180320-N-AW702-001 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 20, 2018) Rear Adm. Paul Pearigen, commander of Navy Medicine West and chief of the Navy Medical Corps, speaks with Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Medical Corps officers during a visit to the hospital, March 20, 2018. The Medical Corps is comprised of the Navy’s 4,400 active and reserve physicians, practicing in 25 specialties and conducting research and medical education. Navy physicians serve aboard Navy ships at sea, with Marines in combat theaters, at military treatment facilities at home and abroad, and in support of Department of Defense combat and humanitarian missions around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel/Released)