Gordon, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), performs dental work on a Sailor, March 29, 2023. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

040126-F-9105A-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

040206-F-0623L-011. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

DF-ST-86-11839. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

PACIFIC OCEAN (June 24, 2022) Deck Seaman Yuandong Zhu, a native of San Francisco, California, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), scrubs the bulkhead to clean and improve the ships material condition during its first underway in more than two years after completing a planned maintenance period. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego.

041004-F-1740G-003. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

031209-F-1798W-027. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

220406-N-CY569-1004 ADRIATIC SEA (April 6, 2022) Hospital Corpsman Seaman Javier Burgueno, from Los Angeles, puts medical tools in an ultra-sonic bath aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), April 6, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Isaac Riojas, assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), acts as a casualty during a mass casualty evacuation drill aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) in Suruga-wan Shizuoka, Japan, Sep. 17. The exercise was conducted in conjunction with Transport Exercise (TRANSPORTEX), a humanitarian aid & disaster relief exercise further enhancing interoperability between Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11, the 31st MEU and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, enabling a combined rapid response force in the event of crisis or natural disaster. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

060503-N-7202W-001. Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

031110-F-7234P-012. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 447th Air Expeditionary Group

060726-N-2838C-001. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Gardner, a fiscal analyst with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, Headquarters and Service Battalion, practices his skills at bandaging up a secondary injury during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course at Marine Corps Community Services Hampton Roads, Virginia, May 13, 2022. The TCCC course certifies Marines in basic first aid to reduce combat casualties and maintain a high state of readiness in a forward-deployed environment. The course teaches evidence-based, life-saving techniques and strategies for providing the best trauma care on the battlefield.

U.S. Navy medical personnel with the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), reflect after conducting a simulated surgery during a casualty evacuation exercise, in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 13, 2024. The exercise enables corpsmen and ship surgeons to refine their response-and-triage tactics while underway. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

061024-N-4133B-080. Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

060720-N-0212M-012. Base: USS Boxer (LHD 4) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

070123-N-3038W-060. Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

230329-N-OX847-1019 TYRRHENIAN SEA (March 29, 2023) Lt. Bryan Gordon, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), trims a piece of gutta percha false-root implant for dental work on a Sailor, March 29, 2023. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

050210-F-1631A-033. Base: Green Zone State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Charles Sweeny of the 110th Medical Group, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, applies a foot-wrap to an injured 110th Wing member at the Tama Hills Recreational Area, a U.S. Armed Forces recreational area near Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 15, 2022. Members of the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, along with supporting staff, participated in a Deployment for Training (DFT) exercise in Japan to renovate the Boy Scout camp located at the recreational area.The DFT program provides valuable training opportunities normally not available in home station scenarios, allowing Airmen to train on equipment they will likely operate during a deployment, but might not have access to on their home base.

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 31, 2022) Operations Specialist Seaman Aldwin Zarate, right, Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) Miguel Santana, middle, and Damage Controlman 3rd Class Jeffrey Allen read a material condition zebra card during a general quarters drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), March 31, 2022. Roosevelt, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its third patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.

030115-F-9032T-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

011207-F-4167F-001. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Katrina - General - 26-HK-410-64. Hurricane Katrina

230330-N-DQ787-1072 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 30, 2023) Senior Medical Officer (SMO) Cmdr. John Roman, center, and General Medical Officer (GMO) Lt. Nyla Tran, right, simulate treating a patient during a mass casualty drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), March 30, 2023. Wasp is underway conducting Type Commander (TYCOM) sea trials.

DA-ST-87-12982. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Osan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Elijah Marshall, left, from Indiana, Pennsylvania, assigned to USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) medical department, places a bandage on Aviation Electronics Technician Airman William Lucas, from Hamersville, Ohio, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, during a periodic health assessment in the hangar bay, April 15, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and strike group integration prior to operational deployment.

