KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Aug. 26, 2024) Capt. Jonathan Stahl, former commanding officer of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) INDO PACIFIC, accepts the 2024 Outstanding Research Accomplishment Team Award at the opening ceremony of the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) on behalf of the Long-Term Immunity Against Novel and Known Strains of SARS-CoV-2 Study team. Stahl handed off leadership of the command earlier this summer, ahead of his retirement later this month, after 30 years with the U.S. Navy. MHSRS is the Department of Defense's premier scientific meeting that focuses specifically on the unique medical needs of service members. This annual educational symposium brings together healthcare professionals, researchers, and DoD leaders for four days of critical learning, intensive idea sharing and relationship building. Navy Medicine Research and Development attended MHSRS and participated in breakout sessions, poster presentations, lectures, and manned booths in the exhibit hall. The eight Navy Medicine Research and Development commands, led by Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), and consisting of Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) and NAMRUs Dayton, San Antonio, EURAFCENT, INDO PACIFIC, and SOUTH, are engaged in a broad spectrum of activity from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. (U.S. Navy Photo by Sidney Hinds/released)