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Twentynine Palms, CA
Lt. j.g. Aaron Gracad (left), a San Diego, Calif. native working in the Maternal Infant Nursing Department is honored during the 2025 DAISY Award ceremony held at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms on May 16. The DAISY Award recognizes outstanding nursing professionals who demonstrate exceptional compassion and dedication to patient-centered care. The event also highlighted nominees from multiple hospital departments, showcasing the wide-reaching commitment to quality healthcare across the facility (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher C. Jones, NHTP/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer).
Twentynine Palms, CA
wo nurses from the Maternal Infant Nursing Department are honored during the 2025 DAISY Award ceremony held at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms on May 16. The DAISY Award recognizes outstanding nursing professionals who demonstrate exceptional compassion and dedication to patient-centered care. The event also highlighted nominees from multiple hospital departments, showcasing the wide-reaching commitment to quality healthcare across the facility (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher C. Jones, NHTP/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer).
Twentynine Palms, CA
Two nurses from the Maternal Infant Nursing Department are honored during the 2025 DAISY Award ceremony held at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms on May 16. The DAISY Award recognizes outstanding nursing professionals who demonstrate exceptional compassion and dedication to patient-centered care. The event also highlighted nominees from multiple hospital departments, showcasing the wide-reaching commitment to quality healthcare across the facility (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher C. Jones, NHTP/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer).
Camp Lemonnier,Djibouti
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Scott Trask, a general surgeon, performs an external fixation of a femur at the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on Sept. 7, 2020. The EMF is responsible for the care of thousands of personnel who occupy the base in and around the area of responsibility. Camp Lemonnier is an operational installation that enables U.S., allied and partner nation forces to be where and when they are needed to ensure security in Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo)
Williamsburg, VA
In a message announcing promotions to the permanent grade of captain, Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan stated, “I am pleased to announce the following staff corps officers on the active-duty list for promotion.” Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command’s (NMRLC) executive officer, Cmdr. Olusegun A. Olabode was on that list.
Bremerton, WA
Tactical Combat Casualty Care under Fleet Marine Force supervision… Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (Fleet Marine Force qualified) Austin Santistevan, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton Tactical Combat Casualty Care course instructor keeps an attentive eye on corpsmen students taking week-long TCCC classroom and field training to hone their abilities in an austere combat environment. For Santistevan, teaching the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course is a labor of love. “I love being a TCCC instructor. I can teach a course and know I’m making a difference,” said Santistevan, a 13-year Navy veteran, from Pueblo, Colorado and a Centennial High School grad, “home of the Bulldogs.” (official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).
Bremerton, WA
Field of battle scrutiny…under the watchful – and demanding – gaze of Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (Fleet Marine Force qualified) Austin Santistevan, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton Tactical Combat Casualty Care course instructor, Hospitalman Joseph Clark is actively critiqued on his response ability to a battlefield injury. TCCC is an operational necessity for Clark and all other corpsmen and is specifically designed to simulate the unique challenges and conditions on the field of battle in handling traumatic injuries. For Santistevan, teaching the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course is a labor of love. “I love being a TCCC instructor. I can teach a course and know I’m making a difference,” said Santistevan, a 13-year Navy veteran, from Pueblo, Colorado and a Centennial High School grad, “home of the Bulldogs.” (official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).
Bremerton, WA
Leading from the FMF front…Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (Fleet Marine Force qualified) Austin Santistevan, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton Tactical Combat Casualty Care course instructor, paces corpsmen students through week-long classroom and field training to hone their abilities in an austere combat environment. “I love being a TCCC instructor. I can teach a course and know I’m making a difference,” said Santistevan, a 13-year Navy veteran, from Pueblo, Colorado and a Centennial High School grad, “home of the Bulldogs.” TCCC is an operational necessity for all corpsmen and is specifically designed to simulate the unique challenges and conditions on the field of battle in handling traumatic injuries (official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).
Portsmouth, VA
250219-O-NJ595-1096, Portsmouth, Virginia, (Jan. 29, 2025) From left to right, Biomedical Technicians (BMET) Chief Eric Garcia, Sgt. Ariane Nunley, Senior Airman Victor Maldonado, and Senior Airman Brett Lucas pose for a photo after the conclusion of their annual equipment checks Jan. 29, 2025, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia. BMET’s use their expertise to ensure life-saving technologies, field medical systems, and laboratory equipment function reliably in both the operational and clinical settings. The annual equipment checks are conducted to ensure that all the equipment is working properly and calibrated to present accurate data. During the gear check, biomedical specialists from the Army, Airforce, and Navy participated with the inventory and diagnostical checks for the equipment in the hospital. (U.S. Navy photo by Desmond Martin)
Portsmouth, VA
250219-O-NJ595-1095, Portsmouth, Virginia, (Jan. 29, 2025) Chief Eric Garcia, a biomedical equipment technician (BMET) with the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) verifies the serial number of a battery for a vitals sign monitor as Sgt. Ariane Nunley, a biomedical equipment technician (BMET) with the Lyster Army Health Clinic reads it to him, Jan. 29, 2025, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia. The annual equipment checks are conducted to ensure that all the equipment is working properly and calibrated to present accurate data. During the gear check, service members would work together to ensure that all the information is correct and up to date. These efforts support also supports force health protection, medical readiness, and expeditionary capabilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Desmond Martin)
Portsmouth, VA
250219-O-NJ595-1094, Portsmouth, Virginia, (Jan. 29, 2025) Sgt. Ariane Nunley, a biomedical equipment technician (BMET) with the Lyster Army Health Clinic relays information from a vital sign monitor to Chief Eric Garcia, a BMET with the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) during a diagnostics test, Jan. 29, 2025, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia. The diagnostic tests ensure that the equipment is functioning correctly and that it displays accurate data. The annual equipment checks are conducted to ensure that all the equipment is working properly and calibrated to present accurate data in support of warfighter readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Desmond Martin)
Portsmouth, VA
250219-O-NJ595-1093, Portsmouth, Virginia, (Jan. 29, 2025) Chief Eric Garcia, a biomedical equipment technician (BMET) with the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) prepares to check the diagnostics of a vital sign monitor during an annual equipment checkup for the hospital, Jan. 29, 2025, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia. The annual equipment checks are conducted to ensure that all the equipment is working properly and calibrated to present accurate data. Biomedical specialists in the Navy focus on the application of medical, biological, and scientific principles to support naval operations and enhance the health of sailors, Marines, and their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Desmond Martin)
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