U.S. Navy Sailor Lt. Grace Puglisi, an emergency room and enroute care nurse with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, prepares to transport simulated casualties in Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 4, 2020.
Puglisi is a Coronado, Calif. native.
"I love my job as an emergency room nurse, we work in very critical situations that are fast-paced. Operating in an M997A3 or on a helicopter platform, it makes the adventure and medical training all that much better and unique. With the future of warfighting, enroute care will be a big component of future medical support in the area of responsibility."
The Marines and Navy medical team practiced air and ground casualty evacuations alongside Australians to maintain their constant state of readiness to respond to crises and contingencies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah Marshall). Original public domain image from Flickr