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San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) Cmdr. Rachel Werner, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Dental Corps, deputy chief science director of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was recognized as a Hero of Military Medicine honoree during the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. Pictured with Werner (center) are from left to right: Dr. Sylvain Cardin of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR), Capt. Sharon House and Rear Adm. Walter Brafford of Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC), and Capt. Jennifer Buechel, Cmdr. Nicholas Hamlin, and Dr. Darrin Frye of NAMRU San Antonio. The awards program, hosted by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. NAMRU San Antonio’s mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) – U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Travis Reyes was recognized as a Hero of Military Medicine Ambassador honoree during the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. The awards program, hosted by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. Reyes, of Oxon Hill, Md., was an observer/aerial gunner on a MV-22 Osprey training flight that crashed on the Tiwi Islands off the coast of Darwin, Australia on Aug. 27, 2023. Requiring immediate intensive care, he was treated at Royal Darwin Hospital and subsequently transferred to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, where he spent approximately two months in the Intensive Care Unit. In a groundbreaking effort, the Department of Defense’s only Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team collaborated with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) Burn Center to orchestrate a complex retrieval mission to bring Reyes to BAMC once he was in better conditions. This mission was the longest ECMO retrieval in history and marked the first ECMO unit circuit change performed in a moving aircraft. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) – U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Travis Reyes was recognized as a Hero of Military Medicine Ambassador honoree during the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. Presenting the award was retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Caravalho Jr., MD, president and CEO of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), joined by U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, commanding general, Training and Education Command (TECOM). The awards program, hosted by the HJF, recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. Reyes, of Oxon Hill, Md., was an observer/aerial gunner on a MV-22 Osprey training flight that crashed on the Tiwi Islands off the coast of Darwin, Australia on Aug. 27, 2023. Requiring immediate intensive care, he was treated at Royal Darwin Hospital and subsequently transferred to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, where he spent approximately two months in the Intensive Care Unit. In a groundbreaking effort, the Department of Defense’s only Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team collaborated with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) Burn Center to orchestrate a complex retrieval mission to bring Reyes to BAMC once he was in better conditions. This mission was the longest ECMO retrieval in history and marked the first ECMO unit circuit change performed in a moving aircraft. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) – U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, commanding general, Training and Education Command (TECOM), introduces Cpl. Travis Reyes as a Hero of Military Medicine Ambassador honoree during the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. The awards program, hosted by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. Reyes, of Oxon Hill, Md., was an observer/aerial gunner on a MV-22 Osprey training flight that crashed on the Tiwi Islands off the coast of Darwin, Australia on Aug. 27, 2023. Requiring immediate intensive care, he was treated at Royal Darwin Hospital and subsequently transferred to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, where he spent approximately two months in the Intensive Care Unit. In a groundbreaking effort, the Department of Defense’s only Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team collaborated with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) Burn Center to orchestrate a complex retrieval mission to bring Reyes to BAMC once he was in better conditions. This mission was the longest ECMO retrieval in history and marked the first ECMO unit circuit change performed in a moving aircraft. Watson’s son was a survivor of the MV-22 Osprey crash. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) – Cmdr. Rachel Werner, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Dental Corps, deputy chief science director of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was recognized as a Hero of Military Medicine honoree during the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. The awards program, hosted by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. NAMRU San Antonio’s mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) – Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, commander, Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) and chief of the U.S. Navy Dental Corps (DC), introduces Cmdr. Rachel Werner, DC, deputy chief science director of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, as a Hero of Military Medicine honoree during the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. The awards program, hosted by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. NAMRU San Antonio’s mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) – Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Caravalho Jr., MD, president and CEO of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), welcomes guests and awardees to the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. The awards program recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) – Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, commander, Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) and chief of the U.S. Navy Dental Corps speaks with U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gwendolyn Foster, commander, 59th Medical Wing (MDW) and U.S. Army Col. Mark Stackle, commander, Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) at the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. The three commanders served as special guest speakers at the event. The awards program, hosted by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) – Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, commander, Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) and chief of the U.S. Navy Dental Corps greets U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, commanding general, Training and Education Command (TECOM) at the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. Brafford and Watson served as special guest speakers at the event. The awards program, hosted by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio,TX

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) – Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Caravalho Jr., MD (right), president and CEO of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), greets U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, commanding general, Training and Education Command (TECOM) at the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. Watson served as a special guest speaker at the event. The awards program, hosted by the HJF, recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

Sigonella, Italy

Capt. Michael Mercado, Executive Officer, NMRTC Sigonella receives his Influenza vaccine during the mass vaccination kick-off training on Wednesday October 16, 2024. HN Kennedi Beamon, one of the Medical Home Port corpsman who volunteered to assist during the mass vaccination evolutions, administered the vaccine to XO. Share

Sigonella, Italy

Capt. TaRail A. Vernon, NMRTC Sigonella Commanding Officer is one of the first to get his Influenza vaccine during the training kick off session in the Immunization Clinic at Medical Home Port at NMRTC Sigonella on Wednesday October 16,2024. HN Shanilee Nelson, one of our dental corpsman, volunteered to assist with the mass vaccination program going on throughout October and November. Share