200117-N-EY938-937 POLARIS POINT, Guam (Jan. 17, 2020) A hospital corpsman assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) asks a question to U.S. Navy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham during a medical all hands call aboard the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40). Gillingham and Navy Medicine Force Master Chief Hosea Smith are visiting operational and readiness Navy medical units in the Pacific to talk about ensuring readiness by providing well trained people, working in cohesive teams on optimized platforms and demonstrating high velocity performance to project medical power in support of maritime superiority. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Denver Applehans/Released)