5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 22, 2017) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joseph Martinez, left, from Houston, teaches Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) during weekly stretcher-bearer training held in the ship’s medical ward. Comstock is deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group in the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

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