NMETLC Leadership Conducts Navy Medicine Pensacola Site Visits

Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class David Kolmel | NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2019) – Rear Adm. Tina Davidson, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command (NMETLC) commander and Navy Nurse Corps director, conducts an all-hands call with Navy Medicine Operational Command staff to discuss the future with the transition to the Defense Health Agency and realignment of training commands. Davidson and NMETLC Command Master Chief Richard Putnam traveled to Pensacola to visit and conduct all-hands calls at Naval Hospital Pensacola, Navy Medicine Operational Training Center (NMOTC), NSTI, and Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Kolmel/Released)  

FL, UNITED STATES

01.25.2019

Story by Petty Officer 1st Class David Kolmel 

Naval Medical Forces Support Command

PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) – Commander of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command (NMETLC) and Navy Nurse Corps director Rear Adm. Tina Davidson and NMTLC Command Master Chief Richard Putnam conducted Navy Medicine site visits across Pensacola and at Fort Rucker, Ala., from Jan 22-25.
Davidson met with Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP) leadership in her role as Nurse Corps Director, and with Navy Medicine Operational Training Center (NMOTC) senior leaders before touring NMOTC’s local detachment sites at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
“It was a great opportunity to meet with leadership and see what their commands do first hand,” said Davidson. “It gives me a better understanding of the strengths and challenges they face on a daily basis. It also provides me with a good understanding of how to help each command.”
Before departing each site, Davidson conducted an all-hands call with Sailors to discuss the transition to the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and the future of the Nurse Corps, the Hospital Corps and Navy Medicine.
“Before she was here there were a lot of questions about the direction that we were going, but her visit shed some light onto it,” said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Christopher McClouskey, assigned to the training department at NHP. “It was very inspiring. It was motivating for the Sailors and staff here to know we are working toward a goal, and the work we do doesn’t go unnoticed.”
Lt. Alicia Jordan, NMOTC Logistics Department head, emphasized the benefit of Davidson’s visit.
“Rear Adm. Davidson was very informative,” said Jordan. “I especially appreciate her insight on the direction of Navy Medicine.”
Davidson said she enjoyed the chance to talk with the Sailors and civilians, and answer their questions.
“It was wonderful to see the turnout at the all-hands calls,” said Davidson. “There were some great questions for Command Master Chief Putnam and me. I hope I was able to share with them a little more information about the future.”
Davidson visited multiple other NMOTC sites and programs including the Naval Survival Training Institute (NSTI), Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI), Aviation Survival Training Center (ASTC) Pensacola, the Aeromedical Examinations program, the Robert E. Mitchell Center for POW Studies (Mitchell Center), and the Joint Enroute Care Course at Ft. Rucker.

• Date Taken: 01.25.2019
• Date Posted: 01.28.2019 08:27
• Story ID: 308424
• Location: FL, US