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Falls Church, VA
260701-N-IX644-1001 (July 1, 2026) FALLS CHURCH, Va. An oil painting of U.S. Navy Vice Adm. James Zimble, who was the 30th Navy Surgeon General from 1987-1991, hangs in the executive conference room at U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. Navy Medicine's 44,000+ talented and ready forces optimize health readiness, deliver quality healthcare, and provide global expeditionary medical support to warfighters. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sasha Ambrose)
Falls Church, VA
260701-N-IX644-1001 (July 1, 2026) FALLS CHURCH, Va. An oil painting of U.S. Navy Vice Adm. James Zimble, who was the 30th Navy Surgeon General from 1987-1991, hangs in the executive conference room at U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. Navy Medicine's 44,000+ talented and ready forces optimize health readiness, deliver quality healthcare, and provide global expeditionary medical support to warfighters. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sasha Ambrose)
Falls Church, VA
260701-N-IX644-1001 (July 1, 2026) FALLS CHURCH, Va. A detail of a watch from an oil painting of U.S. Navy Vice Adm. James Zimble, who was the 30th Navy Surgeon General from 1987-1991. Zimble saw both USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) deploy to the Persian Gulf together for the first time in their history, and requested that artist Ming Qin paint the detail of both hospital ships into his official portrait. Navy Medicine's 44,000+ talented and ready forces optimize health readiness, deliver quality healthcare, and provide global expeditionary medical support to warfighters. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sasha Ambrose)
Suffolk, VA
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Gurjoban Singh, command master-at-arms assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, poses with a target following a live-fire exercise during Combat Skills Training (CST) in Suffolk, Virginia, June 11, 2026. The weeklong course prepares Expeditionary Medicine Sailors to operate in austere, high-threat environments by strengthening tactical skills, marksmanship and expeditionary readiness. (Courtesy photo).
Suffolk, VA
Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Thuan Nguyen, security clerk assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, participates in Combat Skills Training (CST) in Suffolk, Virginia, June 11, 2026. The weeklong course prepares Expeditionary Medicine Sailors to operate in austere, high-threat environments by strengthening tactical skills, marksmanship and expeditionary readiness. (Courtesy photo).
Suffolk, VA
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Gurjoban Singh, command master-at-arms assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, fires a pistol under the guidance of instructors during Combat Skills Training (CST) in Suffolk, Virginia, June 11, 2026. The weeklong course prepares Expeditionary Medicine Sailors to operate in austere, high-threat environments by strengthening tactical skills, marksmanship and expeditionary readiness. (Courtesy photo).
New York
260703-N-N1526-1004 NEW YORK (July 3, 2026) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Onojakpor Gabriel Ogboru, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Fort Belvoir, shows a visitor how to operate a virtual reality simulator for Navy Medicine STEM careers at the U.S. Navy STEM booth at the Intrepid Museum during the International Naval Review 250 (INR 250) in New York, July 3, 2026. For 250 years, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps stood watch – constant, unabated in mission, faithfully preventing crisis and resolute in defending America’s independence. INR 250 honors the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard’s enduring role on, under, and above the seas. (U.S. Navy Capt. Bill Urban)
Omaha, NE
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Kimberly Sandberg, reserve deputy director, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, teaches members of the public about how to stop a bleeding wound inside of the Kiewit Luminarium in Omaha, Neb. during Omaha Navy Week, June 21. Omaha Navy Week is the seventh of 12 Navy Weeks taking place in 2026 as part of the Navy Office of Community Outreach’s “Road Trip to 250,” a nationwide effort supporting America's 250th birthday, Freedom 250. Navy Weeks bring a variety of assets, equipment, and personnel to a single city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to connect communities across America with their Navy, highlighting shared history and the enduring commitment to defending freedom and supporting the nation’s independence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles J. Scudella III)
USS George Washington (CVN 73)
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Julissa Lopez, from Texas, assigned to dental department, prepares dental cleaning equipment aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during Valiant Shield 2026 in the Philippine Sea, June 24, 2026. Valiant Shield is a biennial, multilateral field training exercise conducted by the U.S. Armed Forces and partner nations in the Western Pacific focusing on joint, cross-combatant integration operating seamlessly across sea, air, land, and cyberspace. Exercises like Valiant Shield allow U.S. Pacific Command the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service and with our allies to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicolas Quezada)
China Lake, CA
U.S. Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman Albert Tran rappels from an Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 search and rescue helicopter during his final flight with the squadron at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, June 16, 2026. Family members and VX-31 teammates lined the flight line to watch. (U.S. Navy photo by Michael L. Smith)
CALAYAN, Philippines
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyan Ysh Raguro, a hospital corpsman assigned to Damage Control Resuscitation Team, 3rd Medical Battalion, applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty while instructing Marines and Sailors assigned to 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Philippine marines assigned to 4th Marine Brigade, on Tactical Combat Casualty Care during KAMANDAG 10 at Calayan, Philippines, June 24, 2026. KAMANDAG 10 is a multi-domain, joint, and combined exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and United States military focused on enhancing maritime security, interoperability, contested logistics, and combined readiness throughout the Philippine archipelago. Raguro is from New York. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 2nd Lt. John Kim)
Bethesda, MD
260618-N-N1526-1006 (June 18, 2026) BETHESDA, Md. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Hong Gau, aerospace optometrist assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, conducts an eye exam to look for signs of eye disorders, such as cataracts or glaucoma, on Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brighton Avey, in Bethesda, Maryland. The Navy Medicine Enterprise's 44,000+ talented and ready forces optimize health readiness, deliver quality healthcare, and provide global expeditionary medical support to warfighters. (U.S. Navy photo by Jerry S. Wright)
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