USS Boxer Hosts Simulated Mass Casualty Drill

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Cmdr. Jesse Bandle, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTCSD) and native of Colorado Springs, Colorado, performs exploratory surgery on a simulated trauma patient during a mass casualty drill aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and NMRTCSD Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)