Official websites use .mil
Secure .mil websites use HTTPS
NIANTIC, Conn. (Sept. 24, 2025) Navy Dive Medical Technician 1st Class Spencer Warren inspects the dive helmet as the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) dive team prepares for a dive at Dodge Pond, where they worked for over five weeks assisting with a research protocol on underwater hearing. NSMRL, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development and based out of Groton, Connecticut, sustains the readiness and superiority of U.S. undersea warfighters through innovative health and performance research and works to lead the world in delivering science solutions to ensure undersea warrior dominance. 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 Louise Deflice /Released)
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 7700 Arlington Blvd. Ste. 5113 Falls Church, VA 22042-5113 This is an official U.S. Navy website This is a Department of Defense (DoD) Internet computer system. General Navy Medical Inquiries (to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery): usn.ncr.bumedfchva.list.bumed---pao@health.mil