Vice Adm. Darin K. Via, the new director of the Defense Health Agency, tells the DHA workforce, “Everything we do — clinical care, education, training, logistics, research, information systems, enterprise management — exists for one reason and that is to support warfighter readiness,” at an all-hands gathering Feb. 6, 2026. The former U.S. Navy surgeon general and chief of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery assumed the role as DHA director Feb. 2, 2026.
| Date Taken: | 02.06.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 02.12.2026 13:34 |
| Photo ID: | 9519626 |
| VIRIN: | 260206-O-VO263-3093 |
| Resolution: | 2943x2452 |
| Size: | 2.82 MB |
| Location: | US |
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