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Defense Health Network Pacific Rim Director Rear Adm. Guido Valdes talks with Capt. Matthew Tadlock, and an attendee at the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Fla. Valdes, who is also the Naval Medical Forces Pacific commander, was at the event to support researchers from military treatment facilities within his Network as well as those from Navy Medicine’s eight medical research laboratories which fall under his purview. Tadlock, a surgeon at Naval Medical Center San Diego and researcher for DoD’s Joint Trauma System, was presenting his research during a poster session. MHSRS is the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting where new research and knowledge focused on the unique medical needs of the warfighter are shared collaboratively among the DoD, academia, industry, and international partners. (Department of Defense photo by Regena Kowitz/Released)