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CARIBBEAN SEA - U.S. Navy Lt. Thomas Frawley, an en route care nurse with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), demonstrates the placement of an orogastric tube during ERC training aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 25, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Brett Norman)
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