idca newsletter#3 dec 2011

Issue #3 December 2011

Navy IDC [email protected]

NAVY IDC Independent Duty Corpsman Association Newsletter

Inside

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AFOMS 2012 Planning Photos

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Independent Duty Corpsman Association:

Serving the Warfighter 24 hours a day!

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IDCA Info

Force Master Chief Sherman Boss

Navy Surgeon General

IDC COIN

AFOMS 2012 Info Board

HM1 Phibbs and the USS MASON

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THE HEART OF A HOSPITAL CORPSMAN: NEW BUMED FORCE

MAKES INITIAL REMARKS By Force Master Chief Sherman Boss, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). Boss is the 13th Force Master Chief of BUMED. He relieved Force Master Chief Laura Martinez, who served in the position since 2007, on Oct. 5, 2011.

First I’d like to thank you Force Master Chief Laura Martinez for your inspirational leadership and your heartfelt commitment to our country and those who defend her. Thank you for all you have done to lead Navy Medicine this far. You have made significant contributions at a very difficult time for our nation and throughout a set of circumstances that are unprecedented in U.S. Military History.

I would also like to thank you for the outstanding support you provided me during my transition. You’re truly the “Sailors, Sailor.” It has been said; success is not measured by what you take with you, but by what you leave behind. Laura you are leaving the Hospital Corps, a corps made of ordinary Sailors that do extraordinary things, better largely due to your leadership and guidance. My duty here comes a bit easier because of your efforts; you will certainly be missed.

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IDC Spotlight

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IDCA OFFICERS: PRESIDENT: HMCS Raymond Meyers (NUMI, Groton) VICE PRESIDENT: HMC Randy Swanson (NSSC, Pearl Harbor) TREASURER: HMCS Eliza Rubic (HQMC Washington) SECRETARY: HMC Miguel Lugo (COMSUBPAC Pearl Harbor)

Exclusive serialized IDCA coin with your IDCA member number will be available to our IDCA paid members. Membership is now $30.00 for annual membership. The IDCA will be donating some of the proceeds to the Wounded Warriors Foundation and our new IDCA scholarship fund. Currently the IDCA serialized coin is $15 and available now for paid IDCA members only. Coins without serialization will not beavailable to the general public until early spring. If you are already a paid member and would like the coin, please complete page 9 and forward it to our treasurer. If you need to renew your membership see page 9! Memberships renewed at the AFOMS Conference are good until the 2012 AFOMS Conference in Jacksonville. Visit our E-store at: http://shop.navyidc.org for exclusive Navy IDC gear. Check out page 10.


(Continued from front page) When I joined the Navy Medicine team 27 years ago and more than 30 years ago when Force Martinez’s began her journey, neither of us could have dreamed our nation would be involved in the set of circumstance we are now in the midst of. The Sailors of yester-year are replaced by the young men and women we are blessed to lead. They are high school graduates and college graduates who only months ago were just citizens of our great nation. Today they are all volunteers tasked with protecting the freedom many take for granted. They are brighter, better educated and trained, led and equipped more than any Sailor, Soldier, Marine or Airman during any past war. Today they go to work in medical centers, clinics, and aboard ships and submarines. They fly rescue missions and dive below the water’s edge, they stand watch in our school houses and provide humanitarian assistance

and disaster relief to those in need, but tomorrow they may go to work wearing a five-pound Kevlar helmet and a 45-pound flak jacket and they will be faced with some of the most austere environments know to mankind and yet they will never complain – why – because they belong to something greater than themselves! Through A and C schools they have been taught forms of chemistry, physics, medicine, weapons and avionics to operate the most sophisticated weapons and equipment ever designed. They have learned to use their bodies as a weapon and their weapon as part of their body. They are trained to take a life if necessary, but because of their remarkable training — they save lives instead. Shipmates, it is my promise that I will not lose sight of what is important and will stay true to our Core Values and Navy Ethos which bind us as Sailors. The heart of the Hospital Corpsman beats loudly within my sole and I am proud of where I am today, but more proud from which I came.

I have a simple formula for success – focus on the people and allow them to focus on the mission, and always do it with the integrity our nation expects of us. I strongly believe that the role of a leader is to provide the tools, support and direction to highly skilled and capable men and women such as those who make up the Hospital Corps, and then get out of the way and allow them to take care of the mission. That is why we are here – to accomplish the mission.

