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SILVER SPRING, Md. (Sept. 3, 2025) Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Phillip Jean-Gilles, command master chief (CMC) of Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), listens to remarks from Captain Guillermo “Billy” Pimentel, deputy commander, during a change of office ceremony. Immediately following remarks, Chief Gilles passed his CMC Identification Badge down to incoming CMC, Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Christopher Cariss, to represent the immediate transfer of authority. NMRC, headquarters of Navy Medicine Research & Development, 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Aleece Williams/Released)