May 28—U.S. Navy medical researchers stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will welcome a new commander Friday. The Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton — also known as "NAMRU Dayton ...

The O-6 rank of captain in the Navy is equivalent to a colonel in the Air Force. While the Navy isn’t new at Wright-Patterson, the service’s presence there can take even people familiar with ...

Some of the work will involve the “Kraken,” the six-axis of motion disorientation device at the Captain Ashton Graybiel Acceleration Research Facility at Wright-Patterson.

The Navy presence at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base did not begin with the Base Realignment and Closure process in 2005. The Navy was here long before that, said Capt. Walter Dalitsch III, ...

“We have had a Navy presence here since 1976,” said Dalitsch, whose O-6 rank as captain is equivalent to an Air Force colonel. A Navy toxicology unit was moved to Wright-Patterson from ...