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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 25, 2024) – Capt. Ewell Hollis, (Medical Corps), executive officer, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, speaks with Rear Adm. Guido Valdes, commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), during Valdes’ official visit at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory. Valdes, who serves as the Chief of Navy Medical Corps, has oversight of 10 Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Commands on the West Coast and Pacific Rim as well as Navy Medicine's eight global research labs. Valdes also serves under the Defense Health Agency (DHA) as the director of the Defense Health Network Pacific Rim where he oversees the delivery and integration of healthcare at nine medical treatment facilities (MTF) on the West Coast and Pacific Rim. 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)

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Location: San Antonio, TX

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