JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 14, 2023) – Rear Adm. Walter D. Brafford, commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC) and 40th Chief of the U.S. Navy Dental Corps. NMFSC develops and delivers integrated education and training that produces medical experts to project Medical Power in support of Naval Superiority.
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON - U.S. Navy Capt. Walter D. Brafford was promoted to the rank of rear admiral (lower half) by Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, U.S. Navy deputy surgeon general and deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) during a promotion ceremony held at BUMED headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, on Dec. 6.
Brafford, of Lebanon, earned a Doctorate in Dental Surgery from the University of Missouri School of Dentistry. He currently serves as the commander of Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC).
For more on this story, see Wednesday's LCR.
