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Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Geraldine Corbita (center) poses with key leaders from I Marine Expeditionary Force and the Defense Health Network Pacific-Rim, including Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Michael Tabora (left), Capt. Brett Chamberlin (second to left), Cmdr. Rudy Medina (right), and Dr. John Rotruck, following her graduation from the U.S. Navy Independent Duty Corpsman School at the Surface Warfare Medical Institute (SWMI) in San Diego on July 11, 2025. Corbita, of Zamboanga Philippines, is the first Philippine Navy Marine corpsman to earn the qualification, a milestone signaling a strengthened alliance between the U.S. and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). (U.S. Navy photo by Arsenio R. Cortez Jr.)
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