Chief Hospital Corpsman Valdivio Reid, a native of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, conducted stretcher bearer training in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a general quarters drill.
Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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