190503-N-NW961-1481 Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Reynaldo Cervantes assigned to Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton streak-plates a mixture of cells onto an agar plate inside the microbiology laboratory. Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton is one of ten military treatment facilities overseen by Navy Medicine West (NMW). Throughout the region, Navy Medicine West provides medical care to nearly 700,000 beneficiaries throughout the West Coast of the U.S., Asia, and the Pacific. Globally, Navy Medicine West oversees eight research laboratories that deliver research expertise in support of warfighter health and readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael O'Day/Released)