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Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Pastor, a hospital corpsman with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, begins an IV on Lt. Col Lappe, commanding officer of the BLT acting as a patient, during a simulated helicopter raid at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 20, 2018. Pastor, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, graduated from South Forsyth May 2008 before enlisting in the Navy in May of 2012. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted helicopter raid training to ensure readiness for crisis response throughout the Indo-Pacific Region. The BLT medical staff also practiced auto-transfusions, in which a Marine plays the role of both donor and recipient, in preparation for emergency blood transfusions during contingencies in which casualty evacuation may be delayed. BLT 2/5, the Ground Combat Element of the 31st MEU, is an infantry battalion reinforced with light-armored vehicles, artillery, combat engineers, and assault amphibious vehicles. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexis B. Betances/Released)
| Date Taken: | 08.20.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 12.11.2018 02:51 |
| Photo ID: | 4786785 |
| VIRIN: | 180820-M-AF376-198 |
| Resolution: | 4522x3015 |
| Size: | 6.34 MB |
| Location: | IE SHIMA TRAINING FACILITY, OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 33 |
| Downloads: | 7 |
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