A Day In The Life:
Medical Story and photos by Joel Diller, Public Affairs
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t NSA Souda Bay, the Branch Health Clinic works hard to take care of Team Souda’s medical needs. Through physical health assessments, dental and eye exams, lab tests, and immunizations, they ensure our service members are fully medically ready – able to deploy and accomplish their mission. On this day, General Duty Corpsman Hospitalman Caleb Newbill and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jordan Belthrop work the Clinic’s front desk, greeting patients as they walk in and answering the main telephone line. “Most of the day is answering phone calls, booking Page 16
appointments, checking (patient’s) vital signs for providers, and (we) screen the patients coming in so we know which provider they should see and if the provider will need anything,” said Newbill. “We’ll do blood draws, tests, screen for strep throat, just small things like that.” Taking care of Team Souda’s pharmaceutical needs is Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Justin Preiser, a pharmacy technician who has been stationed at NSA Souda Bay for two years. “For the most part, the pharmacy is my home,” said Presier. “That is what I have been doing the last eight years. I like it and I am one of one,” he said, meaning
