Executive Officer

A native of Nettie, West Virginia, Capt. Candace Foura earned her Associate Degree in Nursing in 2000 and began her career as a Registered Nurse specializing in antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care. She earned National Certification as an Inpatient Obstetric Nurse and completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of St. Francis in 2003. That same year, she commissioned into the Navy Nurse Corps following Officer Indoctrination School in Newport, Rhode Island.

Her first assignment was at U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella, Italy, where she served as a staff nurse in labor and delivery and postpartum. In 2006, she transferred to National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland, working as a staff and charge nurse in the Mother and Infant Care Center. In 2008, she deployed aboard USS Boxer and USS Kearsarge in support of Operation Continuing Promise.

Capt. Foura was selected for graduate education and earned a Master of Science in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University, followed by midwifery certification from Shenandoah University in 2011. She then reported to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia, where she completed her utilization tour as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and became credentialed as a Certified Nurse Midwife.

In 2014, she reported to Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune as Assistant Department Head and Senior Nurse Midwife of one of the Navy’s largest OB/GYN clinics. There, she also served on the Medical Executive Board, oversaw labor and delivery care provided by Family Medicine residents, became a credentialed Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examiner, and launched a walk-in contraceptive clinic supporting female force readiness.

In 2018, she transferred to Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida, serving as Department Head and staff midwife. In 2019, she was appointed Chair of the Bureau of Medicine’s Family Planning Sub-Community Board and spearheaded the Navy’s first walk-in gynecology clinic for active duty women, later recognized as a best practice by the Office of Women’s Health.

Capt. Foura reported to Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor in 2021 as Department Head of the Women’s Health Clinic, SAMFE Program Manager, and Director for Health Services where she was selected by AMSUS as the 2022 Ready, Reliable Care award winner for patient centeredness. From 2023 to 2025, she served as Director for Surgical Services and full-scope midwife at USNMRTC Yokosuka.

In 2025, Capt. Foura reported to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, where she currently serves as serves as Executive Officer.

Capt. Foura’s personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.