Photo by Daniel Taylor | U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka | 02.27.2025
TAURA, Japan (Feb 27, 2025) Vice Adm. Tomohiko Madono, commandant, Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force Yokosuka District; U. S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka Commanding Officer, Capt. Torrin Velazquez and Rear Adm. Satoshi Tsukazaki, Commander, Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka discuss triage and surgical operations during a joint mass......
Photo by Daniel Taylor | U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka | 02.27.2025
TAURA, Japan (Feb 27, 2025) Lead orthopedic surgeon, Cmdr. Benjamin Chi performs a spanning external fixation from pelvis to ankle procedure using a Hoffman III External Fixation system on a custom-made lower extremity training model during a joint disaster response drill for Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka and U. S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC)......
Photo by Daniel Taylor | U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka | 02.27.2025
TAURA, Japan (Feb 27, 2025) Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) medical personnel conduct hands-on training orthopedic surgical training during a joint disaster response drill for Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka and U. S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Yokosuka. The exercise focused on enhancing hospital administrative and command staff capabilities......
Photo by Daniel Taylor | U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka | 02.27.2025
TAURA, Japan (Feb 27, 2025) Vice Adm. Tomohiko Madono, commandant, Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force Yokosuka District (center); U. S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka Commanding Officer, Capt. Torrin Velazquez (right) and Rear Adm. Satoshi Tsukazaki, Commander, Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka (left) observe surgical operations during a......
Photo by Daniel Taylor | U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka | 02.27.2025
TAURA, Japan (Feb 27, 2025) General surgeon Lt. Cmdr. Angela Zah conducts a simulated exploratory laparotomy with splenectomy and small bowel resection during a joint disaster response drill for Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka and U. S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Yokosuka. The exercise focused on enhancing hospital administrative and command staff......
Photo by Daniel Taylor | U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka | 02.27.2025
TAURA, Japan (Feb 27, 2025) General surgeon Lt. Cmdr. Angela Zah conducts a simulated exploratory laparotomy with splenectomy and small bowel resection during a joint disaster response drill for Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka and U. S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Yokosuka. The exercise focused on enhancing hospital administrative and command staff......
Photo by AI HAZAMA | U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka | 02.27.2025
TAURA, Japan (Feb 27, 2025) Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka and U. S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Yokosuka personnel conduct triage operations during a joint disaster response drill. The exercise focused on enhancing hospital administrative and command staff capabilities between NMRTC Yokosuka and JSDF Hospital Yokosuka in the event of a large-scale......
