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Camp Pendleton, CA

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (HM2) Kwame Obengyeboah and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (HM3) Charlie Spencer loads a high-fidelity simulated manikin into a truck during a training evolution as part of an Integrated Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) and En-route Care System (ERCS)course conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) at Bravo 1 Range, Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 16. Obengyeboah and Spencer medically evacuated the simulated patient from point-of-injury to the ERSS team for Role 2 care. Spencer is currently stationed at Recon Training Command (RTC) on Camp Pendleton where he provides support for students going through BRC. Obengyeboah is an instructor at NEMWDC and plays the role of Medical Quick Reaction Force (MEDQRF) during the ERSS course guiding the BRC students in Role 1 care. Share

Camp Pendleton, CA

Lt. Kaitlin Walter evaluates a live actor patient involved in a motor vehicle accident for a possible head trauma while Capt. Chad Baasen observes during a training evolution on Bravo 1 Range conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) on Dec. 16. Walter explains, “It was good getting immediate feedback from the actor. It’s an extra realistic simulation forcing me to have to pay more attention on the patient.” Walter is an Emergency Room Physician Assistant for Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Camp Lejeune, N.C., set to deploy with her Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System team in Spring 2025. Share

Camp Pendleton, CA

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (HM3) Ryan Baker helps the Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) team into unloading a simulated patient off a truck to transition to Role 2 care during a training evolution conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC)on Bravo 1 Range, Camp Pendleton, Dec. 16. The ERSS team is comprised of a seven-man team with Expeditionary Medicine Facility Kilo Camp Lejeune training in preparation for an upcoming deployment in Spring 2025. Share

Camp Pendleton, CA

Capt. William McGinnis and Chief Hospital Corpsman (HMC) David Potter load a high-fidelity simulated manikin into an ambulance after receiving care from Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) team while Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Kwame Obengyeboah provides security. McGinnis and Potter are the two personnel that make up the En-Route Care System (ERCS) Team 48 that provides care to patients during transportation from one echelon to another. Both McGinnis and Potter are in the Reserves sharpening their skills while fulfilling the roles of a Critical Care Nurse and Search and Rescue Medical Technician, respectively. Obengyeboah is an instructor at NEMWDC and plays the role of Medical Quick Reaction Force (MEDQRF) during the ERSS course guiding the BRC students in Role 1 care. Share

Lodz, Poland

(March 2023) Security Assistance Group Ukraine - International team of American, Canadian and Polish active-duty medical personnel during Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) program for Ukrainian Military personnel at the Wojskowe Centrum Ksztalcenia Medycznego (Center for Military Medicine) in Lodz, Poland. (U.S. Navy Photo provided by HM2 (FMF) Charles P. Albrecht/Released) Share

Manama, Bahrain,

(July 29, 2024) - Royal Medical Services at the Crown Prince Center for Training and Medical Research in Manama, Bahrain, for a global health engagement activity: Trauma Nursing and Leadership Subject Matter Expert Exchange Symposium (U.S. Navy Photo Royal Medical Services/Released) Share

WILMINGTON, NC

Captain Joseph Ford is promoted to his current rank onboard the Battleship North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, 1 September 2024. Ford is the director of Mental Health for the II Marine Expeditionary Force, overseeing clinical mental health services for over 37,000 Marines and Sailors. (Courtesy Photo) Share

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

241203-N-LY941-1001 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba. (Dec 20, 2024) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Matthew McDowell, assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Guantanamo Bay, was named the USNMRTC Senior Sailor of the Year, 2024. McDowell, a Brooklyn, New York native, has served the Navy for 20 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Emily McCamy/released) Share

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

241203-N-LY941-1002 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Dec. 20, 2024) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Ramon Castro was named U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Sailor of the Year. Castro, a native of Paterson, New Jersey, has served the Navy for eight years. (U.S. Navy photo by Emily McCamy/released) Share

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

240909-N-LY941-1120 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Dec. 20, 2024) Lt. Natalie Wen, assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Guantanamo Bay, was named USNMRTC Junior Officer of the Quarter, fourth quarter, 2024 and Junior Officer of the Year, 2024. Wen, a dentist, is a native of Hartland, Wis. and has served the Navy for two years. (U.S. Navy photo by Emily McCamy/released) Share

Kansas City, MO

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Nov. 15, 2024) Kristin Robinson, executive director of Project C.U.R.E. in Kansas City, gives a tour of a medical facility distribution center to volunteers from Navy Medicine during Navy Week Kansas City. Since 2005, America’s Navy has come home to up to 15 cities across the country every year. The Navy Week program has served as the Navy’s principal outreach effort into areas of the nation without a significant Navy presence, with over 300 Navy Weeks held in 95 different U.S. cities. Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian health care professionals, provides enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Alejandra Ramirez Alarcon/Released) Share

Kansas City, MO

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Nov. 13, 2024) Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Phillip Jean-Gilles, command master chief for Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) and Navy Medicine representative, speak to an 11th grade class at North Kansas City High School class on the healthcare track during Navy Week Kansas City. Since 2005, America’s Navy has come home to up to 15 cities across the country every year. The Navy Week program has served as the Navy’s principal outreach effort into areas of the nation without a significant Navy presence, with over 300 Navy Weeks held in 95 different U.S. cities. 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. Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian health care professionals – provides enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Alejandra Ramirez Alarcon/Released) Share