NMCSD; Balboa; Centennial
SAN DIEGO (May 19, 2017) Navy Medicine West, Rear Adm. Paul Pearigen, is rendered honors at the end of a centennial ceremony at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD). The ceremony was held to celebrate 100 years of NMCSD, the first permanent medical facility established in Balboa Park on May 20, 1917. (Photo by Culinary Specialist Petty Officer 2nd Class Luther C. Smith Jr./Released)