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TAKOMA PARK, Md. (June 09, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 2nd class Mikalia Hall, with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), engages with students at Piney Branch Elementary School about work done by and career opportunities in the Navy and in Medical Research. Piney Branch students had the opportunity to speak with active-duty Sailors and command scientists during the event. NMRC, headquarters of NMR&D, is engaged in a broad spectrum of activity from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health, readiness and lethality, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, operational mission support and epidemiology. For 250 years, Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals, has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Elliott Page /Released)