OKINAWA
Photo by Cpl. Moises Rodriguez

Photo by Cpl. Moises Rodriguez ()

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gavin Mennie, an inventory management specialist with 3d Supply Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, and Phoenix, Arizona, native, applies a tourniquet during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care class on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 24, 2021. TCCC aims to reduce combat deaths while allowing a unit to complete its' mission and provide the best possible care for casualties on the battlefield. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

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