Various suture tools used to stitch open wounds on display during training provided by U.S. Army Medics assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Infantry Division Artillery at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, July 22, 2022. The 1st Infantry Division Artillery is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

030805-F-5586B-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

MILITARY RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI AFTER DEVASTING EARTHQUAKE

020328-F-2021H-009. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

220908-N-XB010-1005 MAIZURU, Kyoto, Japan (Sept. 8, 2022) - Lieutenant junior grade Virginia Ware, from Kent Island, Md., introduces the crew mess decks to members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) during a tour aboard the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. New Orleans, part of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

070126-N-7317W-096. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

060516-N-1745W-022. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

U.S. Army Cpt. Tony Bernabo, a Nuclear Medical Science Officer assigned to the 102nd Civil Support Team (CST) - Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Oregon Army National Guard prepares a sample of an unidentified substance for examination as part of a CST demonstration at Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

020109-F-0224C-003. Base: Greenville State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

A U.S. Air Force 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron public health bag sits on a counter in the dining facility at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 31, 2022. U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. William Betts, the commander of the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, visited PSABs dining facility with the public health shop to learn about the rules, responsibilities and procedures that ensure his Airmens safety.

A member of Royal Moroccan Armed Forces briefs U.S. Army and Moroccan officials of medical capabilities in a chemical environment, Sept. 21, 2022, in Kenitra, Morocco, during joint exercise Maroc Mantlet. The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces soldiers showcased their ability to treat individuals injured after a terrorist attack. Maroc Mantlet benefits both the United States and Morocco in building a stronger partnership. Utah and Moroccan service members training and learning together improve security, professional relationships, and also tactics and techniques.

Two Wisconsin National Guard troops confirm testing information at a specimen collection site in Antigo, Wis., June 4, 2020. Wisconsin National Guard specimen collection sites support the states response to COVID-19 by efficiently getting Wisconsin residents their test results. Wisconsin National Guard

SPC Vilayphone Sisouphanthong pinches a wash line while operating a blood processing machine at the Camp Carroll Frozen Blood Depot in Republic of Korea, Nov. 1, 1998. Sisoupanthong, of Alpha Company, 16th Medical Logistics Battalion, is preparing to send blood to a battlefield exercise in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

060406-N-4928B-002. Base: USS Peleliu (LHA 5)

221101-N-IX644-2182 ADRIATIC SEA (Nov. 1, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Josh Schwab, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), performs CPR during a simulated medical emergency, Nov. 1, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

030130-M-9892R-002. Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Medical Battalion

PHILIPPINE SEA (MAY 7, 2022) Yeoman 1st Class Jacob Miller (left), from Atlanta, observes as a Sailor prepares to climb through a scuttle during a damage control drill aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105). Dewey is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleets principal surface force.

060512-N-2838C-004. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

030815-F-4350W-001. Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR)

030918-F-6844O-008. Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Soldiers from the Rhode Island National Guard perform multiple tasks at a COVID-19 test site located at Rhode Island College, North Providence, RI. The Soldiers set up mobile test sites and used them for the first time to test residents. Soldiers and Airmen of the Rhode Island National Guard have been activated by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to support this historic fight against a COVID-19. (Air National Guard

240206-N-EJ843-1034 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 6, 2024) Sailors participate in a fire fighting drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), Feb. 6, 2024. Delbert D. Black is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and partner interests. Navy

040806-F-1351B-010. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

060731-N-3532C-024. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Major Command Shown: USNS MERCY (T-AH 19)

221029-N-ET093-2029 ADRIATIC SEA (Oct 29, 2022) Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 3rd Class Destiny Watkins, from Chicago, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), inflates a life raft for inspection, Oct. 29, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

040826-F-8769K-009. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen from the 355th Medical Group and the 563rd Rescue Group treat a simulated patient during exercise Bushwhacker 22-07 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., Nov. 3, 2022. Davis-Monthan is an operational, warfighting base with 11,000 total force Airmen that directly support six combatant commanders across the globe every day.

SPC Vilayphone Sisouphanthong operates a processing machine at the Camp Carroll Frozen Blood Depot in Republic of Korea, Nov. 1, 1998. Sisoupanthong, of Alpha Company, 16th Medical Logistics Battalion, is preparing to send blood to a battlefield exercise in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

980625-F-3645W-007. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220822-G-TW079-296SINGAPORE (Aug. 22, 2022) Members of the U.S. Coast Guard observe a brief during the Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) 2022 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) workshop at Changi Naval Base Aug. 22, 2022. In its 21st year, SEACAT is a multilateral exercise designed to enhance cooperation among 21 participating Southeast Asian countries and provide mutual support and a common goal to address crises, contingencies, and illegal activities in the maritime domain in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

220826-N-VM474-1133 BALTIC SEA (Aug. 26, 2022) U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Laura Perez prepares to lift a Swedish sailor, simulating a casualty, onto a medical bed during a medical response team exercise aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Aug. 26, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

