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    A time-honored tradition: Leadership transitions at Naval Medical Forces Pacific [Image 4 of 12]

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    A time-honored tradition: Leadership transitions at Naval Medical Forces Pacific

    SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    07.25.2025

    Photo by Arsenio R. Cortez Jr. 

    Naval Medical Forces Pacific

    Rear Adm. Darin K. Via, Navy Surgeon General and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, gives his remarks during the Naval Medical Forces Pacific change of command ceremony held at Naval Medical Center San Diego on July 25, 2025. During the ceremony, Rear Adm. Guido Valdes relinquished command to Rear Adm. Kevin Brown, after serving as the commander of NMFP since May 2022. Via emphasized the importance of NMFP and DHN-PR to the Navy Medicine mission.

    “For the past three years, Guido and his team of unsung heroes of operational health services readiness have been "manning newly established platforms and deploying medical warfighters around the world in direct support of combat operations and deterring Chinese aggression, providing health security cooperation in support of the Pacific Fleet and Indo-Pacific Commander,” Via said. (U.S. Navy photo by Arsenio R. Cortez Jr.)

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    Date Taken: 07.25.2025
    Date Posted: 07.25.2025 20:14
    Photo ID: 9205532
    VIRIN: 250725-O-PU282-8468
    Resolution: 5723x3817
    Size: 1.43 MB
    Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US

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