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Hospitalman Rebecca Gebadlo, a native of Sutersville, Pennsylvania, provides beneficiary care and expeditionary medical readiness while serving at Hornet Health Clinic Lemoore aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore.  Gebadlo joined the Navy two years ago.

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Bryan Niegel, Navy Office of Community Outreach

“I joined the Navy to do something cool and earn my own way in life,” said Gebadlo.

Growing up in Sutersville, Gebadlo attended Yough High School and graduated in 2020.  Skills and values similar to those found in Sutersville are important to succeed in the military.

“Growing up, I learned that hard work pays off,” said Gebadlo.

These lessons have helped Gebadlo while serving in the Navy.  Naval Hospital Lemoore was originally commissioned in July 1968 as a 67-bed hospital by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, D.C. In May 2000, the current building was dedicated and in September 2017 it was redesignated as Naval Health Clinic Lemoore.

Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore provides quality health care to more than 18,000 people at NAS Lemoore, California and NAS Fallon, Nevada to ensure the Navy and Marine warfighters are medically ready to fight today, tomorrow, and beyond. The command also provides dental care and medical administrative support to Navy, Marine Corps and international students at the Naval Postgraduate School, Defense Language Institute and the Center for Information Dominance in Monterey, California.

NHC Lemoore has a Fleet Centered Medical Home Port (FCMHP). The FCMHP is an active duty-only clinic located at NAS Lemoore’s operations side in the Hornet Health Clinic (HHC). Care delivered at the HHC is provided by a Primary Care Manager and is focused on the operational readiness of the aviation community.

As a member of the Navy, Gebadlo is part of a world-class organization focused on maintaining maritime dominance, strengthening partnerships, increasing competitive warfighting capabilities and sustaining combat-ready forces in support of the National Defense Strategy.

“The Navy is important to national defense because we protect our coastlines,” said Gebadlo.

Gebadlo has many opportunities to achieve accomplishments during military service.

“My proudest accomplishment in the Navy was establishing a command run club,” said Gebadlo. "As a junior sailor, you are limited in the impact you can have on a command, and being able to establish the club made me feel like I impacted others more."

As Gebadlo and other sailors continue to train and perform missions, they take pride in serving their country in the United States Navy.

“Serving in the Navy means everything to me,” said Gebadlo. "I love this country and I'm honored to wear the uniform of my country."

Gebadlo is grateful to others for helping make a Navy career possible.

“I'd like to thank my parents because they pushed me to be the person I'm today,” added Gebadlo.

Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jerome Fjeld, Navy Office of Community Outreach

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