U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay

120509-N-CD652-005 GUANTANAMO BAY (May. 9, 2012) Nurses stationed and living (military, civilian and family members) at the naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, gather for a group picture on May 9 to help commemorate National Nurses Week, held annually May 6 - 12, and the 104th anniversary of the founding of the Navy Nurse Corps on May 13. Events depicting nursing services were held at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay throughout the week, and all nurses working and living on the base were invited to participate. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120427-N-CD652-013 GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 27, 2012) The Chief Petty Officers of U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay present HMC(AW)Jason Reed (center) with a plaque commemorating his service to the hospital and his 21 years of honorable Naval service. Reed will shortly retire from the Navy. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120427-N-CD652-012 GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 27, 2012) HM3 Gregory Gibson is pinned with a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal by CAPT Richard Stoltz, MSC, Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay. The medal was awarded by RDML Clinton Faison III, MC, USN, Commander, Naval Medical Center San Diego, for Gibson's professional achievement while serving at that facility from June 2010 - March 2012. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120427-N-CD652-011 GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 27, 2012) HM2(FMF/SW) Mindy Ballman is congratulated by CAPT Richard Stoltz, MSC, Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, after being presented with a Flag Letter of Commendation from RDML E.C. Wagner, DC, USN, Commander, Navy Medicine East, in recognition of Ballman's selection as the hospital's Senior Sailor of the Quarter for the first quarter FY2012. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120427-N-CD652-010 GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 27, 2012) HM3(AW) Louvel Velicaria is congratulated by CAPT Richard Stoltz, MSC, Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, after being presented with a Flag Letter of Commendation from RDML E.C. Wagner, DC, USN, Commander, Navy Medicine East, in recognition of Velicaria's selection as the hospital's Junior Sailor of the Quarter for the first quarter FY2012. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120427-N-CD652-009 GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 27, 2012) HN Troy Crawford is congratulated by CAPT Richard Stoltz, MSC, Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, after being presented with a Flag Letter of Commendation for the meritorious service while serving as a general duty Corpsman in the Internal Medicine Department of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from January 2009 - September 2011. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120427-N-CD652-008 GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 27, 2012) Goreth Whyte is congratulated by CAPT Richard Stoltz, MSC, Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, after receiving a Letter of Commendation for the superior performance of his duties in the Nutrition Management Department of the hospital since August 2007. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120427-N-CD652-007 GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 27, 2012) David Swaby is congratulated by CAPT Richard Stoltz, MSC, Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, after receiving a Letter of Commendation for the superior performance of his duties in the Nutrition Management Department of the hospital since September 1992. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120423-N-CD652-006 GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 23, 2012) RDML David Woods, Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, talks to Hospital Corpsmen at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay about the dangers of alcohol abuse, after presenting MCC(SW/AW) Edward Mangum (center) with a JTF coin. Mangum is the hospital's substance abuse rehabilitation program director, and he was commended for his recent alcohol and substance abuse prevention lectures to JTF personnel. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120423-N-CD652-033 GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 23, 2012) HM1(SW/FMF) Anthony Wivel explains how the new Vitros 5600, recently installed in the U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay laboratory, has the capability to perform more than 100 different laboratory tests, and will improve operational efficiency and optimize turnaround time for reporting laboratory results. Apr. 22-28 is National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, and USNH GTMO lab technicians are commemorating the week with a cake-cutting, tours of lab spaces, and other events to highlight lab activities. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120413-N-CD652-002 USNH GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 13, 2012) W.T. Sampson High School students show off their participation certificates after spending their spring break participating in a Science, Service, Medicine and Mentoring (S2M2) program at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay. Students pictured are Gabe Dunbar, Braden Gallowayt, Ofelia Pastora, Dane Stone and Tataina Wynder, with facilitators LT Sonia Williams, NC, and LT Eric Dunbar, NC. The S2M2 program encourages high school students to pursue interests to become medical professionals and scientists. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120409-N-CD652-001 USNH GUANTANAMO BAY (Apr. 9, 2012) W.T. Sampson High School student Dane Stone has a cast put on his left arm by orthopedic technician HM3 Serrita Coleman, as LT Eric Dunbar, NC, and his son, Gabe Dunbar, look on. Stone and four other students spent their spring break participating in a Science, Service, Medicine and Mentoring (S2M2) program at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay. The S2M2 program encourages high school students to pursue interests to become medical professionals and scientists. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120330-N-CD652-081 GUANTANAMO BAY (Mar. 30, 2012) The women of U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay commemorate March as Women's History Month showing off their solidarity by posing for a group photo on the helo pad for the hospital, March 30. Military, civilian and foreign national the group represents the numerous skill sets of women who work in today's Navy - doctors, nurses, Hospital Corpsmen, government civilians, technicians, and contractors. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released).

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120330-N-CD652-082 GUANTANAMO BAY (Mar. 30, 2012) In a commemoration of March as Women's History Month, U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay's all-female color guard poses with HMCM Betty Watson, USNH GTMO Command Master Chief. The Color Guard raised the National Ensign at morning colors during command quarters held March 30. The all-female color guard included HM3 Loubel Velicaria, HM2 Astrid Turner, and HM3 Stacey Zimmerman (left of flagpole), and HM3 Jasmine Clark, HN Crystal Jacques, and HA Ricki Bonner (right of flagpole). U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released).

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120330-N-CD652-024 GUANTANAMO BAY (Mar. 30, 2012) Recognizing March as Women's History Month, the U.S. Naval Hospital all-female Color Guard raises the National Ensign at morning colors during command quarters held March 30. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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120327-N-CD652-001 GUANTANAMO BAY (Mar. 27, 2012) Nurses assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay (USNH GTMO) take part in one of the practical exercises in the Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), held for the first time at GTMO. The TNCC is designed to help nurses, essential to a trauma team, use a systematic and standardized approach to care of an injured patient. USNH GTMO nurses participating in the course were CAPT Kristen Atterbury, CDR Carol Hurley, LCDR Herman Jenkins, LT Marisol Armora, and LT Eric Dunbar. The course director was CDR Linda Nash, who has been a trauma nursing instructor for many years, and helped bring the course to GTMO. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (Released)

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