Bonhomme Richard launches MV-22 to Sasebo for medevac

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.

US Navy 080605-N-1512O-027 An MV-22 Osprey assigned to the
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.

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