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DAYTON, Ohio -- Rear Admiral Bruce Gillingham, Navy Surgeon General and Chief, US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visited Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton (NAMRU-Dayton) on February 25.
NAMRU-Dayton produces foundational-level, dynamic and responsive scientific work that provides medical power in support of US naval superiority around the world. Throughout the day Gillingham took the opportunity to speak with investigators in the labs about how vital their work is to the larger Navy Medicine mission and thanked them for their dedication.
Gillingham’s visit included the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL), where researchers are responding to the Navy’s needs by developing products for the fleet to improve training and flight operations. As an example, NAMRL developed the Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device (ROBD) as a safer way to conduct pilot hypoxia training. The ROBD is now the standard for pilot training, both in military and civilian organizations as it gives pilots an increased awareness of symptoms and allows for a more rapid and effective implementation of emergency procedures in the face of hypoxia symptoms.
From NAMRL, he visited the Environmental Health Effects Laboratory (EHEL), the Department of Defense’ (DoD) largest inhalation toxicology laboratory EHEL houses Navy Medicine’s Program of Record for toxicology, investigating toxicological and environmental concerns for the DoD, including burn pit emissions, simulated sand storms, alternative biofuels and jet fuels for aircraft tankers as well as high concentrations of fire extinguishing powder inside Army tanks.
During his visit, Gillingham also stepped inside NAMRU-Dayton’s $19 million disorientation research device, the Kraken. Housed on-site, this one-of-a-kind research platform is capable of multi-axis motion for a compartment that can hold up to two individuals while tumbling through variations in yaw, pitch, roll and heaves, while undergoing planetary and linear accelerations.
Following Gillingham’s tour through the laboratories, he addressed the staff during an admiral’s call where he outlined his guidance that “Navy Medicine will optimize to project medical power in support of Naval Superiority,” and talked about ensuring readiness through the high-value, high-impact research happening at NAMRU-Dayton and across the Navy Medicine Research and Development enterprise.
Before leaving, Gillingham presented three admiral coins to NAMRU-Dayton staff for their exemplary work and commitment to seeing through the Navy Medicine mission. Gillingham thanked Commanding Officer Capt. Teneza-Mora and the rest of the NAMRU-Dayton team for their hospitality and reiterated the significance of the work being done.
“It is a pleasure to be here. I have a fond place in my heart for NAMRU-Dayton”
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Navy Medicine is made up of a network of more than 63,000 naval personnel focused on ensuring the readiness of the fleet. Navy Medicine provides well trained people, working in cohesive teams on optimized platforms, demonstrating high velocity performance to project medical power in support of US maritime superiority.
| Date Taken: | 02.28.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 02.28.2020 15:47 |
| Story ID: | 364184 |
| Location: | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO, US |
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