PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Bandle, center, from Colorado Springs, Colo., a general surgeon assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 7, trains Sailors and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines on the proper procedure of inserting a chest tube for a pneumothorax during a certification exercise (CERTEX) mass casualty drill in the intensive care unit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). A mass casualty drill is an exercise conducted to ensure medical responders can quickly and efficiently provide treatment to injured personnel. Bonhomme Richard,


PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Bandle, center, from Colorado Springs, Colo., a general surgeon assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 7, trains Sailors and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines on the proper procedure of inserting a chest tube for a pneumothorax during a certification exercise (CERTEX) mass casualty drill in the intensive care unit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). A mass casualty drill is an exercise conducted to ensure medical responders can quickly and efficiently provide treatment to injured personnel. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st MEU, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency.


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