Photo By Chief Petty Officer Stephane Belcher | 171129-N-PG340-103 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Nov. 29, 2017) Navy Medicine East (NME) selects...... read more read more
Navy Medicine East (NME) announced its annual Regional Sailors of the Year at a ceremony held at River’s Edge Nov. 29.
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alexanderia Artis (senior Sailor), from Naval Hospital Jacksonville (NHJ); Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Willie Tyndall (junior Sailor), from Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune; and Hospitalman Karina GarciaAlanis (Blue Jacket Sailor), also from NHJ, were selected as NME’s 2017 Regional Sailors of the Year by a panel of senior enlisted leaders chaired by NME Command Master Chief Michael Hinkle.
“Our Navy Medicine East Regional Sailors of the Year and all our candidates who competed this year from across the eastern hemisphere epitomize the Navy’s core values of honor, courage and commitment,” said Hinkle. “These Sailors are all on a path to senior leadership in Navy Medicine, and represent the best of the United States Navy.”
Sailors from across NME’s 21 commands across the eastern hemisphere competed this year. The selections were based on a thorough review of each Sailor’s performance, professional achievements, community involvement and educational accomplishments.
During their visit to Portsmouth, Virginia, the senior candidates attended history and heritage events within the area, enhancing their cultural understanding of the Navy and Navy Medicine.
Artis will continue to the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery’s Sailor of the Year competition in January.
“This is an extremely humbling experience,” said Artis, who’s the leading petty officer of NHJ’s Laboratory Department. “I represented our entire command and all of our junior Sailors who’ve gotten me here.”
NME is one of only two regional commands with oversight of Navy Medicine's delivery of care to the Navy and Marine Corps family. It oversees the delivery of medical, dental and other health care services to approximately one million patients across almost 100 facilities-including the Tidewater Military Health System which brings together McDonald Army Health Center, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley. Plus, its public health activities extend globally. For more information, visit www.med.navy.mil/sites/nme.
Navy Medicine is a global health care network of 63,000 personnel that provide health care support to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, their families and veterans in high operational tempo environments, at expeditionary medical facilities, medical treatment facilities, hospitals, clinics, hospital ships and research units around the world.
| Date Taken: | 11.29.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 11.29.2017 15:14 |
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