PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2017) Lt. Thomas Diggs (left),
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2017) Lt. Thomas Diggs (left), Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Kevin Munro (center), and Cmdr. Michael Johnston (right), assigned to a Navy adaptive trauma team embarked aboard Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), simulate treating and preparing a patient for casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) during a drill as part of Dawn Blitz 2017. Dawn Blitz 2017 is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine Corps units by providing a robust training environment where forces plan and execute an amphibious assault, engage in live-fire events, and establish expeditionary advanced bases in a land and maritime threat environment to improve naval amphibious core competencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chelsea Troy Milburn)
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