SAN ANTONIO, Texas –
The leadership of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio attended the City of San Antonio’s quarterly Military Transformation Task Force meeting held at the City Tower Conference Room on Aug. 19.
The MTTF is the San Antonio region’s forum where Joint Base San Antonio and National Guard senior military commanders inform key public officials and community stakeholders of requirements, challenges and opportunities to preserve and increase military missions, increase operational readiness, support mission partners, protect military installations from urban encroachment, and improve the region’s military-friendly environment.
“It was encouraging and inspiring to hear how San Antonio and JBSA is working so effectively to bolster the current Defense Military Enterprise, while creating a welcoming entrepreneurial path to an even greater future for the city, JBSA, and our nation,” said Dr. Darrin Frye, NAMRU San Antonio chief science director.
Also attending were NAMRU SA Commanding Officer Capt. Jennifer Buechel (Nurse Corps) and Cmdr. Nicholas Hamlin (Dental Corps), executive officer.
NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Command in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of DoD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Darrin Frye, NAMRU San Antonio/Released)