KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Aug. 5, 2026) Heuy-Ching Hetty Wang (right), director, Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, co-moderated the Saving Servicemembers’ Sight Breakout Session held during the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Aug. 3-6. Presentations during the breakout session ranged from impacts of protective eyewear and evacuation time to measurement of strain along optic pathway in model head in repeat low-level blast environments. The MHSRS brings together military, government, academia, and industry experts for critical conversations and intensive idea sharing. NAMRU San Antonio, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development, conducts gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health readiness and lethality while engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. Navy Medicine’s 44,000+ talented and ready forces optimize health readiness, deliver quality healthcare, and provide global expeditionary medical support to warfighters. (U.S. Navy Photos by Burrell Parmer/Released)
| Date Taken: | 08.05.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.07.2026 01:13 |
| Photo ID: | 9855652 |
| VIRIN: | 260805-N-ND850-1003 |
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| Location: | KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, US |
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