Capt. Marion Gregg, the Commanding Officer of Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command, presents a Meritorious Service Medal to Cmdr. Ian Sutherland, the off going officer in charge of Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), at the NECE change of charge ceremony on June 21st, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. To commemorate the U.S. Navy’s 248th year of existence, Sutherland had 248 Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes released inside of a seven-foot cube to join him during his speech. To NECE’s knowledge, this is the first-time mosquitoes have been utilized in a change of charge ceremony. (Courtesy photo by Mass Communicator Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Riggs)