PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 22, 2017) Sailors assigned to the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) and a Navy Medical Adaptive Trauma Team prepare a simulated casualty for a medical evacuation during Dawn Blitz 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven 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 competencie


PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 22, 2017) Sailors assigned to the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) and a Navy Medical Adaptive Trauma Team prepare a simulated casualty for a medical evacuation during Dawn Blitz 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chelsea Troy Milburn/Released)


Size: 5428px × 3619px
Photo credit: © AB Forces News Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 47, amphib, amphibious, blitz, dawn, dawnblitz, deck, lsd, marines, meu, operations, rushmore, rusmore, uss