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Surgeon General of Navy // CNO Priorities: America’s Warfighting Navy
CNO published her “America’s Warfighting Navy” priorities to all Navy Flag Officers. I am asking the TYCOM CDRS to please share, discuss, and disseminate with all your officers, enlisted and civilian personnel as I am doing at BUMED. Her main comment is below.
“America’s Warfighting Navy” lays out who we are, what we do, and where we are going. It drives us to look at everything through a warfighting lens, prioritizing warfighting, warfighters, and the foundation that supports them.
CNO details how everyone of us is a warfighter and everyone contributes our Navy’s ability to preserve the peace, respond in crisis, and win decisively in war. “America’s Warfighting Navy” nests under the National Defense Strategy (NDS) and the Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC). It does not replace the existing CNO Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN), which continues to drive critical outcomes through the NAVPLAN Implementation Framework (NIF). It is designed to help align and energize our Navy narrative as we communicate with our numerous stakeholders – both external AND internal.
Navy Medicine’s efforts as warfighters are aligned to her priorities, the NDS, JWC, the current NAVPLAN and the NAVPLAN NIF. Our Five-Year Campaign Plan, Campaign Order and my four lines of efforts align to CNO’s priorities. I can’t thank you enough for what you do every day to make our Navy and our Nation better. Due to your efforts, Navy Medicine is different today than we were just over a year ago in our ability to support our National and Naval priorities.
Continue driving hard in 2024.
SG #40, Corpsman Up!!
V/R
RADM Darin K. Via
Medical Corps, United States Navy
Navy Surgeon General
Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
THANK YOU MESSAGE from the Acting Surgeon General of the Navy and FORCM
Shipmates,
As we approach this Thanksgiving holiday, FORCE and I wanted to reach out and express how grateful we are for each and every one of you. We are thankful for your hard work, dedication, and commitment to Navy Medicine and what you do every day to ensure you, your fellow Sailors, Marines, civilians and their families are healthy and ready while protecting our freedoms around the world. We hope you take time to rest and reflect on what YOU are truly thankful for on this great holiday.
Please take a moment to watch our video at the link provided here: https://youtu.be/0bMnttPxsrY
Today and always, please take care of yourself, your family, and your fellow Shipmates.
Have a safe, healthy, and Happy Thanksgiving!
V/R
RDML Darin Via
Acting Navy Surgeon General
Acting Chief, BUMED
A Holiday Message from the Acting Surgeon General of the Navy
Shipmates,
On Saturday, we will celebrate Veterans Day and honor all the men and women who have served to protect America’s interests and preserve our personal liberty.
Originally known as “Armistice Day,” it was first celebrated in November 1919 to mark the end of the First World War.
It was envisioned as a day of reflection filled with “solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with the gratitude for the victory” as remarked by President Woodrow Wilson. It was on Armistice Day in 1921, that the U.S. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery was first dedicated. Over time, it became a day to honor all patriots, past and present. In 1954, it was renamed “Veterans Day,” a day to honor all veterans from all wars and a chance to celebrate the actions, the patriotism, and most of all, the service of our veterans.
We are all part of a force ensuring that we are maintaining, training, and equipping combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression, and defending freedom of the seas – throughout the globe and in support of the National Defense Strategy.
We would not be who we are today in Navy Medicine without you all and what you do- every day!
Today, every veteran and their family is owed a debt of gratitude for the service and sacrifices made on behalf of our nation. Let us honor them today and remember them always!
Have a wonderful Veterans Day weekend!
V/R,
RDML Darin Via
Acting Navy Surgeon General
Acting Chief, BUMED
A Message from the Acting Surgeon General – Nautical Headings: Executive Rudder + FY24 Campaign Order + SORM
Shipmates,
With Fiscal Year 2023 now closed out, the work that began under RADM Gillingham continues unabated as we move into FY24. Because of the exceptional dedication, professionalism, and enduring commitment to the principles of “Get Real, Get Better” all our One Navy Medicine Team, together, have made tremendous strides towards achieving our North Star:
Navy Medicine will deliver manned, trained, equipped, maintained, sustained, and certified medical units to provide enduring support to the Fleet, Fleet Marine Force, and Joint Forces in high-end competition, crisis, and combat. Navy Medicine will be organized to facilitate all phases of Force Development, Force Generation, Force Preservation, and full restoration of the warfighter.
(1) Executive Rudder:
As Acting Surgeon General, I will continue on our same course and speed, focusing on four distinct Lines of Effort to achieve our North Star objectives:
1) Delivering Expeditionary Medicine (EXMEDs) Capabilities
2) Increasing Deployability
3) Providing Quality Healthcare Across the Naval Forces
4) Recruiting and Retaining Navy Medicine Shipmates
Our Expeditionary Medical (EXMED) capabilities are the platforms we use to accomplish our mission. Increasing deployability ensures we have Sailors and Marines healthy, ready and on the job, and that we eliminate any medical administrative barriers prolonging recovery. Providing Quality Healthcare Across the Naval Forces is what we do – regardless of being aboard a ship, serving in the field, or in an MTF – we owe our very best to our warfighters. Our officers and enlisted Sailors – active and reserve – and civilians, are truly our most vital assets. We must recruit and retain our Navy Medicine Shipmates – it’s our People who make the mission happen!
