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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (June 27, 2024) – Cmdr. Rachel Werner (Dental Corps), deputy chief science director assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was awarded the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal by Commanding Officer Capt. Jennifer Buechel (Nurse Corps) during an All Hands meeting held at the Military and Family Readiness Center. NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Center 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 Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)