A MV-22 was used to medevac a U.S. Marine from USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) to a shore-based hospital in Sasebo, Japan on Mar. 23.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephen Oleksiak [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Doctors on board the ship felt that it was in the best interest of the Marine to send him ashore for care and only the MV-22 could make the round trip due to distance.