Navy Surgeon General

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cfa Yokosuka State: Kanagawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Chantel M. Clayton, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cfa Yokosuka State: Kanagawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Chantel M. Clayton, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

Surgeon general of the Navy, Vice Adm. Adam Robinson departs Camp Delta during a visit to Joint Task Force Guantanamo March 29, 2008. Robinson visited the JTF to meet with health care providers and tour the det More

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, left, and Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson Jr. tour the convention floor during the 116th annual meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the Unite More

U.S. Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson Jr. is presented with the Djibouti Medal of the Commander of the National Order, the nation's highest award, by Djibouti Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dilei More

U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti James Swan and U.S. Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson Jr. discuss opportunities to cooperate in areas of public health with Djibouti Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dile More

GUAM (May. 22, 2012) Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, the U.S. Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, offers the traditional handshake giving Yeoman 2nd Class Cecilia Mitchell a coin on the More

GUAM (May. 22, 2012) GUAM (May 22, 2012) Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, the U.S. Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, conducts an all hands call with the Pacific Partnership 2012 crew a More

(From left) Cmdr. Nora Perez, head of the Combat Casualty Care Research Department, Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio, and Lt. Cdr. Anne McKeague, head of the Expeditionary Medicine Division, Combat Casua More

Kimberly D. Beard, center, leads an indoor cycling class May 24 at Camp Foster’s Gunners Fitness Center. The group fitness classes are one example of Semper Fit health promotion’s commitment to the health and w More

Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, Navy Surgeon General and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, crosses the brow of the People's Republic of China medical ship Peace Ark (T-AH 866) for a tour of the ship. Twent More

HANOI, Vietnam (Mar. 01, 2014) Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, Navy Surgeon General and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, tours 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. Nathan was visiting Vietn More

HANOI, Vietnam (Mar. 01, 2014) Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, Navy Surgeon General and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visits a patient at the National Institute of Burns in Hanoi, Vietnam. Nathan wa More

Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), speaks to Sailors and civilians from Navy Medicine Education and Training Command (NMETC) at an all hands More

161012-N-N1526-001 FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Penn. (Oct. 12, 2016) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, left, discusses training with an instructor at Uniformed S More

161014-N-GL720-001 FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Oct. 14, 2016) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, left, receives his flu shot from Seaman Recruit William McGee (righ More

AGANA, Guam (Mar. 14, 2017) Vice Admiral C. Forrest Faison III, left, Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, meets with corpsman assigned to the Intensive Care Unit at U.S. Naval Hospit More

AGANA, Guam (Mar. 14, 2017) Vice Admiral C. Forrest Faison III, Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks to Sailors assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Guam during an all-hands call. F More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery addresses doctors, nurses, hospital corpsmen and support staff assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton during his visit More

180712-N-MD713-0237 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2018) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison (left), Navy Surgeon General and chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), speaks with Lt. Cmdr. Kyle Gadbois, dir More

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 16, 2018) Naval Hospital Jacksonville commanding officer Capt. Matthew Case (left), along with executive officer Capt. William Todd and director of Surgical Services Capt. Carol Burro More

During a visit to Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore, Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, talks with Sailors about their day-to-day experiences at More

Capt. Kristen Atterbury, Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore’s commanding officer, and Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, prepare to receive honors More

180802-N-IR096-0049 SAN ANTONIO (August 2, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Joaquin Cruz, an instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), greets Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon genera More

CLEVELAND (Aug. 27, 2018) The Navy Surgeon General, Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, right, and Force Master Chief Hosea Smith visit Case Western Reserve University during Cleveland Navy Week to learn more about how M More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Mar. 05, 2019) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, U.S. Navy Surgeon General and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visits Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's Branch Health Clinic in Norfolk, Vir More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Mar. 05, 2019) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, U.S. Navy Surgeon General and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visits Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's Branch Health Clinic in Norfolk, Vir More

Sharing Smiles with the Surgeon General...Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor's Directorate of Health Services gathers for a group photo op with Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Me More

Madigan Developmental Pediatrics Fellowship members flank Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, during his visit at Madigan Army Medical Center, in conjunctio More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, takes a solemn moment with Capt. Jeffrey Bitterman, Naval Hospital Bremerton commanding officer at NHB's Hospital Corps More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, joins Naval Hospital Bremerton staff members in a Teal Ribbon display to acknowledge the month of April as Sexual Assaul More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery takes time to share a few words with staff at Naval Hospital Bremerton's Urgent Care Clinic during his official visit at More

