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San Diego, CA

Patrons line up to enjoy the festive offerings of the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) Holiday Special Meal, Dec. 12, 2024. The annual event, organized by the Nutrition Management Department, brought together patients, staff, and visitors to celebrate the season with a carefully planned and expertly prepared feast. The event underscores NMCSD's commitment to fostering a sense of community while delivering world-class care to all who walk through its doors. The mission of NMCSD is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high-quality health care services, and shape the future of military medicine through education, training, and research. NMCSD employs more than 5,000 active-duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in southern California to provide patients with world-class care. Anchored in Excellence, Committed to Health! Share

San Diego, CA

Capt. Ian Fowler (R), Commanding Officer of Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Bravo, serves a festive dish to patrons during the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) Holiday Special Meal, Dec. 12, 2024. The annual event, which drew over 1,000 attendees, highlights the dedication of the Nutrition Management Department team in creating a memorable dining experience for patients, staff, and visitors alike. The mission of NMCSD is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high-quality health care services, and shape the future of military medicine through education, training, and research. NMCSD employs more than 5,000 active-duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in southern California to provide patients with world-class care. Anchored in Excellence, Committed to Health! Share

San Diego, CA

Cmdr. Bradey Gotto (L), Director for Health Benefits at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), serves a festive dish to patrons during the NMCSD Holiday Special Meal, Dec. 12, 2024. The annual event, which drew over 1,000 attendees, highlights the dedication of the Nutrition Management Department team in creating a memorable dining experience for patients, staff, and visitors alike. The mission of NMCSD is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high-quality health care services, and shape the future of military medicine through education, training, and research. NMCSD employs more than 5,000 active-duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in southern California to provide patients with world-class care. Anchored in Excellence, Committed to Health! Share

Camp Pendleton, CA

U.S. Navy corpsmen with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, dispose of an intravenous line during a mass casualty evacuation drill as part of Steel Knight 24 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 10, 2024. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that takes place in multiple locations across the Southwest that allows I Marine Expeditionary Force to train as a full Marine Air-Ground Task Force and better integrate with joint and naval forces. The exercise also certifies 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and CLB-1 to be forward-postured in Australia as part of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, a six-month deployment during which Marines train with Australian allies and facilitate rapid response to crises and contingencies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anita Ramos) Share

SILVER SPRING, MD

FREDERICK, Md. (March 22, 2024) Andrea Luquette, a research associate, with Naval Medical Research Command’s (NMRC) Biological Defense Research Directorate (BDRD), prepares an instrument prior to sample loading and DNA sequencing. Sequencing data provides information which may be used to aid development of new therapeutics to combat growing health concerns such as multi drug resistant infections. Data may be used to support surveillance of outbreaks, facilitating identification and characterization of the causative agent while simultaneously informing design of the next generation of medical countermeasures to protect joint forces around the world. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activities, from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. (U.S. Navy photo by Mike Wilson/Released) Share

San Antonio, TX

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 13, 2024) – Burrell Parmer (center), of Monroe, La., the command public affairs officer assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was recognized by Commanding Officer Capt. Jennifer Buechel, Nurse Corps, and Command Senior Enlisted Leader Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Christopher Brown, as the command’s Fiscal Year 2024 “Support Staff” Civilian of the Year during an All Hands/Holiday Social held at the Fort Sam Houston Community Center. Additionally, Parmer received FY 2024 “Support Staff” Civilian of the Half Year honors. Parmer, a retired U.S. Marine and commander of Fred Brock American Legion Post No. 828, has served as a Navy civilian for three years. NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense (DoD) and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Command in Silver Spring, Md. Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of DoD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Diego, CA

U.S. Navy Lt. Hoel Rupert David treats a simulated patient in the casualty receiving area of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during the capstone mass casualty drill as part of Mercy Exercise 25-1, Dec. 10, 2024. MERCEX 25-1 is a week long, pier side evolution that highlights integration and training between reduced and full operating status Sailors. When called upon, Mercy can steam to assist anywhere to provide relief as a symbol of Navy Medicine’s abilities around the world, and must be in a five-day activation status in order to support missions over the horizon. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel) Share

San Diego, CA

U.S. Navy Sailors transport a stable simulated patient to the patient ward of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during the capstone mass casualty drill as part of Mercy Exercise 25-1, Dec. 10, 2024. MERCEX 25-1 is a week long, pier side evolution that highlights integration and training between reduced and full operating status Sailors. When called upon, Mercy can steam to assist anywhere to provide relief as a symbol of Navy Medicine’s abilities around the world, and must be in a five-day activation status in order to support missions over the horizon. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel) Share

San Diego, CA

U.S. Navy Sailors transport a simulated patient across the brow of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during the capstone mass casualty drill as part of Mercy Exercise 25-1, Dec. 10, 2024. MERCEX 25-1 is a week long, pier side evolution that highlights integration and training between reduced and full operating status Sailors. When called upon, Mercy can steam to assist anywhere to provide relief as a symbol of Navy Medicine’s abilities around the world, and must be in a five-day activation status in order to support missions over the horizon. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel) Share

San Diego, CA

U.S. Navy Sailors transport a simulated patient from side of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during the capstone mass casualty drill as part of Mercy Exercise 25-1, Dec. 10, 2024. MERCEX 25-1 is a week long, pier side evolution that highlights integration and training between reduced and full operating status Sailors. When called upon, Mercy can steam to assist anywhere to provide relief as a symbol of Navy Medicine’s abilities around the world, and must be in a five-day activation status in order to support missions over the horizon. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel) Share

San Diego, CA

U.S. Navy Sailors transport a simulated patient across the brow of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during the capstone mass casualty drill as part of Mercy Exercise 25-1, Dec. 10, 2024. MERCEX 25-1 is a week long, pier side evolution that highlights integration and training between reduced and full operating status Sailors. When called upon, Mercy can steam to assist anywhere to provide relief as a symbol of Navy Medicine’s abilities around the world, and must be in a five-day activation status in order to support missions over the horizon. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel) Share

San Diego, CA

U.S. Navy Sailors transport a simulated patient from the boat ramp of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during the capstone mass casualty drill as part of Mercy Exercise 25-1, Dec. 10, 2024. MERCEX 25-1 is a week long, pier side evolution that highlights integration and training between reduced and full operating status Sailors. When called upon, Mercy can steam to assist anywhere to provide relief as a symbol of Navy Medicine’s abilities around the world, and must be in a five-day activation status in order to support missions over the horizon. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel) Share