I am Navy Medicine

I am Navy Medicine – Petty Officer 1st Class Bernard Anthony Morales

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By Petty Officer 1st Class Bernard Anthony Morales, Staff Administration, Navy Medicine East PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Navy has always been a part of my family. I have uncles who retired as master chief petty officers; two as senior chiefs, two as chiefs, two as first class petty officers, and one as a commander.  My aunt, a retired commander, started …

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I am Navy Medicine: Lt. Cmdr. James Wiley

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By Lt. Cmdr. James Wiley, reserve liaison officer, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery My name is Lt. Cmdr. James Wiley. I’m a reserve liaison officer at the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. My job as a reserve liaison officer is to ensure Navy Medicine is ready to mobilize Sailors to deploy. I believe in selfless service …

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I am Navy Medicine: Capt. Alison Eagleton

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By Capt. Alison Eagleton, reserve affairs officer, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery I’m the reserve affairs officer for the Medical Corps at the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. I’m also the interim reserve affairs officer for the Nurse Corps, which means I’m responsible for 1,700 Medical Corps and Nurse Corps officers worldwide. When I started with …

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I am Navy Medicine: Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael A. Cella

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By Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael A. Cella,  leading petty officer, Naval Hospital Bremerton My name is Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Cella. I am currently assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton, in the family medicine department as leading petty officer (LPO) for Family Medicine Clinic Team Three. As the Family Medicine Clinic (FMC) Team Three LPO, I lead and mentor nine other Sailors …

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I am Navy Medicine: Chief Hospital Corpsman Javier Cortes

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By: Chief Hospital Corpsman Javier Cortes, U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain I became a hospital corpsman because I wanted the opportunity to serve, to repay the country that’s given my family so much opportunity to succeed. I am from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and enlisted in the Navy 18 years ago. Ten years ago I became an independent duty corpsman (IDC) …

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