1. Navy IDC NAVYIDCA@YAHOO.COM Issue #3 December 2011
NAVY IDC
Independent Duty Corpsman Association Newsletter
THE HEART OF A HOSPITAL
CORPSMAN: NEW BUMED FORCE
MAKES INITIAL REMARKS
By Force Master Chief Sherman Boss, U.S. Navy Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). Boss is the 13th Force
Master Chief of BUMED. He relieved Force Master Chief
Laura Martinez, who served in the position since 2007, on
Oct. 5, 2011.
Inside
First I’d like to thank you Force Master Chief Laura Martinez
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for your inspirational leadership and your heartfelt
commitment to our country and those who defend her.
Thank you for all you have done to lead Navy Medicine this Page 3 Force Master
far. You have made significant contributions at a very Chief Sherman
Boss
difficult time for our nation and throughout a set of
circumstances that are unprecedented in U.S. Military Page 4 AFOMS 2012
History. Planning Photos
I would also like to thank you for the outstanding support Page 5 IDC Spotlight
you provided me during my transition. You’re truly the
“Sailors, Sailor.” It has been said; success is not measured by Page 6 AFOMS 2012
Info Board
what you take with you, but by what you leave behind. Laura
you are leaving the Hospital Corps, a corps made of ordinary Page 7 HM1 Phibbs and
Sailors that do extraordinary things, better largely due to your the USS MASON
leadership and guidance. My duty here comes a bit easier Page 8 Navy Surgeon
because of your efforts; you will certainly be missed. General
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2. 2 Issue #3 December 2011
Exclusive serialized IDCA coin with your IDCA member IDCA OFFICERS:
number will be available to our IDCA paid members.
Membership is now $30.00 for annual membership. The PRESIDENT:
IDCA will be donating some of the proceeds to the HMCS Raymond Meyers
Wounded Warriors Foundation and our new IDCA (NUMI, Groton)
scholarship fund.
VICE PRESIDENT:
Currently the IDCA serialized coin is $15 and available HMC Randy Swanson
(NSSC, Pearl Harbor)
now for paid IDCA members only. Coins without
serialization will not beavailable to the general public TREASURER:
until early spring. HMCS Eliza Rubic
(HQMC Washington)
If you are already a paid member and would like the
coin, please complete page 9 and forward it to our SECRETARY:
treasurer. If you need to renew your membership see page HMC Miguel Lugo
9! Memberships renewed at the AFOMS Conference are (COMSUBPAC Pearl Harbor)
good until the 2012 AFOMS Conference in Jacksonville.
Visit our E-store at: http://shop.navyidc.org for
exclusive Navy IDC gear. Check out page 10.

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When I joined the Navy Medicine team 27 years ago and more
than 30 years ago when Force Martinez’s began her journey,
neither of us could have dreamed our nation would be involved in
the set of circumstance we are now in the midst of. The Sailors
of yester-year are replaced by the young men and women we are
blessed to lead. They are high school graduates and college
graduates who only months ago were just citizens of our great
nation. Today they are all volunteers tasked with protecting the
freedom many take for granted. They are brighter, better educated
and trained, led and equipped more than any Sailor, Soldier,
Marine or Airman during any past war. Today they go to work in
medical centers, clinics, and aboard ships and submarines. They
fly rescue missions and dive below the water’s edge, they stand
watch in our school houses and provide humanitarian assistance
and disaster relief to those in need, but tomorrow they may go to work wearing a five-pound Kevlar
helmet and a 45-pound flak jacket and they will be faced with some of the most austere environments
know to mankind and yet they will never complain – why – because they belong to something greater
than themselves!
Through A and C schools they have been taught forms of chemistry, physics, medicine, weapons and
avionics to operate the most sophisticated weapons and equipment ever designed. They have learned to
use their bodies as a weapon and their weapon as part of their body. They are trained to take a life if
necessary, but because of their remarkable training — they save lives instead.
Shipmates, it is my promise that I will not lose sight of what is important and will stay true to our Core
Values and Navy Ethos which bind us as Sailors. The heart of the Hospital Corpsman beats loudly
within my sole and I am proud of where I am today, but more proud from which I came.
I have a simple formula for success – focus on the people and allow them to focus on the mission, and
always do it with the integrity our nation expects of us. I strongly believe that the role of a leader is to
provide the tools, support and direction to highly skilled and capable men and women such as those
who make up the Hospital Corps, and then get out of the way and allow them to take care of the
mission. That is why we are here – to accomplish the mission.
To do that we must continue to demonstrate the highest level of integrity and the commitment to
complete the Navy Medicine mission — always ensuring we do it correctly and safely. I have seen this
at work throughout our Navy, from the highest leaders in the Pentagon to the youngest hospital recruit
at Walter Reed. Integrity to do what is right and the integrity to always ask the question is this right of
our Sailors, Navy Medicine, the Navy, or the nation. If it passes those tests, then you will always have
my support.
My family and I thank you for your confidence in me as the next U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery Force Master Chief. I am honored and humbled beyond words and I will not let you down.

