Story by Denise alford | Naval Medical Research Command | 03.05.2020
PUTUMAYO RIVER, Peru-A staff member from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 (NAMRU-6) embarked with the Peruvian Navy aboard the vessel B.A.P Rio Putumayo II (PIAS 3104) in Iquitos, Peru for a 30-day mission from 19 November to 19 December along the Putumayo River, which forms the border between Peru and Colombia. Stephen Lizewski, microbiologist and Deputy Department Head of Parasitology,......
Courtesy Story | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 10.12.2015
Lt. Santiago Canoalva and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Rodolfo Canoalva are brothers who both serve in the navy; one in the Peruvian navy and the other in the U.S. Navy....
Story by 2nd Lt. Alexis McGee | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | 11.28.2012
Senior Airman Jorge Contreras, 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron materiel management journeyman, was full of nerves on the morning of Nov. 16, 2012. Contreras’ nerves melded with his excitement as he was about to become a United States citizen in a star-studded ceremony live on the “Today" show....
