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NEWS | April 14, 2026

Special Operations Forces Acquisitions, Technology & Logistics visits NAMRU San Antonio

By Burrell Parmer Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio Public Affairs

Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development, briefed Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine research capabilities within the unit to F. Bowling from Special Operations Forces Acquisitions, Technology & Logistics, U.S. Special Operations Command at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on April 7.

 During the visit, Bowling was briefed on current research projects that could benefit special operations forces.

NAMRU San Antonio conducts gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health readiness and lethality while engaged in routine and expeditionary operations.