Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerardo G. Medina, right, shows radio operator Cpl. Shawn R. Pavlik how to intravenously administer fluid to a patient during a field exercise here Aug. 18 with Company L, one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Company L spent five days in the field during the unit’s first sea-based training since becoming a complete Marine air ground task force in May. The company disembarked USS New Orleans off Pendleton’s coast and was driven ashore by amphibious assault vehicles. A platoon of tracked vehicles from 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Camp Pendleton, reinforces the Pendleton-based 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. The platoon provides the go-to means of maneuver for Company L. Medina is a 21-year-old Los Angeles native and the company’s senior line corpsman. Pavlik is a 21-year-old Lady Smith, Wis., native.