Capt. Frank Axelsen
U.S. Navy
Captaint Frank Axelsen entered the Navy as an E-1 in 1990. In 1995, he entered the Enlisted Education Advancement Program and attended Old Dominion University, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1997. He was commissioned to the rank of ensign and matriculated into medical school at the Uniformed Service University of the Health Science, graduating in 2001. He completed his internship and residency training in family medicine at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, Florida.
Axelsen served as the senior medical officer at Naval Branch Health Clinic Pascagoula, Mississippi, from July 2004 through June 2006. He then completed a Fellowship in Sports Medicine at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. After his fellowship he served in a variety of leadership roles to include SMO and chairman of the executive committee of the medical staff at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. He also completed tours as Battalion Surgeon, 2D Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, and as surgeon, Special Operations Task Force-West, Afghanistan. Upon his return in March 2011, he was assigned to serve as surgeon, Marine Special Operations School.
Following his time with the Marines, he served as the family physician and vice chair of the executive committee of the Navy Reserve medical and dental staff at the Navy Medical Education and Training Command, Jacksonville, Florida. In January 2014, Axelsen assumed the position of SMO and medical department head of USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in Sasebo, Japan, and was the acting surgeon for Commander, Amphibious Task Force, 7th Fleet. From 2017 to 2018, he served as SMO at NBHC Bahrain, then transferred to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville serving as the operational forces medical liaison officer; he subsequently deployed to Dallas County, Texas, in support of a 250-bed COVID-19 facility. Axelsen was assigned from July 2020 to July 2022 as the chief medical officer, Naval Health Clinic/NMRTC Patuxent River, Maryland. During his tour, he completed a 9-month deployment to Joint Task Force, Joint Medical Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism. He then served as the director of operations with the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery from July 2022 to August 2023, and assumed his current role as the executive officer NMRTC Annapolis and deputy director Naval Health Clinic Annapolis in September 2023
Captain Axelsen’s awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (seven awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), and Good Conduct Medal (two awards). He has earned his Fleet Marine Force Warfare Officer and Surface Warfare Medical Officer qualifications.
Command Master Chief, Jeremy Dunlap
U.S. Navy
Command Master Chief Jeremy R. Dunlap, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, enlisted in the U.S. Navy and completed basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois in 1997.
Upon his completion of basic training, he attended Basic Hospital Corpsman “A” School in San Diego, California, then Field Medical Service School at Camp Pendleton, California. Having spent the majority of his career with the Fleet Marine Force, he served on every platform within the Marine Corps, to include instructor duties at Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan and Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California. Other tours of duty include various Marine Corps assignments during his time in Okinawa and Camp Pendleton, California.
He also served as the lead recruit division commander at Officer Training Command in Newport, Rhode Island and senior enlisted advisor for Officer Development, Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, Naval Service Training Command, Pensacola, Florida. In February 2020, he assumed the role of command master chief of Patrol and Reconnaissance Squadron TWO SIX, and completed two successful deployments covering FOURTH, SIXTH and SEVENTH Fleet areas of responsibility. In March 2023, he assumed the role of command master chief of Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command Jacksonville.
Dunlap is a graduate of the Senior Enlisted Academy (Class 200/Khaki) CMC/COB Course (Class 183) and participated in numerous exercises and deployments throughout Asia and the United States, as well as deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He reported to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida and assumed the duties as the Command Master Chief in May 2024.