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U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Dylan DiRosa, a medical materiel journeyman assigned to 18th Medical Support Squadron, applies a tourniquet to a training manikin.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Kreis)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Dylan DiRosa, a medical materiel journeyman assigned to 18th Medical Support Squadron, applies a tourniquet to a training manikin during an evacuation preparedness event in support of Exercise Constant Vigilance at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 21, 2026. Constant Vigilance 26 provides Status of Forces Agreement personnel with essential resources to validate installation plans and polices associated with force protection condition progression and to evaluate response capability to threat scenarios. DiRosa is a native of New York.

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