OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2017) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Majesta Hagemyer, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 3, fills a syringe with influenza vaccine aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) 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.

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