To do that we must continue to demonstrate the highest level of integrity and the commitment to complete the Navy Medicine mission — always ensuring we do it correctly and safely. I have seen this at work throughout our Navy, from the highest leaders in the Pentagon to the youngest hospital recruit at Walter Reed. Integrity to do what is right and the integrity to always ask the question is this right of our Sailors, Navy Medicine, the Navy, or the nation. If it passes those tests, then you will always have my support.

My family and I thank you for your confidence in me as the next U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Force Master Chief. I am honored and humbled beyond words and I will not let you down.


AFOMS 2012 - Hyatt Regency Hotel – Jacksonville, Florida

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IDCA SPOTLIGHT

Hospital Corpsman Senior Chief (FMF) Eliza Santillan Rubic United States Navy, Headquarters Marine Corps

Senior Chief Rubic enlisted in the United States Navy in

delayed entry program in December 1995. She graduated from Mira Mesa High School in San Diego California June 1992 and attended San Diego College in San Diego.

Completed recruit training in Great Lakes Illinois in 1996 and Hospital Corpsman “A” School in San Diego, California May 1996.

Senior Chief Rubic’s first duty station was Naval Medical Center San Diego California. She was assigned to Post Anesthesia Care Unit from June 1996 to June 1999. Enroute to her new duty station to Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan she completed Field Medical Training School in Camp Pendleton, CA on Sep 1999. Completed her tour in mainland Japan on Oct 2001 and reported back to Naval Medical Center San Diego Nov 2001 and worked as the Leading Petty Officer

of the Plastic Surgery Department. While working at Plastic Surgery she did an IA tour in Iraq in 2003 with 3rd Marine Air Wing from Miramar California and earned her Fleet Marine Force pin.

After her first deployment she transferred to Naval School of Health Sciences in San

Diego, Ca in Oct 2004. While in school she promoted to Petty Officer First Class and completed Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman School in Nov 2005. She then reported to Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan in December 2005 and was assigned to work at Torii Station with the Army and deployed to Korea for Operation Ulchi Focus Lens. She completed her tour in Okinawa, Japan on December 2007 and transferred to 2nd MLG in Camp Jejune, North Carolina. While on deployment, Senior Chief Rubic was promoted to Chief Petty Officer in 2008. She also deployed to Haiti for the earthquake disaster relief. Completed her tour at 2nd MLG on Oct 2010 and transferred to Head Quarters Marine Corps, Washington, DC Oct 2010 and was promoted to Senior Chief Petty Officer in June 2011.

Her personal awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two

awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (five awards), Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Good Conduct Medal (three awards) and several personal and command awards.


2012 AFOMS INFORMATION BOARD

Conference Dates The Armed Forces Operational Medicine Symposium (AFOMS) for 2012 will be held in Jacksonvile, Florida from 22-29 June 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville. Pre-symposium: 22-24 Jun 2012 Main Symposium: 25-29 Jun 2012 Courses and Schedule Pre-symposium topics include:

• TCCC Train-the-trainer (22-24 Jun) • ACLS Initial (students need workbooks 30 days ahead of class) (22-24 Jun) • Food Sanitation (22 Jun) • Health and Wellness Basic Certification Course, Level II (pre-requisite online training)

(22 Jun) • Pest Control (23 Jun) • Tobacco Facilitator training (23 Jun)

More specific information on available courses and schedule will be posted in the coming weeks. Funding More information on how to request funding to attend will be coming in the following weeks. Hotel Information The Armed Forces Operational Medicine Symposium (AFOMS) Conference for 2012 will be held in Jacksonville, Florida at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront from 22-29 June 2012. Reservations must be made by 21 May 2012 to qualify for the conference rate of $80. The hotel is located at: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront 225 East Coast Line Drive Jacksonville, FL 32202 Remember the current hotel Per-Diem rate is $80. Ensure you select the correct rate when making your reservations. Reservations A dedicated booking website has been created so you will be able to make, modify and cancel your hotel reservations online, as well as take advantage of any room upgrades, amenities or other services offered by the hotel. This link and other helpful links are located on the AFOMS site: IDCAFOUNDATION.ORG If you wish to make your reservations by phone you can call: 1-800-233-1234 Make your reservation under "AFOMS" to receive the conference rate.

http://www.idcafoundation.org/home/AFOMS-2012


HM1 Roger Phibbs (SMDR/IDC) with fellow corpsman onboard USS MASON (DDG-87) celebrating the Hospital Corps Birthday.

The medical department of the USS Mason (DDG-87) along with their Commanding Officer and Command Master Chief, receiving their first Green “H” Award for superior Health Promotions Programs onboard the ship.

