Battalion Landing Team 1/4 Marines, Sailors conduct Valkyrie training aboard USS Somerset
INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 22, 2020) – U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jonathan Bussey establishes a connection line into U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joseph Sheppard, a rifleman with Bravo Company, both with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit during Valkyrie emergency fresh whole blood transfusion training aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25). The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th MEU are conducting operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brendan Mullin)