Dawn Blitz 2017
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 27, 2017) General Surgeon Cmdr. Michael Johnston and Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Lt. Michelle Miller of Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) Navy Adaptive Trauma Team (NATT) ONE, treat a simulated casualty wearing a live cut suit in the medical spaces aboard Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) during a surgical drill for Dawn Blitz 2017. Dawn Blitz 2017 is a scenario-driven amphibious 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chelsea Troy Milburn)
