JOINT BASE SAN ANTONO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas –
Dr. Sean Biggerstaff, acting deputy assistant director, Research & Engineering, Defense Health Agency, and team visited with the leadership and staff of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Nov. 8 to discuss medical research and development transition to DHA.
During the visit, NAMRU San Antonio showcased its core capabilities regarding directed energy and combat casualty care.
NAMRU San Antonio's mission is to conduct gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations.
It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the DOD and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.