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Suva, Fiji
Fiji field of dreams… Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shane Durand, a Queens, New York native, (middle w/ volleyball) was a world away as part of Pacific Partnership 2025 mission stop to the South Pacific Island nation of Fiji, June 6-18, 2025. As part of this year’s PP 2025 mission – now in its 21 year as the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific - Durand, a medical laboratory technician stationed at Naval Hospital Bremerton immersed himself working at the Fiji Veterinary Pathology Laboratory to prepare them for accreditation application. Despite the long work hours, they still found time in the afternoon to get some spirited volleyball play. “Playing volleyball was great. They’d play music, drink coconut water, and have a great time. Seeing everyone smile and have a great time was one of the best parts of the mission,” shared Durand. Also taking a pause from the Pacific Partnership cause is U.S. Navy microbiologist Lt. Ha Na Choe, Durand’s mentor on the mission (courtesy photo).
Suva, Fiji
Shared Smiles…Local youngsters of the South Pacific Island nation of Fiji join Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shane Durand for an impromptu photo-op. Durand, a Queens, New York native and medical laboratory technician stationed at Naval Hospital Bremerton was part of Pacific Partnership 2025 mission stop to Fiji, June 6-18, 2025. Durand supported efforts at the Fiji Veterinary Pathology Laboratory to help prepare them for accreditation application. Yet there were still opportunities to learn, share, and smile with his hospitable island nation hosts. PP 2025 mission – now in its 21 year - is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific (courtesy photo).
Fort Drum, NY
More than 50 Navy Reserve hospital corpsmen, doctors and nurses from across the country conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), July 14-25. The training highlighted the interoperability among forces, as Navy Reservists trained with Army, Coast Guard and New York Naval Militia in joint exercises. The culminating exercise required litter teams to move tactically through combat trauma lanes and perform an aeromedical evacuation with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade DUSTOFF unit. The Sailors are assigned to Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NRNMRTC) Portsmouth, which provided medical training oversight during the Operation Commanding Force rotation. There were an additional 16 Sailors from Navy Medical Forces Atlantic Bethesda. Some arrived as far away as California and New Mexico, while others had a closer trip from upstate New York and Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Fort Drum, NY
More than 50 Navy Reserve hospital corpsmen, doctors and nurses from across the country conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), July 14-25. The training highlighted the interoperability among forces, as Navy Reservists trained with Army, Coast Guard and New York Naval Militia in joint exercises. The culminating exercise required litter teams to move tactically through combat trauma lanes and perform an aeromedical evacuation with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade DUSTOFF unit. The Sailors are assigned to Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NRNMRTC) Portsmouth, which provided medical training oversight during the Operation Commanding Force rotation. There were an additional 16 Sailors from Navy Medical Forces Atlantic Bethesda. Some arrived as far away as California and New Mexico, while others had a closer trip from upstate New York and Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Fort Drum, NY
More than 50 Navy Reserve hospital corpsmen, doctors and nurses from across the country conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), July 14-25. During the two-week training, Navy Reservists validated their skills in medical courses such as Tactical Combat Casualty Care, Hospital Corpsman Skills Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support and Delayed Evacuation Casualty Management. They practiced marksmanship, convoy simulations and water survivability at various Fort Drum facilities, and a waterborne mass casualty exercise in Alexandria Bay. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Fort Drum, NY
More than 50 Navy Reserve hospital corpsmen, doctors and nurses from across the country conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), July 14-25. The training highlighted the interoperability among forces, as Navy Reservists trained with Army, Coast Guard and New York Naval Militia in joint exercises. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Fort Drum, NY
Ashley Gillis, paramedic instructor/operator at the Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center, operates the mannequin that Navy Reserve personnel are treating during Delayed Evacuation Casualty Management (DECM) training July 17 at Fort Drum as part of Operation Commanding Force 2025. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Fort Drum, NY
Navy Reserve medical personnel receive an anatomy/physiology class using a pig's lung inside the Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) on July 17, as part of their two-week annual training rotation called Operation Commanding Force 2025 at Fort Drum. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Fort Drum, NY
More than 50 Navy Reserve hospital corpsmen, doctors and nurses from across the country conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), July 14-25. The training highlighted the interoperability among forces, as Navy Reservists trained with Army, Coast Guard and New York Naval Militia in joint exercises. The culminating exercise required litter teams to move tactically through combat trauma lanes and perform an aeromedical evacuation with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade DUSTOFF unit. The Sailors are assigned to Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NRNMRTC) Portsmouth, which provided medical training oversight during the Operation Commanding Force rotation. There were an additional 16 Sailors from Navy Medical Forces Atlantic Bethesda. Some arrived as far away as California and New Mexico, while others had a closer trip from upstate New York and Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Fort Drum, NY
More than 50 Navy Reserve hospital corpsmen, doctors and nurses from across the country conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), July 14-25. The training highlighted the interoperability among forces, as Navy Reservists trained with Army, Coast Guard and New York Naval Militia in joint exercises. The culminating exercise required litter teams to move tactically through combat trauma lanes and perform an aeromedical evacuation with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade DUSTOFF unit. The Sailors are assigned to Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NRNMRTC) Portsmouth, which provided medical training oversight during the Operation Commanding Force rotation. There were an additional 16 Sailors from Navy Medical Forces Atlantic Bethesda. Some arrived as far away as California and New Mexico, while others had a closer trip from upstate New York and Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Fort Drum, NY
More than 50 Navy Reserve hospital corpsmen, doctors and nurses from across the country conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), July 14-25. The training highlighted the interoperability among forces, as Navy Reservists trained with Army, Coast Guard and New York Naval Militia in joint exercises. The culminating exercise required litter teams to move tactically through combat trauma lanes and perform an aeromedical evacuation with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade DUSTOFF unit. The Sailors are assigned to Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NRNMRTC) Portsmouth, which provided medical training oversight during the Operation Commanding Force rotation. There were an additional 16 Sailors from Navy Medical Forces Atlantic Bethesda. Some arrived as far away as California and New Mexico, while others had a closer trip from upstate New York and Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Fort Drum, NY
More than 50 Navy Reserve hospital corpsmen, doctors and nurses from across the country conducted their two-week annual training at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), July 14-25. The training highlighted the interoperability among forces, as Navy Reservists trained with Army, Coast Guard and New York Naval Militia in joint exercises. The culminating exercise required litter teams to move tactically through combat trauma lanes and perform an aeromedical evacuation with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade DUSTOFF unit. The Sailors are assigned to Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NRNMRTC) Portsmouth, which provided medical training oversight during the Operation Commanding Force rotation. There were an additional 16 Sailors from Navy Medical Forces Atlantic Bethesda. Some arrived as far away as California and New Mexico, while others had a closer trip from upstate New York and Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
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