U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders/Released 130805-M-LN208-035.JPG
Aug 16, 2013
Members of the Medical Service Corps celebrate the 66th birthday of their organization Aug. 5 at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa. The Army-Navy Medical Service Act came into effect Aug. 4, 1947, and with it the Medical Service Corps, providing a permanent group of specialized commissioned officers ready to support the field of military medicine. “Thirty one specialties in the areas of science, allied health and administrationmake up the Medical Service Corps,” according to Navy Capt. Anne M. Swap, the commanding officer of USNH Okinawa. “Medical Service Corps (personnel) serve at sea, on deployments and humanitarian missions, as well as in clinics, inpatient facilities and research units around the world.”
CAMERA
N/A
LENS
APERTURE
SHUTTERSPEED
ISO
No camera details available.
This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.