By Cmdr. Carolyn Currie, director, theater engagement, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Hello Friends and Family, We are approaching the equator for the last time. In the next few days we will also be crossing the International Date Line and Equator, and will be given an opportunity to live the day we lost months ago on our journey over. …
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By Lt. J.G. Kristen Ayala, Industrial Hygiene Officer and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dylan Rich, Preventive Medicine Technician The tiny island of Ebeye has one of the highest population densities in the world; as a correlation, there is also a very high incident rate of tuberculosis (TB). We arrived on the Island of Ebeye in the Republic of the Marshall …
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By Cmdr. Carolyn Currie, director, theater engagement, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Another Saturday night at sea. We left Kiribati yesterday afternoon and are enroute to our next stop. We departed the island hot, dusty and tired, but tremendously satisfied that we achieved our objectives and left the place better than we found it. There were cheers and …
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By Lt. Cmdr. Lori Christensen, environmental health officer, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Hello from Lola Island. We completed our mission in Gizo this morning and now most of the advance liaison (ADVON) team has gone back to Honiara to meet up with the USS Pearl Harbor and participate in the Guadalcanal Anniversary celebration. Regina (the family doc) and …
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By Cmdr. Carolyn Currie, director, theater engagement, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Hello from Kiribati (pronounced Keer-i-bahss), We arrived this morning after two nights and a day at sea transiting from Republic of the Marshall Islands. We were joined yesterday by the USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9). It was very exciting to see the Pearl Harbor pull up next …
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