4. 4 Issue #3 December 2011
AFOMS 2012 - Hyatt Regency Hotel – Jacksonville, Florida
http://www.idcafoundation.org/home/AFOMS-2012

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IDCA SPOTLIGHT
Hospital Corpsman Senior Chief (FMF) Eliza Santillan Rubic
United States Navy, Headquarters Marine Corps
Senior Chief Rubic enlisted in the United States Navy in
delayed entry program in December 1995. She graduated from
Mira Mesa High School in San Diego California June 1992 and
attended San Diego College in San Diego.
Completed recruit training in Great Lakes Illinois in
1996 and Hospital Corpsman “A” School in San Diego,
California May 1996.
Senior Chief Rubic’s first duty station was Naval
Medical Center San Diego California. She was assigned to
Post Anesthesia Care Unit from June 1996 to June 1999.
Enroute to her new duty station to Naval Air Facility Atsugi,
Japan she completed Field Medical Training School in Camp
Pendleton, CA on Sep 1999. Completed her tour in mainland
Japan on Oct 2001 and reported back to Naval Medical Center
San Diego Nov 2001 and worked as the Leading Petty Officer
of the Plastic Surgery Department. While working at Plastic Surgery she did an IA tour in Iraq
in 2003 with 3rd Marine Air Wing from Miramar California and earned her Fleet Marine Force
pin.
After her first deployment she transferred to Naval School of Health Sciences in San
Diego, Ca in Oct 2004. While in school she promoted to Petty Officer First Class and
completed Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman School in Nov 2005. She then reported
to Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan in December 2005 and was assigned to work at Torii Station
with the Army and deployed to Korea for Operation Ulchi Focus Lens. She completed her tour
in Okinawa, Japan on December 2007 and transferred to 2nd MLG in Camp Jejune, North
Carolina. While on deployment, Senior Chief Rubic was promoted to Chief Petty Officer in
2008. She also deployed to Haiti for the earthquake disaster relief. Completed her tour at 2nd
MLG on Oct 2010 and transferred to Head Quarters Marine Corps, Washington, DC Oct 2010
and was promoted to Senior Chief Petty Officer in June 2011.
Her personal awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two
awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (five awards), Navy Unit
Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Good Conduct Medal (three awards) and
several personal and command awards.

6. 6 Issue #3 December 2011
2012 AFOMS INFORMATION
BOARD
Conference Dates
The Armed Forces Operational Medicine Symposium (AFOMS) for 2012 will be held in
Jacksonvile, Florida from 22-29 June 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville.
Pre-symposium: 22-24 Jun 2012
Main Symposium: 25-29 Jun 2012
Courses and Schedule
Pre-symposium topics include:
• TCCC Train-the-trainer (22-24 Jun)
• ACLS Initial (students need workbooks 30 days ahead of class) (22-24 Jun)
• Food Sanitation (22 Jun)
• Health and Wellness Basic Certification Course, Level II (pre-requisite online training)
(22 Jun)
• Pest Control (23 Jun)
• Tobacco Facilitator training (23 Jun)
More specific information on available courses and schedule will be posted in the coming
weeks.
Funding
More information on how to request funding to attend will be coming in the following weeks.
Hotel Information
The Armed Forces Operational Medicine Symposium (AFOMS) Conference for 2012 will be
held in Jacksonville, Florida at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront from 22-29 June
2012.
Reservations must be made by 21 May 2012 to qualify for the conference rate of $80.
The hotel is located at:
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
225 East Coast Line Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Remember the current hotel Per-Diem rate is $80. Ensure you select the correct rate when
making your reservations.
Reservations
A dedicated booking website has been created so you will be able to make, modify and
cancel your hotel reservations online, as well as take advantage of any room upgrades,
amenities or other services offered by the hotel. This link and other helpful links are located
on the AFOMS site: IDCAFOUNDATION.ORG
If you wish to make your reservations by phone you can call: 1-800-233-1234
Make your reservation under "AFOMS" to receive the conference rate.
http://www.idcafoundation.org/home/AFOMS-2012

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Bravo Zulu HM1 Phibbs and USS MASON Medical Dept!
HM1 Roger Phibbs
(SMDR/IDC)
with fellow
corpsman onboard
USS MASON
(DDG-87)
celebrating the
Hospital Corps
Birthday.
The medical
department of the
USS Mason (DDG-
87) along with their
Commanding
Officer and
Command Master
Chief, receiving
their first Green
“H” Award for
superior Health
Promotions
Programs onboard
the ship.

