Photo By Sgt. Mary Torres | U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ryan Bobadilla, a native of Virginia Beach, Va.,...... read more read more
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YUMA, Ariz.-- U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ryan Bobadilla, a native of Virginia Beach, Va., with Combat Logistics Battalion 15 (CLB 15), Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB), was named Task Force Forge‘s Defender of the Week, for his exceptional contributions to the southern border mission in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 16, 2025, the week of the U.S. Navy’s 250th birthday.
Bobadilla has coordinated, tracked and assigned 16 corpsmen to 28 missions and two combat fitness tests, increasing qualified Marines and sharpening combat enablers for southern border operations, while ensuring a timely routine care of 53 CLB 15’s patients and maintaining operational capability above 90% for the mission.
U.S. Navy Lt. Benjamin Burgess, an emergency medical physician with CLB 15, said, “From the day Hospital Corpsman First Class Bobadilla arrived on deck, he wasted zero time in taking over as a humble leader and an exemplary role model for our enlisted Sailors and Marines. Bobadilla has seamlessly inserted himself into the Task Force Forge formation and has proven himself as a mission critical asset through his selfless mentorship and subject matter expertise.”
Additionally, Bobadilla provided oversight for a medical laboratory technician to support Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command in Marine Corps Air Station Yuma's Laboratory Department to remain operational during a critical manning shortage. His efforts ensured zero lapse in care and readiness for 8,000 active-duty beneficiaries and 3,500 dependents. Simultaneously, he planned and conducted intravenous therapy, Tactical Combat Casualty Care and fresh whole blood transfusion training for 25 personnel, which increased combat effectiveness and critical lifesaving skills required in a rapidly evolving warfighting mission across large scale combat operations within 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
Bobadilla’s adaptability, tactfulness and dedication to the southern border mission has directly improved mission success and exemplified Navy Medicine and the Navy and Marine Corps team.
Bobadilla states, “Ensuring our Sailors are combat enablers and skilled lifesavers to the command is what drives me to show up every day with my best foot forward because when we support our Marines and Sailors, we are not just a hospital corpsman, but also a teammate who has their back no matter what the mission is.”
CLB 15, the command element for Task Force Forge, recognizes an outstanding Marine or Sailor each week who demonstrates exceptional performance, initiative, and excellence in support of the southern border mission, highlighting their critical role in national security efforts.
| Date Taken: | 10.16.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 11.18.2025 11:57 |
| Story ID: | 550532 |
| Location: | YUMA, ARIZONA, US |
| Hometown: | VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, US |
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