Learn more by reading my 8-page “Executive Rudder”: https://esportal.med.navy.mil/bumed/Documents/Rudder.pdf
(2) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Campaign Order:
Last year, we published our first Campaign Order to prepare and posture Navy Medicine for sustained medical support in high-intensity combat operations. This year, we continue to build upon that good work, and the FY24 Campaign Order details specific actions we will take to align our people and our platforms to enhance warfighter health, wellness, and performance. The order spells out concrete and measurable tasks that advance and strengthen the Naval Medical Enterprise as we embrace a “Get Real, Get Better” mindset to achieve our North Star.
Executing these crucial actions through this order ensures we have the right people, with the right skills, training, and equipment, to prevent warfighter injury, and to save warfighter lives. Learn more about the FY24 Campaign Order by clicking here: https://esportal.med.navy.mil/bumed/CampaignOrder/
(3) Standard Organization and Regulations Manual (SORM):
As outlined in our North Star, Navy Medicine will be organized to facilitate all phases of Force Development, Force Generation, Force Preservation, and full restoration of the warfighter. To help facilitate that organization, the third strategic document is our recently signed Standard Organization and Regulations Manual (SORM), which provides straightforward descriptions of how Navy Medicine’s headquarters is structured to support our Echelon III, IV, and V Commands, the Fleet, Fleet Marine Force, and Joint Forces.
As we sail into year two of our five-year campaign plan, we are well on our way to modernizing our culture and organization. Last year, we set up our Maritime Headquarters (MHQ) and Maritime Operations Center (MOC) structures at our Echelon 2 and 3 Commands. These changes have enhanced our problem-solving ability and greatly increased our speed to decision across the entire enterprise.
We have codified these improvements with an updated Standard Organization and Regulations Manual (SORM). This document provides clear descriptions of how Navy Medicine’s headquarters is organized. The revised SORM will drive additional actions throughout command echelons as position descriptions are updated to reflect N-code structures and ensure we’re properly staffed to do our mission. To learn more about the SORM visit: https://esportal.med.navy.mil/bumed/SORM/
Each of these documents (Executive Rudder // FY24 Campaign Order // SORM) supports our nautical headings as we support the National Defense Strategy at ALL Levels of our organization
Keep up the outstanding work, thank you for what you do every day, and I look forward to seeing you in the Fleet.
V/R,
ASG
RDML Darin Via, MC, USN
Acting Surgeon General
Acting Chief of BUMED
Acting SG 4th of July Message
Shipmates,
On July 4th, 1776, thirteen American colonies signed the Declaration of Independence. Ten months before that momentous document was signed, the Continental Navy was born, and their ships became an extension of American influence and power around the world. On the decks of those wooden ships stood Sailors trained to take the lives of those that threatened America’s interests and territorial sovereignty and those charged with saving the lives of their comrades in arms. Therefore, Navy Medicine was forged by the sea. From the beginning, Navy Sailors have been saving lives and treating the physical and emotional wounds of war for 247 years.
Today, Navy Medicine is a global force for good. Our Medical, Dental, Nurse, Medical Service, and Hospital Corps along with our valued civilians provide the highest quality of care to Sailors, Marines, and their families here at home, overseas, and while deployed to the pointy tip of the spear. Our scientists are pioneering breakthroughs in physiology, microbiology, biomedical engineering, psychology, epidemiology, and using artificial intelligence to help diagnose and treat diseases. Our ability to provide competent medical personnel, deployable platforms, and exceptional care is foundational to America’s ability to defend our interests, maintain territorial sovereignty, and honor commitments to our maritime partners around the world.
On behalf of a grateful nation, I want to extend a heartfelt debt of gratitude to all our active-duty, reserve, civilian, and contract personnel serving on expeditionary medical platforms, conducting cutting-edge medical research for our warfighters, and working in military medical treatment facilities around the world for the lifesaving work they do. All of us in Navy Medicine are doing work that has a real and tangible impact on the lives of our service members, their families, and humanity.
I wish you all a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July. Thank you for what you do each day for Navy Medicine, the Navy, and this Nation.
V/R,
RDML Darin K. Via
Medical Corps, United States Navy
Acting Navy Surgeon General
Acting Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
RADM(s) Darin Via Nominated to Be Next Surgeon General
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nomination:
Navy Rear Adm. (lower half) Darin K. Via for assignment as surgeon general of the Navy, Falls Church, Virginia. Via is currently serving as deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; deputy surgeon general of the Navy; and director, Medical Resources, Plans and Policy Division, N0931, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Falls Church, Virginia.
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