Graduates of the second Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton 2026 Medical Service Corps Inservice Procurement Program cohort gather for a group photo with two of the course advisors and the NMRTC commanding officer following the graduation ceremony held in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton galley meeting room on March 13, 2026. From left to right: Petty Officer 1st Class Shaunte Merrell, Chief Petty Officer Kaleff Johnson, Petty Officer 2nd Class Derricka Jones, Chief Petty Officer Teante Heyward, Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Yhap, Cmdr. Derrick Hoffman, NMRTC Camp Pendleton director for administration, Capt. Virginia Damin, NMRTC commanding officer and NHCP director, Capt. Mark Murriel, NMRTC Camp Pendleton director for expeditionary medicine, Petty Officer 1st Class Nancy Coronado, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristopher Ferreiradasilvamoreno, Petty Officer 1st Class John Giles, and Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Costigan. This was the second of three MSC - IPP cohorts being held at NMRTC Camp Pendleton this year. According to the Navy Medicine website, MSC IPP provides a pathway to an officer commission in the Medical Service Corps for career motivated active-duty enlisted personnel, in pay grades E-5 through E-9, who meet certain eligibility criteria. The cohort consisted of 40 hours of instruction by 17 instructors and advisors over a weeklong period.
| Date Taken: | 03.13.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 03.17.2026 15:12 |
| Photo ID: | 9570549 |
| VIRIN: | 260313-O-EQ418-5239 |
| Resolution: | 5754x3218 |
| Size: | 3.97 MB |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
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