JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 15, 2019) – Hospitalman Jade

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 15, 2019) – Hospitalman Jade Matthiesen searches for gunshot wounds on a simulated patient during the hospital corpsman trauma training program at Naval Hospital Jacksonville on Feb. 15. Sixteen hospital corpsmen from across the Navy are receiving two weeks of training at NH Jacksonville, followed by five weeks at University of Florida Health Jacksonville (a Level 1 trauma center). The corpsmen, who already served one tour at a military treatment facility, are then assigned to operational units across the globe. The clinical rotations provide enhanced real-world trauma experience for Navy hospital corpsmen, who provide life-saving care to sailors and Marines in the field. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville (co-located with NH Jacksonville) ensures warfighters’ medical readiness to deploy and clinicians’ readiness to save lives. (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released).