NAMRU EURAFCENT XO Named 2024 Navy Optometrist of the Year
SIGONELLA, Italy (Nov. 15, 2024) Cmdr. Micah Kinney, executive officer, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT, and the 2024 Navy Optometrist of the Year, poses for a photo aboard Naval Air Station, Sigonella. NAMRU EURAFCENT conducts infectious disease research and surveillance to study, monitor and detect emerging and re-emerging disease threats of military and public health importance, and to develop mitigation strategies against these threats in partnership with host nations and international and U.S. agencies in U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Central Command (CENTCOM), and European Command (EUCOM) areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Greta Ruffino/Released)
