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Nov 14, 2025

U.S. Navy Lt. Calithea Sheppard, a medical officer with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, applies a bandage to a simulated casualty during the culminating event of a Tier IV Tactical Combat Causality Care course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 8, 2025. 2nd MLG became the first-ever Marine Corps command to host a Tier IV TCCC course and is now hosting its second iteration. The course trains select military service members to become proficient combat paramedics capable of providing advanced casualty care at the point of injury on the battlefield and in austere environments. Sheppard is a native of Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brady V. Hathaway)

CAMERA

Canon EOS R5

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

2

SHUTTERSPEED

1/60

ISO

200

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS R5

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

2

SHUTTERSPEED

1/60

ISO

200

 
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