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Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Raphael R. Claxton, senior enlisted leader for the Directorate for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, operated by Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, and senior preventive medicine technician for the Expeditionary Medical Facility Bravo detachment at Twentynine Palms, stands in front of Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital, Aug. 7, 2026. Claxton was selected as EMF Bravo’s Senior Sailor of the Quarter for his leadership and efforts to strengthen preventive medicine, force health protection and operational readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Evelyn Zermeno.)
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