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San Antonio, TX

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Sept. 13, 2024) – Lt. Anca Selariu, a microbiologist assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander during a promotion ceremony held at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute. Selariu, a Medical Service Corps officer who has been in America’s Navy for five years, recently served as the science officer on a 4-person team that took part in the NASA Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog’s (CHAPEA) first mission from June 25, 2023, to July 6, 2024. The CHAPEA missions, simulated expeditions to the surface of Mars, aim to collect critical data which will inform future human expeditions to space. 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 D. Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio, TX

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Sept. 13, 2024) – Lt. Anca Selariu, a microbiologist assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander during a promotion ceremony held at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute. Selariu, a Medical Service Corps officer who has been in America’s Navy for five years, recently served as the science officer on a 4-person team that took part in the NASA Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog’s (CHAPEA) first mission from June 25, 2023, to July 6, 2024. The CHAPEA missions, simulated expeditions to the surface of Mars, aim to collect critical data which will inform future human expeditions to space. Pinning on her insignia was NAMRU San Antonio Executive Officer Cmdr. Nicholas Hamlin. 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 D. Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Diego, CA

Naval Medical Center San Diego's command Ombudsmen pose for a photo at Naval Base Point Loma, Sept. 13, 2024. (Courtesy photo) Share

San Diego, CA

Capt. Elizabeth Adriano, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego's Commander, third from right, and Command Master Chief Adolfo Gonzalez, left, pose for a photo with Naval Medical Center San Diego's command Ombudsmen at Naval Base Point Loma, Sept. 13, 2024. (Courtesy photo) Share

CROWNPOINT, N.M.

240913-N-N1526-1003 CROWNPOINT, N.M (Sept. 13, 2024) Cmdr. Jessica L. McNulty, the director of public affairs and outreach and a special assistant to the Navy Surgeon General and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), and Capt. Shauna O’Sullivan, a rheumatologist and Navy Medical Corps career planner at BUMED, speak to veterans at Navajo Technical University (NTU) during Albuquerque Navy Week, Sept. 13. O’Sullivan and McNulty graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1998 and 2003, respectively, and were a part of a Navy Medicine-led visit to NTU, the largest tribal college or university in the country, for the first time to discuss the U.S. Navy mission and career opportunities with students and leadership during the Navy Office of Community Outreach Navy Week program. (U.S. Navy photo) Share

CROWNPOINT, N.M.

240913-N-N1526-1002 CROWNPOINT, N.M (Sept. 13, 2024) Capt. Shauna O’Sullivan, a rheumatologist and Navy Medical Corps career planner at U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), and Cmdr. Jessica L. McNulty, the director of public affairs and outreach and a special assistant to Navy Surgeon General and chief, BUMED, speak with students at Navajo Technical University (NTU) during Albuquerque Navy Week, Sept. 13. O’Sullivan and McNulty graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1998 and 2003, respectively, and were a part of a Navy Medicine-led visit to NTU, the largest tribal college or university in the country, for the first time to discuss the U.S. Navy mission and career opportunities with students and leadership during the Navy Office of Community Outreach Navy Week program. (U.S. Navy photo) Share

CROWNPOINT, N.M.

240913-N-N1526-1001 CROWNPOINT, N.M. (Sept. 13, 2024) Cmdr. Jessica L. McNulty, the director of public affairs and outreach and a special assistant to the Navy Surgeon General and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), and Capt. Shauna O’Sullivan, a rheumatologist and Navy Medical Corps career planner at BUMED, pose for a photo at Navajo Technical University (NTU) during Albuquerque Navy Week, Sept. 13. O’Sullivan and McNulty graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1998 and 2003, respectively, and were a part of a Navy Medicine-led visit to NTU, the largest tribal college or university in the country, for the first time to discuss the U.S. Navy mission and career opportunities with students and leadership during the Navy Office of Community Outreach Navy Week program. (U.S. Navy photo) Share

CROWNPOINT, N.M.

240913-N-EA601-1002 CROWNPOINT, N.M (Sept. 13, 2024) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Isiah Lizama, a recruiter with Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Phoenix, and Capt. Shauna O’Sullivan, a rheumatologist and Navy Medical Corps career planner at U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) and a 1998 graduate of the University of New Mexico, speaks with a student at the Navajo Technical University (NTU) during Albuquerque Navy Week, Sept. 13. O’Sullivan was a part of a Navy Medicine-led visit to NTU, the largest tribal college or university in the country, for the first time to discuss the U.S. Navy mission and career opportunities with students and leadership during the Navy Office of Community Outreach Navy Week program. (U.S. Navy photo by Jessica L. McNulty) Share

CROWNPOINT, N.M.

240913-N-EA601-1001 CROWNPOINT, N.M (Sept. 13, 2024) Capt. Shauna O’Sullivan, a rheumatologist and Navy Medical Corps career planner at U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) and a 1998 graduate of the University of New Mexico, speaks with a student at the Navajo Technical University (NTU) during Albuquerque Navy Week, Sept. 13. O’Sullivan was a part of a Navy Medicine-led visit to NTU, the largest tribal college or university in the country, for the first time to discuss the U.S. Navy mission and career opportunities with students and leadership during the Navy Office of Community Outreach Navy Week program. (U.S. Navy photo by Jessica L. McNulty) Share

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 9, 2024) Cmdr. Debra Lowry, middle, surgeon aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), and Lt. j.g. Kimberly Graff, physician assistant aboard Vinson, perform an appendectomy while underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy’s timeless roles of sea control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict. (Courtesy Photo) Share

Groton,CT

GROTON, Conn. (July 25, 2024) Students with the Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NRIEP) and Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) that Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) hosted over the 2024 summer season. NSMRL hosts intern through NREIP and SEAP annually. Part of Navy Medicine’s Research & Development Enterprise, and based out of Groton, Connecticut, NSMRL sustains the readiness and superiority of undersea warfighters through innovative health and performance research and works to lead the world in delivering science solutions to ensure undersea warrior dominance. (U.S. Navy Photo by Emily Swedlund/Released) Share

Bremerton, WA

Corpsmen Kindness...Just as the namesake of their clinic, [Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class] David R. Ray gave selflessly to aid others, Hospital Corpsmen Alessandra Vera and Bryce Shuman also conducted the same service before self ethos in voluntarily helping their surrounding community with a back-to-school drive for needy students (courtesy photo) Share