220713-M-WC972-1017 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 13, 2022) A Sailor assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, checks the flow of blood while completing a blood transfusion during Valkyrie training in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 13. In order to maintain the lives of forces on the ground, the Navy adopted the emergency fresh whole blood transfusion procedure known as "Valkyrie" from the U. S. Army's special operations ranger low tier whole blood program. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four subma
220713-M-WC972-1017 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 13, 2022) A Sailor assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, checks the flow of blood while completing a blood transfusion during Valkyrie training in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 13. In order to maintain the lives of forces on the ground, the Navy adopted the emergency fresh whole blood transfusion procedure known as "Valkyrie" from the U. S. Army's special operations ranger low tier whole blood program. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 2022 from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2022 provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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