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Bethesda, MD
Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bethesda’s Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ship (CRTS) 7 aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) and USS Fort Lauderdale during an overseas deployment in support of maritime security operations. NMRTC Bethesda’s mission is to maximize warfighter performance through optimized medical readiness tailored to operational requirements; enhance the readiness of the medical force to sustain expeditionary medical capability; and train and develop the Navy Medicine Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Weston N. Oliver)
HMAS Choules (L100)
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class David Maldonado-Santiago, independent duty corpsman assigned to Pacific Partnership 2026 (PP26), right, assesses the intervention as Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Able Seaman Medic Sienna Williams, left, examines a simulated casualty in the senior sailors’ mess during an all-hands damage control drill aboard RAN amphibious Bay-class Landing Ship Dock (LSD) HMAS Choules (L100), at sea, July 18, 2026. Approximately 113 PP26 personnel from Australia, Canada, Germany, and the U.S. have embarked on Choules, which is providing transport and logistics support to the mission across multiple mission stops. Now in its 22nd iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Caroline H. Lui)
HMAS Choules (L100)
From left to right, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Able Seaman Medic Sienna Williams, Lieutenant Elliot Heeney, nursing officer, RAN, U.S. Navy (USN) Lt. Alec Zamarripa, family medicine physician assigned to Pacific Partnership 2026 (PP26), and USN Hospital Corpsman 1st Class David Maldonado-Santiago, PP26 independent duty corpsman, work together to assess a simulated casualty in the senior sailors’ mess during an all-hands damage control drill aboard RAN amphibious Bay-class Landing Ship Dock (LSD) HMAS Choules (L100), at sea, July 18, 2026. Approximately 113 PP26 personnel from Australia, Canada, Germany, and the U.S. have embarked on Choules, which is providing transport and logistics support to the mission across multiple mission stops. Now in its 22nd iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Caroline H. Lui)
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
U.S. Navy Sailors, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 3, perform a laparoscopic surgery in an operating room aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
U.S. Navy Lt. Derek Marske, a flight surgeon assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sterilizes his hands prior to performing a laparoscopic surgery in an operating room aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th MEU in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cynthia Mejia Astorga, left, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 3, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Landon Adams, assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), prepare sterile equipment for a laparoscopic surgery in one of Boxer’s operating rooms while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and Fleet Surgical Team 3, perform a laparoscopic surgery in one of Boxer’s operating rooms while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Computer screens have been blurred to protect patient privacy) (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Debra Lowery, the Commander, Amphibious Task Force surgeon assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 3, sutures a patient after performing a laparoscopic surgery in an operating room aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Nicholas Panto, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 3, prepares equipment during laparoscopic surgery in an operating room aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cynthia Mejia Astorga, left, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Nicholas, both assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 3, fill a catheter with a saline and contrast agent solution during laparoscopic surgery in an operating room aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cynthia Mejia Astorga, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 3, fills a syringe with saline during laparoscopic surgery in an operating room aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Debra Lowery, left, the Commander, Amphibious Task Force surgeon, and Lt. Cmdr. Landon King, a general surgeon, both assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 3, perform laparoscopic surgery in an operating room aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)
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