Yeoman 1st Class Timothy Gilbert, assigned to Headquarters Company of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB 74), donates blood during a blood drive for his six-year-old daughter at the Naval Construction Battalion Center base chapel. Gilbert's daughter has been diagnosed with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor and is receiving chemotherapy at Tulane Childrens Hospital.
You can read more about Yeoman Gilbert and his daughter, Timia, here.
Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan G. Wilber courtesy of United States Navy.
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