8. Issue #3 December 2011
Nathan Receives Third Star, Promoted to Navy Surgeon General
By Sarah Fortney, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Public
Affairs
BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, commander of
Navy Medicine for the National Capital Area, officially received his third
admiral's star Nov. 18, during his promotion to Surgeon General of the U.S.
Navy.
During a ceremony at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, at
Bethesda (WRNMMC), the former WRNMMC commander was pinned by
his wife, Tammy and daughter, Bobbie. Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of
Naval Operations, promoted Nathan. Nathan will relieve Vice Adm. Adam
Robinson, who retires Nov. 18 during a separate ceremony at the hospital.
"I'm very honored to do this," said Greenert of promoting Nathan.
After receiving his third star, Nathan asked a long-time friend, Lisa Hudson,
to assist him with his new uniform jacket, which signifies his position as vice admiral. Hudson's husband, John
Hudson, encouraged Nathan to join the Navy, unfortunately, in October 1983, he was killed in the line of duty. Nathan
said he was honored to have Lisa participate in the ceremony, as she has kept her husband's memory alive.
He went on to express his appreciation for his family and their support.
"This promotion, it's really a result of Tammy and Bobbie," he said.
Nathan has achieved many milestones throughout his naval career. As commander of the former National Military
Medical Center (NNMC), he helped oversee the largest military medical integration and construction project in the
history of military medicine.
Additionally, Nathan holds an appointment as clinical professor of medicine at the Uniform University of the Health
Sciences, and has received the American Hospital Association Excellence in Leadership award for the Federal Sector.
His personal awards include the Distinguished Service Medal; Legion of Merit (5); Meritorious Service Medal (2);
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2).
Having received his Bachelor of Science from Georgia Tech and Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College of
Georgia, Nathan completed his internal medicine specialty training in 1984 at the University of South Florida. He then
served as the Internal Medicine department head at Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. In 1985, he transferred
to the Naval Hospital, Groton, Conn., as leader of the Medical Mobilization Amphibious Surgical Support Team, then
went on to Naval Medical Center San Diego in 1987 to serve as head of the Division of Internal Medicine, with
additional duty to the Marine Corps, 1st Marine Division.
In 1990, Nathan served as a department head at the Naval Hospital Beaufort, S.C. He then reported to Naval Clinics
Command in London where he participated in military-to-military engagements with post-Soviet Eastern Eurpoean
countries, and in 1995, was assigned as specialist assignment officer at the Bureau of Naval Personnel providing
guidance to more than 1,500 Medical Corps officers. In 1998, he accepted a seat at the joint Industrial College of the
Armed Forces in Washington, D.C., then served as the fleet surgeon, Forward Deployed Naval Forces commander,
U.S. 7th Fleet aboard the flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) out of Yokosuka, Japan.
Board certified with fellow status in the American College of Physician and the American College of Healthcare
Executives, Nathan has also served as deputy commander of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., in 2001, then
assumed command of Naval Hospital Pensacola, Fla. There, he oversaw Navy medical relief efforts in the wake of
Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and Katrina.
In 2006, Nathan transferred from fleet surgeon to commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, where he assisted in
organizing the Fleet Health Domain integration with the Fleet Readiness Enterprise. He was then assigned, in 2007, as
commander of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and Navy Medicine Region East, before serving as commander of
NNMC from August 2008 until September 2011.

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Navy Independent Duty Corpsman Association
Application for Membership
Name: ________________________________ Rank/Rate:________ PRD:________
IDC School Grad Date:_________________________ Status:_______________
Street Address:________________________ City:__________________ State:_________
ZIP:________
Phone#:_____________________________
Duty Station: __________________________
E-Mail :(Work)_______________________E-Mail:(Personal)______________________
Membership Dues $30.00 Annually Date Paid: ____________________
Please forward payment as well as the application to:
Eliza Rubic
2105 26th Street South
Arlington, VA 22206
Title Name Phone# E-mail
President HMCS (SS/SW/FMF) Wk (860) 694-2876 ext 114 Raymond.Meyers@med.navy.mil
Raymond F. Meyers
Fax: (860) 694-3874
Naval Undersea Medical
Institute
Vice HMC(SS/SW/AW) Wk (808) 473-2899 NIPR: randy.f.swanson@navy.mil
President Fax: (808) 473-3109 SIPR: randy.f.swanson@navy.smil.mil
Randy F. Swanson
Naval Submarine Support
Command
Pearl Harbor Hawaii
Treasurer HMCS(FMF) Fax: (703) 695-8905 eliza.rubic@usmc.mil
Eliza S. Rubic
Medical Logistics Chief
Headquarters Marine
Corps
DC, I&L (LPC-2)
Secretary HMC(SS/SW/AW) Fax: (808) 473-2406 miguel.lugo@navy.mil
Miguel A. Lugo
Commander Submarine
Force, US Pacific Fleet
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