20 October 2023 Acting Surgeon General Via emphasizes critical role for forward-deployed Okinawa medical personnel United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Okinawa hosted RDML Darin K. Via as he wrapped up his first tour to the Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) region as Acting Surgeon General. Accompanying Via is Navy Medicine’s highest ranking enlisted leader, Force Master Chief,...