Bravo Zulu HM1 Phibbs and USS MASON Medical Dept!


Nathan Receives Third Star, Promoted to Navy Surgeon General

By Sarah Fortney, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Public Affairs

BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, commander of Navy Medicine for the National Capital Area, officially received his third admiral's star Nov. 18, during his promotion to Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy.

During a ceremony at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, at Bethesda (WRNMMC), the former WRNMMC commander was pinned by his wife, Tammy and daughter, Bobbie. Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, promoted Nathan. Nathan will relieve Vice Adm. Adam Robinson, who retires Nov. 18 during a separate ceremony at the hospital.

"I'm very honored to do this," said Greenert of promoting Nathan.

After receiving his third star, Nathan asked a long-time friend, Lisa Hudson, to assist him with his new uniform jacket, which signifies his position as vice admiral. Hudson's husband, John Hudson, encouraged Nathan to join the Navy, unfortunately, in October 1983, he was killed in the line of duty. Nathan said he was honored to have Lisa participate in the ceremony, as she has kept her husband's memory alive.

He went on to express his appreciation for his family and their support.

"This promotion, it's really a result of Tammy and Bobbie," he said.

Nathan has achieved many milestones throughout his naval career. As commander of the former National Military Medical Center (NNMC), he helped oversee the largest military medical integration and construction project in the history of military medicine.

Additionally, Nathan holds an appointment as clinical professor of medicine at the Uniform University of the Health Sciences, and has received the American Hospital Association Excellence in Leadership award for the Federal Sector. His personal awards include the Distinguished Service Medal; Legion of Merit (5); Meritorious Service Medal (2); Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2).

Having received his Bachelor of Science from Georgia Tech and Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College of Georgia, Nathan completed his internal medicine specialty training in 1984 at the University of South Florida. He then served as the Internal Medicine department head at Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. In 1985, he transferred to the Naval Hospital, Groton, Conn., as leader of the Medical Mobilization Amphibious Surgical Support Team, then went on to Naval Medical Center San Diego in 1987 to serve as head of the Division of Internal Medicine, with additional duty to the Marine Corps, 1st Marine Division.

In 1990, Nathan served as a department head at the Naval Hospital Beaufort, S.C. He then reported to Naval Clinics Command in London where he participated in military-to-military engagements with post-Soviet Eastern Eurpoean countries, and in 1995, was assigned as specialist assignment officer at the Bureau of Naval Personnel providing guidance to more than 1,500 Medical Corps officers. In 1998, he accepted a seat at the joint Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C., then served as the fleet surgeon, Forward Deployed Naval Forces commander, U.S. 7th Fleet aboard the flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) out of Yokosuka, Japan.

Board certified with fellow status in the American College of Physician and the American College of Healthcare Executives, Nathan has also served as deputy commander of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., in 2001, then assumed command of Naval Hospital Pensacola, Fla. There, he oversaw Navy medical relief efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and Katrina.

In 2006, Nathan transferred from fleet surgeon to commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, where he assisted in organizing the Fleet Health Domain integration with the Fleet Readiness Enterprise. He was then assigned, in 2007, as commander of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and Navy Medicine Region East, before serving as commander of NNMC from August 2008 until September 2011.

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Navy IDC [email protected] Issue #2 June 2011

Application for Membership

Name: ________________________________ Rank/Rate:________ PRD:________

IDC School Grad Date:_________________________ Status:_______________

Street Address:________________________ City:__________________ State:_________ ZIP:________

Phone#:_____________________________

Duty Station: __________________________

E-Mail :(Work)_______________________E-Mail:(Personal)______________________

Membership Dues $30.00 Annually Date Paid: ____________________

Please forward payment as well as the application to:

Eliza Rubic 2105 26th Street South Arlington, VA 22206 Title Name Phone# E-mail

President HMCS (SS/SW/FMF) Raymond F. Meyers

Naval Undersea Medical Institute

Wk (860) 694-2876 ext 114

Fax: (860) 694-3874

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Vice President

HMC(SS/SW/AW)

Randy F. Swanson Naval Submarine Support Command Pearl Harbor Hawaii

Wk (808) 473-2899 Fax: (808) 473-3109

NIPR: [email protected] SIPR: [email protected]

Treasurer HMCS(FMF) Eliza S. Rubic Medical Logistics Chief Headquarters Marine Corps DC, I&L (LPC-2)

Fax: (703) 695-8905

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Secretary HMC(SS/SW/AW) Miguel A. Lugo Commander Submarine Force, US Pacific Fleet

Fax: (808) 473-2406

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