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SAN DIEGO (Oct. 22, 2025) — Leaders from Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) gather for a group photo during the command’s 2025 Off-Site Strategic Planning Meeting at Naval Air Station North Island. Over the two-day session, NMCSD leadership focused on rebuilding the workforce, strengthening patient care, and charting a data-driven path for future growth. Discussions included initiatives to enhance primary care access, expand women and children’s health services, increase operating room capacity, and optimize inpatient capabilities. The mission of NMCSD is to provide a superior experience for our patients, staff, and warfighters. NMCSD employs more than 5,000 active-duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in southern California to deliver exceptional care afloat and ashore.
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Second Class Juan Florestorres, assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, explains how to provide medical care under fire to MRF-SEA Marines, Philippine Marines assigned to 3rd Marine Brigade and Philippine Coastguardsmen as part of a tactical combat casualty care subject matter expert exchange during exercise Marine Air Support Activity 2025 at Marine Base Camp Rodolfo, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 13, 2025. TCCC is a training program for non-medical personnel to have knowledge and skills to render life-saving medical aid in the absence of medical personnel in combat scenarios. MASA 25 is an annual joint Philippine and U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts. Florestorres is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Agostini)
A Philippine Marine assigned to 3rd Marine Brigade prepares to fill out a mechanism, injuries, symptoms and treatment report during a tactical combat casualty care subject matter expert exchange with U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Philippine Coast Guardsmen as part of exercise Marine Air Support Activity 2025 at Marine Base Camp Rodolfo, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 13, 2025. TCCC is a training program for non-medical personnel to have knowledge and skills to render life-saving medical aid in the absence of medical personnel in combat scenarios. MASA 25 is an annual joint Philippine and U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Agostini)
U.S. Navy Lt. Terrence Hamilton, right, a medical physician assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Philippine Coast Guardsmen Seaman Second Class Jerome Devero, apply bandages to a simulated wound during a tactical combat casualty care subject matter expert exchange as part of exercise Marine Air Support Activity 2025 at Marine Base Camp Rodolfo, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 13, 2025. TCCC is a training program for non-medical personnel to have knowledge and skills to render life-saving medical aid in the absence of medical personnel in combat scenarios. MASA 25 is an annual joint Philippine and U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts. Hamilton is a native of Minnesota. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Agostini)
U.S. Navy Lt. Terrence Hamilton, a medical physician assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, applies pressure on a simulated wound during a tactical combat casualty care subject matter expert exchange as part of exercise Marine Air Support Activity 2025 at Marine Base Camp Rodolfo, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 13, 2025. TCCC is a training program for non-medical personnel to have knowledge and skills to render life-saving medical aid in the absence of medical personnel in combat scenarios. MASA 25 is an annual joint Philippine and U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts. Hamilton is a native of Minnesota. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Agostini)
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Second Class Juan Florestorres, assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, demonstrates to a Philippine Marine assigned to 3rd Marine Brigade how to properly seal an open chest wound during a tactical combat casualty care subject matter expert exchange as part of exercise Marine Air Support Activity 2025 at Marine Base Camp Rodolfo, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 13, 2025. TCCC is a training program for non-medical personnel to have knowledge and skills to render life-saving medical aid in the absence of medical personnel in combat scenarios. MASA 25 is an annual joint Philippine and U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts. Florestorres is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Agostini)
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Second Class Juan Florestorres, assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, applies direct pressure on a simulated wound during a tactical combat casualty care subject matter expert exchange as part of exercise Marine Air Support Activity 2025 at Marine Base Camp Rodolfo, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 13, 2025. TCCC is a training program for non-medical personnel to have knowledge and skills to render life-saving medical aid in the absence of medical personnel in combat scenarios. MASA 25 is an annual joint Philippine and U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts. Florestorres is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Agostini)
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Second Class Juan Florestorres, assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, explains how to provide medical care under fire to MRF-SEA Marines, Philippine Marines assigned to 3rd Marine Brigade and Philippine Coastguardsmen as part of a tactical combat casualty care subject matter expert exchange during exercise Marine Air Support Activity 2025 at Marine Base Camp Rodolfo, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 13, 2025. TCCC is a training program for non-medical personnel to have knowledge and skills to render life-saving medical aid in the absence of medical personnel in combat scenarios. MASA 25 is an annual joint Philippine and U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts. Florestorres is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Agostini)
An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from the Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River "SAR Dogs" unit scans the coastline during a challenging L00A qualification flight. The aircrew was tasked with locating a simulated crash site with no prior location data. This unscripted scenario is a critical component of the qualification process, ensuring the SAR team can effectively respond to distress calls when precise location data is unavailable.
Naval Aircrewmen from the Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River "SAR Dogs" unit prepare a simulated crash site on a beach prior to a rescue evolution. From Left, Naval Aircrewmen (Helicopter) 2nd Class Kanon Brooks, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Andrew Conklin, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Mackenzie W. Gordon and Naval Aircrewmen (Helicopter) 1st Class Joseph Conant set the stage for a realistic L00A qualification flight. This vital preparation ensures the scenario effectively tests the incoming aircrew's ability to locate, assess, and rescue simulated casualties without prior information.
Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River Search and Rescue (SAR) aircrew hoists a simulated patient in a rescue litter into an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter. This training tests the crew’s ability to safely extract a patient and prepare them for transport to a higher echelon of care, a critical skill for newly qualified L00A corpsmen like Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Arsides Garay.
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Arsides Garay (center), assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River, performs simulated advanced life support on a training mannequin during his final L00A qualification flight. The L00A qualification equips Navy Corpsmen to provide independent emergency medical care in austere environments.

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