Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, surgeon general of the Navy and Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, meets with members of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest prior to a tour of the replacement Naval Hospital at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The new hospital is a 500,000 sq. foot, multilevel facility that will included improved inpatient medical facilities, ancillary departments, specialty care clinics, operating rooms and support spaces. The project is scheduled for completion in January 2014 and is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominique Pineiro/Released)