U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Smith, command master chief of Regional Command (Southwest), reads the Hospital Corps Force Master Chief's birthday message during the 114th Hospital Corps Birthday ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan June 17, 2012. The Hospital Corps came into existence as an organized unit of the medical department under the provision of an act of congress approved June 17, 1898.
Sheila Brooks
Taken on 17 June 2012
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