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Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director of the Hospital Corps, addresses Hospital Corpsman Basic Course Class 190-25 students during their graduation at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Oct. 07, 2025. Mangaran's step son, Hospitalman Jaylen Rico was one of the graduates and joins his mother, father, stepfather and grandfather as a Hospital Corpsman. (U.S. Navy photo by Malcolm McClendon)
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