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 27, 2019) – Naval Hospital Jacksonville leadership and members of its Wellness Center display the 2018 Navy Surgeon General's Health Promotion and Wellness “Blue H” Award at a ceremony More

Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Forrest attends the San Diego Military Advisory Council’s (SDMAC) breakfast during a visit to San Diego. Faison, who was the guest speaker at the event, spoke about important chan More

Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy Surgeon General, meets with Navy Medical Readiness Training Command Pearl Harbor on 9 January 2019. He speaks with the platform support and human resources department about ways More

SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 17, 2020) Cmdr. Steven Lawrence, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723), from Bridgeport, Pa., addresses Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 24, 2020) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday speaks to members of the press about the ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19 while maintaining operations around the globe. (U.S. Navy pho More

The Pentagon Press Briefing Room before Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday brief the press about the Navy’s response to COVID-19, at the Pentagon, More

201020-N-NU634-0010 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 20, 2020) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham (right), the surgeon general of the Navy, speaks with Rear Adm. Brad Cooper, commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, during More

JACKSONVILLE, Fla (Oct. 20, 2020) -- Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Wellness Center staff, along with Capt. Teresa Allen (second from right), Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville commanding More

Surgeon General of the Navy, Vice Adm. Adam Robinson answers questions regarding Navy medicine practices in Joint Task Guantanamo, March 29, 2008. Robinson visited the JTF to meet with health care providers and More

Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson Jr. highlighted the medical role in the U.S. military's growing humanitarian assistance missions during his opening remarks at the 116th annual meeting of the Ass More

U.S. Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson Jr. is presented with the Djibouti Medal of the Commander of the National Order, the nation's highest award, by Djibouti Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dilei More

Dr. Rene Alvarez (right) head of the Applied Laboratory Sciences Division, Department of Dental and Biomedical Research, NAMRU-SA, briefs Vice Admiral Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general and chief of t More

Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, Navy Surgeon General and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, is given a tour of the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) hospital ship Peace Ark (T-AH 866). Twenty-two nations, mor More

Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, left, Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), and BUMED Force Master Chief Terry Prince, right, applaud following the announcement of the achieve More

161012-N-N1526-002 FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Penn. (Oct. 12, 2016) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, center, discusses the realistic battlefield training with More

During a visit to Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore, Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, talks with Sailors about their day-to-day experiences at More

Capt. Kristen Atterbury, Naval Health Clinic Lemoore’s commanding officer, receives honors as she arrives as part of the official party to the ceremony celebrating the clinic’s 50th anniversary. Also in attenda More

180802-N-IR096-0090 SAN ANTONIO (August 2, 2018) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, looks through the lens of a microscope during a tour of the M More

Sharing Smiles with the Surgeon General...Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor's Directorate of Health Services gathers for a group photo op with Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Me More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery is guided through Naval Hospital Bremerton's (NHB) Oral Surgery department by Hospital Corpsman Tom Tabbada. Faison's vis More

Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Forrest speaks with a reporter from local KGTV ABC 10 news in San Diego about important changes occurring within military health care. In particular, Faison discussed the transiti More

Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy Surgeon General, meets with Navy Medical Readiness Training Command Pearl Harbor on 9 January 2020. He speaks with sailors in the Platform Support and Human Resources department More

SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 17, 2020) Cmdr. Steven Lawrence, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723), from Bridgeport, Pa., explains the watch stations in contro More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 24, 2020) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith looks on as Rear Admiral Bruce Gillingham, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks to mem More

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday brief the press about the Navy’s response to COVID-19, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., April 1, 2020. Joining More

201020-N-NU634-0012 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 20, 2020) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, the surgeon general of the Navy, speaks with Rear Adm. Brad Cooper (left), commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, during More

Surgeon general of the Navy, Vice Adm. Adam Robinson speaks with Joint Detention Group personnel during a tour of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, March 29, 2008. Robinson visited the JTF to meet with health care p More

Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, Navy Surgeon General and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, is shown the computerized tomography (CT) scan aboard the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) hospital ship Peace Ark More

Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), uses a tablet to control a simulation model in the nursing synthesis lab at the Medical Education and Tra More

161012-N-N1526-003 FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Penn. (Oct. 12, 2016) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, left, discusses the realistic battlefield training with a More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, greets Sailors from at Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore during a recent visit for the command’s 50th annivers More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, receives honors as he arrives as part of the official party to a ceremony celebrating Naval Health Clinic Lemo More