060822-N-3532C-081. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)

030301-F-9032T-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Coast Guard Cutters - Dauntless (WMEC 624) - 26-HK-73-109. CGC Dauntless -- Coast Guardsmen working with Trashpacker---050928. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Navy medical personnel with the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), checks the pulse of a simulated casualty during a casualty evacuation exercise, in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 13, 2024. The exercise enables corpsmen and ship surgeons to refine their response-and-triage tactics while underway. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-143-202. Hurricane Katrina

221028-N-UI066-1074 ADRIATIC SEA (Oct. 28, 2022) Culinary Specialist Seaman Ixshel Mendez, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), sculpts fondant decorations for the Halloween cake, Oct. 28, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

DA-SC-86-08957. Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

010405-M-7502M-003. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

040109-F-2167L-257. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, are issued their uniform items during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 29, 2022. Receiving is the recruits first day at MCRD San Diego, where they were checked for contraband, given haircuts, made phone calls home, and issued gear.

030814-M-6717G-001. Base: USMC Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: H+S Bn

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 5, 2022) Chief Petty Officer Hospital Corpsman Augusto Paguagavaldez, from La Place, La., prepares a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot during a shot event in the focsle aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Though not mandatory, the Navy recommends all Navy personnel receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, led by Carrier Strike Group 3, deployed from San Diego, Jan. 3, in support of global maritime security operations. An integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic, relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navys role across the full spectrum of military operations — from combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. U.S. 3rd Fleet works together with our allies and partners to advance freedom of navigation, the rule of law, and other principles that underpin security for the Indo-Pacific region.

041221-F-8946M-002. Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Maryland National Guard Soldiers wash their hands outside of the MDNGs joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration station at the Dundalk Readiness Center in Dundalk, Maryland, on March 19, 2020. Soldiers and Airmen had go through a pre-screening outside of the readiness center in order to screen for symptoms of and potential exposure to COVID-19. More than 2,000 Maryland National Guard members are activated to support Marylands response to COVID-19. The MDNG is working in close coordination with many agencies to support civil authorities to augment civil agency capabilities. MDNG capabilities include medical augmentation, transportation support, food distribution, and more.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Glen Vajda, a firefighter with the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, treats a simulated broken nose at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 20, 2022. Moulage and scene acting are used in military training to better simulate the chaotic and potentially hostile real-life events medically trained Airmen may be dispatched to.

220609-N-ED646-0050 DANISH STRAIT (June 9, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Samir Georges, left, applies a tourniquet on Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Alexander Festa during tactical combat casualty care training aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107), June 9, 2022. Gravely is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

221207-N-UF592-1029 PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 7, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alexander Roth, from Dover, Tennessee, administers the COVID-19 vaccine booster to Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Airman Kiana Briley, from Savannah, Tennessee, on the aft mess decks aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 7. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports Alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

110601-F-ET173-087PACIFIC OCEAN (June 1, 2011) Ship's Serviceman 2nd Class Jerome Lewis-Tinsley, from New York, presses uniforms in the ships laundry room aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

U.S. Army Soldiers are graded on their night land navigation during the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events that test their physical and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

SGT Monte Guerin, a member of the 17th Reconnaissance Wing's Physiological Support Division, runs a check on CPT Pete Szyjka's pressure suit prior to the pilot's flight in a TR-1 high-altitude tactical reconnaissance aircraft. Base: Raf Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

050210-F-1631A-013. Base: Green Zone State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Anniston, Ala., June 25, 2014 Students participating in the 2014 Junior Law Enforcement Academy inspect a crime scene on a simulated subway during an exercise. During the week-long academy, students learned the basics of traffic stops, emergency medical technician procedures, visited the county jail, observed a K-9 unit drug search and fired both pellet and live weapons as a way to better understand a law enforcement career. (.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

221025-N-YX844-2020 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 25, 2022) Aviation Boatswains Mate (Fuel) Airman Vanessa Uiagalelei, from Pittsburg, California, tests a JP-5 aviation fuel sample for impurities in the Aviation Fuel Quality Control Lab aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 25. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

LOS ANGELES (May 26, 2022) - U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Pring, from Tacoma, Wash., assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sprays paint on a wall during a volunteer event for Los Angeles Fleet Week May 26, 2022. LAFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas.

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