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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​                              William T. Scouten
   Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy 
                  Director, U.S. Naval Hospital Rota                

 

Capt. William T. Scouten hails from Westfield, New Jersey. After graduating from Davidson College in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, he was commissioned in the US Navy through the Health Professions Scholarship Program and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1995 from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.  His professional training includes a psychiatry internship at the National Naval Medical Center and a pediatric internship, residency, and endocrinology fellowship in the National Capital Consortium.

Operationally, Capt. Scouten deployed several times on USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20).  He was the Pediatric Department Head in support of Continuing Promise (CP) 09, Assistant Director of Medical Services and pediatrician in support of Operation Unified Response, after the Haiti earthquake in 2010, and Director of Medical Services ​ for ​CP 11.  In addition, he was the Director of Medical Operations for CP 13 and an integral planner for the CP 17, CP 18, Enduring Promise, and USNS COMFORT 2019 missions.

Ashore, Capt. Scouten was assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan, where he headed the Negishi Branch Health Annex as a general medical officer from 
​1996-1999.  He was assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) as a Staff Pediatric Endocrinologist from 2005-2017. During his time at NMCP, he built a robust pediatric endocrine practice and multidisciplinary diabetes management center that serves the largest population of pediatric beneficiaries in the military health system.  He established and led the NMCP Pediatric Subspecialty Group from 2006-2010 and served as the Pediatric Department Chairman from October 2010 to 
April 2011, managing the largest Department of Defense training program with 200 staff and over 30 joint service residents in training.  

​Capt. Scouten completed tours as U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / FOURTH Fleet Surgeon from 2017 to 2019, Executive Officer tour on board USNS MERCY
​(T-AH 19) from 2019 to 2021, and as Force Surgeon, U.S. Naval Forces Transportation Command / Military Sealift Command from 2021 to 2023.

Capt. Scouten is a Master Clinician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and is a published expert and consultant in the field of thyroid cancer and ship-based disaster and humanitarian medicine.

His personal awards include Legion of Merit with gold star, Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, Navy Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, and Army Achievement Medal.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Joshua A. Miller

Captain, Medical Service Corps, US Navy

Executive Officer, U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Rota

Captain Miller is a former “Army Brat” and native of Pendleton, Indiana who currently serves as the Executive Officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain. He is a 1996 graduate of the University of Evansville where he played football and earned his B.S. in Business Administration, with a focus in Healthcare Management. He honed his business skills in the Indianapolis healthcare market and in 2002 was competitively selected for Navy Medicine’s Health Services Collegiate Program. He was commissioned in 2004 upon completion of his Master of Health Administration from Indiana University. His diversity of assignments, on land and at sea, and at home and abroad have allowed him to operate at the tip of the spear and at the edge of a smile!
 
He served operationally as the Patient Admin Officer during the 2006 USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Humanitarian Assistance Mission to Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, and set the standard for subsequent Pacific Partnership missions. In 2008, he volunteered to deploy to Kuwait where he served as the Operations Officer and Medical Regulating Officer for Medical Task Force-Kuwait and its five down-trace units. In mid-2008, and while deployed to MTF-Kuwait, he was highly recruited and selected for a hot-fill Medical Admin Officer billet aboard the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5).
 
During his tours ashore, he served in various positions throughout Navy Medicine to include three consecutive milestone Director for Administration tours at NHC Hawaii, USNH Okinawa and most recently at NMC San Diego. During his first assignment at NMC San Diego, he served as the Medical Admin Officer for the Director for Medical Services and the Executive Assistant to the Executive Steering Committee. In 2007, he transferred to NH Camp Pendleton where he was dual tasked as the Medical Admin Officer for both the Medical and Surgical Directorates, and also served as the Command Suite Action Officer. He also trained as a member of the Fleet Hospital Team, and led daily staff and dependent accountability requirements during the 2007 Camp Pendleton wildfires. In 2010, he served as a Department Head of Human Resources at USNH Yokosuka and was instrumental to mission success and personnel accountability during Operation Tomodachi following the March 2011 Tohuku earthquake and tsunami. In 2012 he returned to NMC San Diego and served in leadership roles in Human Resources and Patient Administration before being hand-selected to serve as the Assistant Director for Administration launching him along his current Executive Medicine career path. He has been a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives since 1999.
 
His personal achievements include the Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), various unit and campaign awards, and he is a qualified Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer.
 

Frank D. Garza

HMCM (FMF/SW/AW/CAC/IW), US Navy

Command Master Chief, U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Rota


Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Frank Garza was born on January 22, 1982 in San Antonio, TX, graduated from John F. Kennedy H.S. class of 2000, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy, August 2001.

Upon completion of basic military training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL and graduating Hospital Corpsman “A" School, January 2002, he proceeded to Field Medical Service School, Camp Johnson, NC, graduating in of May 2002.

He has served in a myriad of operational sea duty assignments including 1st Marine Division; 2nd Marine Airwing; 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force; Marine Aircraft Group 26; International Security Assistance Force-Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team; and as the Medical Departmental Leading Chief Petty Officer onboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

His previous shore tours include, Naval Hospital Great Lakes, IL; Naval Station Great Lakes Hospital Corpsman “A" School Instructor; Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, CA; NMRTU Marine Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC; Command Master Chief Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command (NMRTC) and Naval Support Facility (NSF), Beaufort, SC; and is currently serving as Command Master Chief NMRTC Rota, Spain.

He completed multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and two shipboard tours during OEF and Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR).  His combat tours include, II MEF CASEVAC Team, Medium Lift Helicopter Squadron Purple Foxes (HMM 364); Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS 271) Immediate Response Platoon; Provincial Reconstruction Team-Nuristan assigned to 10th Mountain Infantry Division, 11th Armored Calvary Regiment and 405th Civil Affairs Battalion.  His shipboard tours include a WESTPAC with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Battalion Landing Team 3rd BN, 5th Marines onboard the USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Carrier Strike Group EIGHT operating in the Mediterranean and High North Atlantic participating in Trident Juncture, Baltic Ops and Exercise Lightning Handshake.   

HMCM Garza and his wife Valerie Garza, have been married for 20 years and have a 19 year old daughter named Kayla M. Garza who is a college student at Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.

​HMCM Garza holds a Master's Degree in Administration and Health Care from The University of Incarnate Word, is a graduate of the Command Master Chief/Chief of the Boat Course (Class 224/21050) and the U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy (Class 192/Gold).  He has earned the warfare designations, Enlisted Fleet Marine Force Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Information Warfare Specialist, Marine Combat Aircrew, U.S. Army Basic Aviation Badge, U.S. Army Combat Medical Badge and U.S Navy Master Training Specialist.  His awards include, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal w/2 Strike/Flights, Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal (5), Army Commendation Medal (2) w/Combat “Valor", Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal (3), Combat Action Ribbon (2), and various other campaign and unit awards.
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