U.S. Navy corpsmen with Bravo Surgical Company, 3rd Medical Battalion, participate in joint casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and hoist training with a U.S. Army UH-60Q Black Hawk, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 18, 2024. Corpsmen and flight medics collaborated to hoist simulated casualties onto a UH-60Q Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter to increase joint interoperability and practice CASEVAC procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Hunter Jones)
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Across Kaneohe Bay, masts stand tall against a backdrop of the mountainous Ko’olau Range as wa’a kaulua cut through the bay to the marina at Marine Corps Base Hawai’i. As the double hulled canoes approached the pier, children rushed to greet them. The children, students at Mokapu Elementary School, started in song together, singing e aloha e, a warm welcome to the crew members. In response, the boats pierced...