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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONO-FORT SAM HOUSTON - (Dec. 10, 2024) – Dr. John Simecek, director, Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, briefs his directorate’s capability to Dr. Sean Biggerstaff, principal deputy director, and Matt Gray, deputy director, Research and Engineering Directorate, Defense Health Agency (DHA) at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute. Biggerstaff and Gray visited with leadership and staff of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio to discussed prioritization of research priorities and the importance of building relationships in reference to funding of core capabilities and fiscal responsibilities. 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)