Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, Navy Deputy Surgeon General and Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, (foreground right) watches students undergoing water survival training beside CAPT Kimberly Toone, commanding officer Navy Medicine Operational Training Command (NMOTC) (foreground left) at Aviation Survival Training Center (ASTC) Pensacola as part of an official visit, Feb. 7. Naval Survival Training Institute (NSTI), a detachment of NMOTC, is comprised of eight ASTC’s and a headquarters unit which specialize in training the pilots, aircrew, and service members who support other specialized


Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, Navy Deputy Surgeon General and Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, (foreground right) watches students undergoing water survival training beside CAPT Kimberly Toone, commanding officer Navy Medicine Operational Training Command (NMOTC) (foreground left) at Aviation Survival Training Center (ASTC) Pensacola as part of an official visit, Feb. 7. Naval Survival Training Institute (NSTI), a detachment of NMOTC, is comprised of eight ASTC’s and a headquarters unit which specialize in training the pilots, aircrew, and service members who support other specialized communities in the survival skills and techniques to survive aviation emergencies. NMOTC is comprised of six nationwide detachments that offer specialized medical training in the fields of aviation, aviation survival, surface and undersea warfare, expeditionary and special operations medicine. Navy


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