Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelby Sanders | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 05.14.2025
Engineman 3rd Class Jess Simpson, assigned to Amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), compares a 3D-printed part (right) to the originally manufactured part during Joint Exercise Southern California 25 at Naval Air Station North Island, May 14, 2025. The exercise integrates multiple 3D metal printers to meet real-time production and repair needs for various military units in the......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelby Sanders | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 05.14.2025
Lt. Michael Tisdall, a Mechanical Engineering student at Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), demonstrates how 3D printing can be leveraged in expeditionary settings to improve operational readiness and logistical efficiency during Joint Exercise Southern California 25 at Naval Air Station North Island, May 14, 2025. The exercise integrates multiple 3D metal printers from NPS to meet real-time......
Photo by Seaman Luke Cunningham | Naval Medical Center San Diego | 01.12.2021
210112-N-LW757-1169 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 12, 2020) Surgical staff assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) perform an axillary defect reconstruction with a perforator flap on a patient in one of the hospital's operating rooms Jan. 12. This procedure involves finding an island of tissue supplied by a small artery dissected down to its source for mobilization. The COVID-19 pandemic has......
Photo by Seaman Luke Cunningham | Naval Medical Center San Diego | 01.12.2021
210112-N-LW757-1153 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 12, 2020) Hospitalman Trenton Hayes, a surgical technologist assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), hands an instrument to a plastic surgeon during an axillary defect reconstruction with a perforator flap in one of the hospital's operating rooms Jan. 12. This procedure involves finding an island of tissue supplied by a small artery dissected......
Photo by Seaman Luke Cunningham | Naval Medical Center San Diego | 01.12.2021
210112-N-LW757-1061 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 12, 2020) Capt. Craig Salt (left) and plastic surgeons assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) perform an axillary defect reconstruction with a perforator flap on a patient in one of the hospital's operating rooms Jan. 12. This procedure involves finding an island of tissue supplied by a small artery dissected down to its source for mobilization.......
Photo by Seaman Luke Cunningham | Naval Medical Center San Diego | 01.12.2021
210112-N-LW757-1079 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 12, 2020) Plastic surgeons assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) perform an axillary defect reconstruction with a perforator flap on a patient in one of the hospital's operating rooms Jan. 12. This procedure involves finding an island of tissue supplied by a small artery dissected down to its source for mobilization. The COVID-19 pandemic has......
Photo by Seaman Luke Cunningham | Naval Medical Center San Diego | 01.12.2021
210112-N-LW757-1052 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 12, 2020) Capt. Craig Salt (left), Cmdr. Eamon O’Reilly (center) and Cmdr. Yan Ortiz-Pomales (right), plastic surgeons assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), prepare a patient for an axillary defect reconstruction with a perforator flap in one of the hospital's operating rooms Jan. 12. This procedure involves finding an island of tissue......
Photo by Seaman Luke Cunningham | Naval Medical Center San Diego | 01.12.2021
210112-N-LW757-1009 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 12, 2020) Surgical staff assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) prepare a patient for an axillary defect reconstruction with a perforator flap in one of the hospital's operating rooms Jan. 12. This procedure involves finding an island of tissue supplied by a small artery dissected down to its source for mobilization. The COVID-19 pandemic has......
