JAPAN
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mitchell Austin

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mitchell Austin ()

MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN -- U.S. Marines Corps Cpl. Elijah Stoke, a military working dog handler assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshal’s Office, holds a saline IV bag for a canine training mannequin to mimic responding to a simulated dog causality during Exercise Active Shield at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 14, 2022. Exercise Active Shield is a bilateral exercise conducted annually with the Japan Self-Defense Force to better prepare the air station’s incident response procedures during base defense operations.

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