SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 18, 2023) - Navy Hospital Corpsman Senior Chief Petty Officer Barryon Starks, an independent duty corpsman, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), applies a splint to a simulated casualty during a cherry picker exercise aboard the Makin Island, Jan. 18. The 13th MEU is embarked on the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the Makin Island and amphibious transport dock ships USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy's largest forward-


SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 18, 2023) - Navy Hospital Corpsman Senior Chief Petty Officer Barryon Starks, an independent duty corpsman, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), applies a splint to a simulated casualty during a cherry picker exercise aboard the Makin Island, Jan. 18. The 13th MEU is embarked on the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the Makin Island and amphibious transport dock ships USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.


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