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Captain Jerry Bailey, Deputy Commander, Naval Medical Forces PacificCaptain Victor M. Diaz
Deputy Commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific

 
A native of Queens, N.Y., Capt. Victor M. Diaz enlisted in the Navy in 1991 under the Broadened Opportunity for Officer Selection and Training (BOOST) program.Following recruit training and completion of BOOST, he attended Jacksonville University, Fla., on a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship and received his bachelor’s degree in nursing and commission in 1996.
 
Operationally, he deployed as a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group, Surgical Shock Trauma Platoon, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF-II). He served as the sole anesthesia provider on Fleet Surgical Team Six and completed deployments aboard USS Bataan (LHD 5) and USS Nassau (LHA 4). Diaz also served on humanitarian missions to Latin America aboard USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).
 
He began his career as a staff nurse at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Calif., where he served in the cardiac telemetry unit and emergency department before departing in 1999 for his first overseas tour in Guam. In 2001, Diaz was competitively selected for the Navy Nurse Corps Anesthesia Program (NNCAP) and attended the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md. He earned a master’s degree in 2003 and reported to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., for his utilization tour as a CRNA.
 
Diaz has served in a variety of executive medicine leadership positions to include commanding officer, executive officer, director, and department head at military treatment facilities (MTF) worldwide. Prior to assuming his current duties as Naval Medical Forces Pacific deputy commander in July 2024, Diaz served as the MTF director for Naval Health Clinic Hawai’i and commanding officer for Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pearl Harbor where he oversaw the safe operations and quality patient-centered care across five geographically dispersed clinics for 49,000 beneficiaries that included active duty, military retirees and veterans living on the island of Oahu.
 
Capt. Diaz is qualified as a Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer and Fleet Marine Force Qualified Officer.His personal military awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), Army Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards) and various unit and campaign ribbons.

 

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