SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) participated in Sargent Shriver Elementary School’s annual Career Day, held on Feb. 26, to engage with third, fourth and fifth graders on U.S. Navy career opportunities in STEM.
NMRC, along with other representatives from different career fields, set up display exhibits inside the Shriver Elementary School gymnasium. NMRC’s exhibit featured research equipment and a prop biocontainment unit filled with activities that students could perform through the unit’s built-in gloves, simulating the experience of a scientist handling biological samples. Students were able to get information from NMRC experts on the real-world applications of these tools.
“The kids always...
02.26.2025 | SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, US |
Story by Elliott Page
SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) participated in Sargent Shriver Elementary School’s annual Career Day, held on Feb. 26, to engage with third, fourth and fifth graders on U.S. Navy career opportunities in STEM.
NMRC, along with other representatives from different career fields, set up display exhibits inside the Shriver Elementary School gymnasium. NMRC’s exhibit featured research equipment and a prop biocontainment unit filled with activities that students could perform through the unit’s built-in gloves, simulating the experience of a scientist handling biological samples. Students were able to get information from NMRC experts on the real-world applications of these tools.
“The kids always...
02.26.2025 | SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, US |
Story by Elliott Page
SILVER SPRING, Md. (Feb. 26, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Keiry Martinez-Ramos. with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), speaks with students from Sargent Shriver Elementary School at the school’s annual Career Day. Representatives from NMRC spent the day with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders answering questions, discussing careers within Navy Medicine and demonstrating laboratory equipment. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activities, from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. (U.S. Navy photo by Sidney Hinds /Released)
