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<p>By Cmdr.Carlos D. Williams, director, Navy Medicine Office of Global Health Engagement<br><br>As we celebrate Navy Medical Corps 145th birthday, the Office of Global Health Engagement (GHEO) proudly reflects on the deep history and significant impact the Navy Medical Corps has in the global health arena.<br><br>From their current presence aboard hospital ships USNS Comfort and Mercy, where the Medical Corps provides humanitarian and disaster relief services to international partners in need … to caring for Navy families stationed abroad … to serving submariners serving in the depths of our oceans and naval aviators who touch the sky, Medical Corps personnel provide quality patient care wherever and whenever it is needed.<br><br>The U.S. Navy began its long and time-honored history in global health outreach in 1898, at the end of the Spanish American War, when the United States military emerged as a global military power. In the early 20th century, as our nation’s military presence increased in countries such as American Samoa, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Territory of Hawaii, among others, these new ports presented a whole new array of endemic tropical diseases that threatened the lives of countless military personnel. Suddenly, Navy physicians—the Medical Corps, Navy Nurses and hospital corpsman were waging a new kind of war combatting a variety of diseases that carried devastating effects.<br><br></p>
<br>Subjects: Navy Medicine Live Blog; humanitarian assistance</div>
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