170823-N-KF478-818 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Aug. 23, 2017) Rear Adm. Paul D. Pearigen, commander of Navy Medicine West and chief of the Navy Medical Corps, takes a moment to get acquainted with Honorary Lt. Finley Lewis, the official NHC Corpus Christi facility dog. Pearigen is visiting Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi to attend an all-hands call for Medical Corps officers as well as Medical Corps mentorship sessions. (U.S. Navy photo by William Love/Released)