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VMFA-122 medical team trains with Australian SAR crew August 18, 2016 — As the thumping of the blades sliced through the air, U.S. Navy Lt. Matthew Case, flight surgeon, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Juan Garcia, hospital corpsman assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, were lowered to the ground with a winch during search and rescue training at Exercise Pitch Black 2016, Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, MORE

Healthcare symposium highlights career opportunities for enlisted Marines May 1, 2016 — Naval medical professionals of the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic and the U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokosuka discussed naval leadership, officer commissioning programs, and career management and progression during the inaugural Healthcare Officer Symposium at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, April 28, 2016.This informative symposium allowed MORE

BHC ancillary department aboard MCAS Iwakuni helps maintain excellent patient care January 9, 2014 — When it comes to medical care, a patient’s doctor is one of the many people who will provide treatment during the clinical process. It could be considered impossible for a doctor to examine, diagnose, supply medication to and treat all of their patients on their own.The ancillary department of the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Health Clinic, MORE

Iwakuni sailors receive hands-on FROT training May 9, 2013 — Sailors from Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic took part in First Receiver Operations Training hosted by the Decontamination Education and Consulting on Nuc/Bio/Chem (DECON) near Penny Lake Field at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 8-9, 2013.The course, which is based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and MORE

Gifts which keep on giving, local clinic donates May 17, 2012 — A Guam dental clinic and Marine Aircraft Group 12 servicemembers answered a call for help by donating approximately 100 pounds of dental supplies for use by doctors in Tinian.Tinian’s small population rarely gets dentalcare due to its remote location in the Pacific. The supplies, donated by Ordot Dental Clinic of Chalan-Pago Ordot, Guam, were MORE

Relay Health: making communication easy May 10, 2012 — It started out as just a normal day for Yasmin H. Granland, a stay-at-home mother supporting her husband in the military, but when she went to Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Health Clinic to finish up her plans for the day, she was offered a chance to sign up for Relay Health. Little did she know she was about to be the 1,000th person to sign MORE

Training treats patients with tourniquets February 9, 2012 — Medical personnel with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, Marine Aircraft Group 36 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 train and improve their medical skills when no patients are present at the medical center which was set up at the flight line here to support Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. Exercise MORE