180802-N-IR096-0122 SAN ANTONIO (August 2, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Ian Hammett, an instructor with the Hospital Corpsman Basic (HCB) program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), speaks More

Bringing greetings to the staff... Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery makes the rounds of Naval Hospital Bremerton's executive board to acknowledge every st More

Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Forrest speaks with a reporter from local KGTV ABC 10 news in San Diego about important changes occurring within military health care. In particular, Faison discussed the transiti More

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Dec. 18, 2019) Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy, gives a talk on the future of warfare and how Navy Medicine plans to use a "care web" to support the warfig More

Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy Surgeon General, meets with Navy Medical Readiness Training Command Pearl Harbor on 9 January 2020. Ms. Margo Crane, Navy Wounded Warrior Region Program Director, speaks with Re More

SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 17, 2020) Cmdr. Steven Lawrence, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723), from Bridgeport, Pa., gives a tour of the boat’s torpedo ro More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 24, 2020) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday bumps elbows with members of the press, in an effort to minimize shaking hands. Department of the Navy leadership briefed the ongoing eff More

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday brief the press about the Navy’s response to COVID-19, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., April 1, 2020. Joining More

201020-N-NU634-0029 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 20, 2020) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham (right), the surgeon general of the Navy, speaks with Cmdr. Edward Pledger, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class gu More

Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, Navy Surgeon General and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, is shown various procedures conducted aboard the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) hospital ship Peace Ark (T-AH 866 More

161012-N-N1526-004 FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Penn. (Oct. 12, 2016) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, center, discusses the realistic battlefield training with More

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 16, 2018) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, U.S. Navy surgeon general, describes Naval Hospital Jacksonville as the tip of the spear in innovation, during a visit to the hospital on April 16. More

During a visit to Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore, Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks with clinic personnel about their day-to-day exper More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, receives honors as he arrives as part of the official party to a ceremony celebrating Naval Health Clinic Lemo More

180802-N-IR096-0132 SAN ANTONIO (August 2, 2018) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks to students at the Medicine Education and Training Cam More

Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Forrest speaks with a reporter from local KGTV ABC 10 news in San Diego about important changes occurring within military health care. In particular, Faison discussed the transiti More

Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy Surgeon General, meets with Navy Medical Readiness Training Command Pearl Harbor on 9 January 2020. Lt. Cdr. Albert Lee, Physical Therapist at Naval Health Clinic Hawaii, speaks More

SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 17, 2020) Cmdr. Steven Lawrence, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723), from Bridgeport, Pa., gives a tour of the boat’s machinery More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 24, 2020) Acting Secretary of the Navy, Thomas B. Modly, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, and Rear Admiral Bruce Gillingham, More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday speaks at a briefing about the Navy’s response to COVID-19, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., April 1, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

201020-N-NU634-0064 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 20, 2020) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham (left), the surgeon general of the Navy, speaks with Chief Hospital Corpsman Chase Speed during a tour of the Arleigh Burke- More

Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, Navy Surgeon General and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, is presented with a ship’s hat by Capt. Ronghua Zhang, commanding officer of the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) h More

During a visit to Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore, Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks with Sailors about their day-to-day experiences an More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, receives honors as he arrives as part of the official party to a ceremony celebrating Naval Health Clinic Lemo More

180802-N-IR096-0146 SAN ANTONIO (August 2, 2018) Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks to students at the Medicine Education and Training Cam More

Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Forrest speaks with hospital corpsmen during an informal luncheon at a galley onboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Faison had lunch with the Sailors after visiting with leade More

Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy Surgeon General, meets with Navy Medical Readiness Training Command Pearl Harbor on 9 January 2020. Rear Adm. Gillingham speaks with Navy Medical Readiness Training Command Pear More

SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 17, 2020) Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, addresses Cmdr. Steven Lawrence, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SS More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 24, 2020) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, Acting Secretary of the Navy, Thomas B. Modly, and Rear Adm. Charles Brown, and staff members walk the halls of the Pentagon after brief More

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly listens as Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday (right) speaks at a briefing about the Navy’s response to COVID-19, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Ap More

201020-N-NU634-0081 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 20, 2020) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham (right), the surgeon general of the Navy, speaks with Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer U More

During a visit to Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore, Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks with Sailors about their day-to-day experiences an More

Members of the Naval Health Clinic Lemoore color guard prepare to raise the colors during a ceremony to celebrate the clinic’s 50th anniversary. In attendance as guest speaker was Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy More