Naval Medical Center San Diego

130227-N-TP834-477 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 27, 2013) A surgical team at Naval Medical Center San Diego perform an ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure on a mother and her newborn son to correct an in utero medical condition. The baby was born at 35 weeks four days. This was the first time the EXIT procedure was performed at Naval Medical Center San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

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130227-N-TP834-271 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 27, 2013) A surgical team at Naval Medical Center San Diego perform an ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure on a mother and her newborn son to correct an in-utero medical condition. The baby was born at 35 weeks four days. This was the first time the EXIT procedure was performed at Naval Medical Center San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)

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130201-N-KA543-033 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 1, 2013) Marine veteran Josue Barron, number 35, of the Wolfpack wheelchair basketball team of Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), blocks a pass from Ray Cervantes of the Rancho Renegades. The Wolfpack defeated the Renegades 60-38 at NMCSD. Made up of 13 military and civilian members, Wolfpack is one of 10 teams in the West Coast Conference of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association; their current record is 20-3. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chad A. Bascom/Released)

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130201-N-VY375-127 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 1, 2013) Retired Marine Josue Barron (#35), a member of the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) Wolfpack wheelchair basketball team, keeps the ball away from the Fort Sam Warriors. Wolfpack is made up of 13 military and civilian members and is one of 10 teams in the West Coast Conference of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. The Wolfpacks beat the Warriors 54-35 and currently hold a 16-3 record. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Pyoung K. Yi/Released)

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130131-N-CW427-015 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 31, 2013) Lance Cpl. Jason Hallett, assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) Wounded Warrior Battalion-West Detachment, receives a coin from Vice Adm. Michelle Howard, deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Forces. The purpose of Howard's visit was to tour the C5 facility and raise morale of wounded, ill and injured service members. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Clay M. Whaley/HIPAA Complete)

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130131-N-CW427-005 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 31, 2013) Rear Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, commander, Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) and Navy Medicine West, listens as Jennifer Town, director for Comprehensive Combat and Complex Casualty Care (C5) program explains the role of C5 to Vice Adm. Michelle Howard, deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Forces. The purpose of her Howard's visit was to tour the C5 facility and raise morale of wounded, ill and injured service members. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Clay M. Whaley/Released)

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130130-N-VY375-025 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 30, 2013) A Naval Medical Center San Diego pediatrics patient pets a three-banded armadillo named Armando Santiago during a visit from the San Diego Zoo in medical center's general inpatient pediatrics ward. Naval Medical Center San Diego hosts the San Diego Zoo throughout the year to help with patient recovery and raise morale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Pyoung K. Yi/ Released)

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130129-N-VY375-044 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 29, 2013) Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremiah F. Thien, left, assigned to the Wounded Warrior Battalion-West detachment at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), admires three San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl championship rings from Riki Ellison, right, founder and chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance and a former 49ers starting middle linebacker, during Ellison's visit to the Comprehensive Combat and Complex Casualty Care (C5) facility at NMCSD.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Pyoung K. Yi/Released)

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130129-N-KA543-028 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 29, 2013) Adm. James Winnefeld, Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, discusses treatment procedures with Marine Cpl. Ignacio Castro at the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) Wounded Warrior Battalion-West detachment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chad A. Bascom/Released)

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130129-N-KA543-018 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 29, 2013) Adm. James Winnefeld, Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, and Rear Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, Commander of Naval Medical Center San Diego, (NMCSD) and Navy Medicine West, listen as Cmdr. Christopher Cornelissen, department head of the Bio-Skills Training Center/Medical and Surgical Simulation Center at NMCSD describes how the lap mentor machine simulates laparoscopic surgery as it is demonstrated by Eduardo Medina, manager of the NMCSD medical and surgical simulation center. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chad A. Bascom/Released)

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130123-N-KA543-015 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 23, 2013) Lance Cpl. Matthew McKillop and Cpl. Jared Smith, both assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) Wounded Warrior Battalion-West detachment, exit an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Blackjacks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 at NMCSD. HSC-21 is based at Naval Air Station North Island and provided seven Wounded Warriors the opportunity to ride along as a morale booster before conducting search and rescue training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chad A. Bascom/Released)

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130123-N-TP834-183 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 23, 2013) Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD)'s oldest staff member, Capt. Dick Turner, youngest staff member Hospitalman Recruit Madison Cowden and Rear Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, Commander, NMCSD and Navy Medicine West, slice a ceremonial cake during NMCSD's 25th anniversary. Originally established as a tent dispensary in 1914 caring for Marines who had served in the Mexican Civil War to its current status as the largest military treatment facility in the Western Pacific. Today, NMCSD's mission is to prepare to deploy in support of operational forces; deliver quality health services; and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research with a staff of more than 6,700 military and civilian professionals providing health care for a population of more than 92,000 active duty, family members and retired military personnel. It is a 277-bed multispecialty hospital and ambulatory care complex with 13 Branch Health Clinics and 10 Dental Clinics around San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

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130123-N-TP834-061 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 23, 2013) Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) staff members escort a ceremonial cake during NMCSD's 25th anniversary celebration. Originally established as a tent dispensary in 1914 caring for Marines who had served in the Mexican Civil War to its current status as the largest military treatment facility in the Western Pacific. Today, NMCSD's mission is to prepare to deploy in support of operational forces; deliver quality health services; and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research with a staff of more than 6,700 military and civilian professionals providing health care for a population of more than 92,000 active duty, family members and retired military personnel. It is a 277-bed multispecialty hospital and ambulatory care complex with 13 Branch Health Clinics and 10 Dental Clinics around San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

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130123-N-TP834-047 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 23, 2013) Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) distinguished visitors, staff, beneficiaries and patients bow their heads in prayer during NMCSD's 25th anniversary. Originally established as a tent dispensary in 1914 caring for Marines who had served in the Mexican Civil War to its current status as the largest military treatment facility in the Western Pacific. Today, NMCSD's mission is to prepare to deploy in support of operational forces; deliver quality health services; and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research with a staff of more than 6,700 military and civilian professionals providing health care for a population of more than 92,000 active duty, family members and retired military personnel. It is a 277-bed multispecialty hospital and ambulatory care complex with 13 Branch Health Clinics and 10 Dental Clinics around San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

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130123-N-TP834-141 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 23, 2013) Vice Adm. Gerald R. Beaman, Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, delivers a keynote speech during a ceremony celebrating Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) 25th anniversary. Originally established as a tent dispensary in 1914 caring for Marines who had served in the Mexican Civil War to its current status as the largest military treatment facility in the Western Pacific. Today, NMCSD's mission is to prepare to deploy in support of operational forces; deliver quality health services; and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research with a staff of more than 6,700 military and civilian professionals providing health care for a population of more than 92,000 active duty, family members and retired military personnel. It is a 277-bed multispecialty hospital and ambulatory care complex with 13 Branch Health Clinics and 10 Dental Clinics around San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

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130110-N-VY375-019 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 10, 2013) Marine Cpl. Jorge Salazar, right, assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) Wounded Warrior Battalion-West detachment, speaks to Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command, Vice Adm. Robert S. Harward during a visit to NMCSD's Comprehensive Combat and Complex Casualty Care (C5) facility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Pyoung K. Yi/Released)

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