Apr 12, 2021
Lt. Chad Obermeyer, a doctor assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 6, poses for a photo in a surgical suite aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), April 1, 2021.Photo provided
ATLANTIC OCEAN – A 1999 Batesville High School and 2011 Jacksonville University graduate is providing medical support aboard USS Iwo Jima, a U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship.
Lt. Chad Obermeyer, a native of Batesville, joined the Navy 22 years ago because of his uncle’s and brother’s Naval service.
“I honestly joined also to find myself, mature and become a part of something I could be proud of and believed in,” said Obermeyer.
By Megan Brown, Navy Office of Community Outreach
ATLANTIC OCEAN – A 2014 LaSalle-Peru Township High School graduate and native of Peru, Illinois, is providing medical support aboard USS Iwo Jima, a U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. Petty Officer Third Class Kayla Tondi joined the Navy six years ago to progress her career in the medical field. Today, Tondi serves with Fleet Surgical Team 6 as a hospital corpsman with responsibilities similar to an Emergency Medical Technician or licensed practical-nurse.
“Iwo Jima Medical Department delivers high quality primary and emergency medical care anytime, anywhere,” said Commander Jeremy Ennis, Head of the Iwo Jima Medical Department. “We provide routine medical services to all the sailors, Marines and civilian staff onboard and Marines returning from the field. We offer preventative services including PHA, Audiogram, vaccinations, and HIV blood draw. We have a basic core laboratory, full blood bank, and standard
Updated Feb 09, 2021 | 17:24 IST
The project has, reportedly, been in the pipeline since the late 2000s and the two ships were to be based on the designs of the South Korean Dokdo Class and French Mistral Class carriers. The Russian Navy s Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. | Photo Credit: Twitter
Key Highlights
The collapse of the Soviet Union saw what was once an unparalleled carrier force and a world leader in vertical takeoff technology on the back of the Yak-141 fighter reaching the final prototype stage, descend into a period of obscurity
The contract between the Russian Defence Ministry and the United Shipbuilding Corporation for the construction of the two carriers was inked in May 2020 at a cost of just $1.36 billion