JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Oct. 13, 2022) – Dolores Sandoval, the executive secretary assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, is a representation of the highly professional and diverse civilian workforce within the Department of the Navy. Born in San Antonio, Sandoval began her civil-service career in 2002 after retiring from America’s Navy in 2000 as a dental technician. While in the Navy, she served at the Field Medical Service School at Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Dental Company of 3rd Forces Service Support Group (Okinawa, Japan), San Onofre Dental Clinic at Camp Pendleton, and at Navy Operational Support Center – San Antonio. NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)