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TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 4, 2024) U.S. Navy Surgeon General and Chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Rear Adm. Darin K. Via is greeted by Dr. Charles J. Lockwood, executive vice president for University of Southern Florida (USF), Health, and dean, USF Morsani College of Medicine, center, and Donald E Mullins, assistant vice president, Health affairs and government relations and deputy chief of staff, USF Health, right, upon his arrival to the Tampa campus, Dec. 4, 2024. USF hosted Navy Medicine leadership and Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Miami Sailors, for an opportunity to engage with students, highlight the benefits of naval service, and strengthen their partnership. 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. NTAG Miami has 38 recruiting locations throughout South Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with the combined mission to recruit the highest caliber Sailors to meet the needs of the fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Natalia Murillo)