Courtesy Photo | Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command | 07.30.2025
250924-O-N1553-1193 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (July 30, 2025) -- Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joseph Oliver, a preventive medicine technician assigned to the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), prepares materials for mosquito insecticide resistance testing on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, July 30, 2025. Service members with NECE partnered with the preventive medicine team at Navy Medicine......
Courtesy Photo | Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command | 07.30.2025
250924-O-N1553-1194 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (July 30, 2025) -- Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Nathan Wagner, a preventive medicine technician assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Guantanamo Bay assesses the effect of an insecticide-coated bottle on exposed mosquitoes on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, July 30, 2025. Service members with the NECE partnered with the......
Courtesy Photo | Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command | 07.30.2025
250924-O-N1553-1195 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (July 30, 2025) Lt. j.g. Brittani Ciomperlik (left), an entomologist with the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), and Lt. Jyl Bean (right), an environmental health officer and head of Preventive Medicine at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Guantanamo Bay, raise mosquitoes collected on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay for......
Photo by Desmond Martin | Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command | 02.18.2025
250218-O-NJ594-6595, Suffolk, Virginia, (Feb. 5, 2025) Lt. William Douthitt, a preventive medicine officer with Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit Two (FDPMU-2), provides cover during an enemy contact drill as part of the Weapons and Threat Recognition Training Course in Suffolk, Virginia. This training simulates high-stress combat scenarios, requiring Sailors to communicate......
Photo by Desmond Martin | Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command | 02.18.2025
250218-O-NJ594-2353, Suffolk, Virginia, (Feb. 5, 2025) Sailors assigned to Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit Two (FDPMU-2) prepare magazines for their M4 Carbines and pistol magazines for the Sig Sauer M18 during weapons proficiency training at the Weapons and Threat Recognition Training Course in Suffolk, Virginia. This marks the first time rifle systems have been incorporated into......
Photo by Desmond Martin | Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command | 02.18.2025
250218-O-NJ594-5550, Suffolk, Virginia, (Feb. 5, 2025) Lt. Randy Buckley, an epidemiologist with Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit Two (FDPMU-2), fires his Sig Sauer M18 pistol during the handgun qualification portion of the Weapons and Threat Recognition Training Course in Suffolk, Virginia. FDPMUs are expeditionary units specializing in force health protection and hazard......
Photo by Desmond Martin | Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command | 02.18.2025
250218-O-NJ594-5783, Suffolk, Virginia, (Feb. 5, 2025) Sailors assigned to Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit Two (FDPMU-2) fire their M4 Carbines during the rifle qualification portion of the Weapons and Threat Recognition Training Course in Suffolk, Virginia. The course is tailored to the unit’s unique mission, ensuring personnel are prepared for future deployments. This training......
Photo by Desmond Martin | Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command | 02.18.2025
250218-O-NJ594-8723, Suffolk, Virginia, (Feb. 5, 2025) Sailors assigned to Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit Two (FDPMU-2) load their M4 Carbine magazines before live-fire drills during the Weapons and Threat Recognition Training Course in Suffolk, Virginia. FDPMUs provide force health protection in operational environments and are trained to ensure mission readiness in various......
