LEMOORE, Calif. – Hospitalman Laytithia Monzonmazariegos, a native of San Francisco, California, provides beneficiary care and expeditionary medical readiness while serving at Hornet Health Clinic Lemoore aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore.
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Monzonmazariegos joined the Navy over a year and a half ago.
“I joined the Navy to help people and set a great example for future generations,” said Monzonmazariegos. “I also wanted to be a role model for women in my community.”
Growing up in San Francisco, Monzonmazariegos attended Terra Nova High School and graduated in 2021.
Skills and values similar to those found in San Francisco are important to succeed in the military.
“My parents were custodians, and they taught me that your work ethic is based on your mentality and how you want to grow individually, and not based on what job you are actually doing,” said Monzonmazariegos.
These lessons have helped Monzonmazariegos while serving in the Navy.
Naval Health Clinic Lemoore has a Fleet Centered Medical Home Port. The Fleet Centered Medical Home Port is an active duty-only clinic located at NAS Lemoore’s operations side in the Hornet Health Clinic. Care delivered at the Hornet Health Clinic is provided by a Primary Care Manager and is focused on the operational readiness of the aviation community.
Naval Health Clinic Lemoore provides quality health care to more than 18,000 people at NAS Lemoore, California and NAS Fallon, Nevada to ensure the Navy and Marine warfighters are medically ready to fight today, tomorrow, and beyond. The command also provides dental care and medical administrative support to Navy, Marine Corps and international students at the Naval Postgraduate School, Defense Language Institute and the Center for Information Dominance in Monterey, California.
With 90 percent of global commerce traveling by sea and access to the internet relying on the security of undersea fiber optic cables, Navy officials continue to emphasize that the prosperity of the United States is directly linked to trained sailors and a strong Navy.
"Our mission remains timeless - to provide our fellow citizens with nothing less than the very best Navy: fully combat ready at all times, focused on warfighting excellence, and committed to superior leadership at every single level," said Adm. Mike Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations. "This is our calling. And I cannot imagine a calling more worthy.”
As a member of the Navy, Monzonmazariegos is part of a world-class organization focused on maintaining maritime dominance, strengthening partnerships, increasing competitive warfighting capabilities and sustaining combat-ready forces in support of the National Defense Strategy.
“The Navy has a helping hand to all of our allies around the world and we keep the United States safer on land, air, and sea,” said Monzonmazariegos.
Monzonmazariegos has many opportunities to achieve accomplishments during military service.
“My proudest accomplishment is graduating from Hospital Corpsman school,” said Monzonmazariegos. “I get to work a lot with medical equipment, supplies and I get to help people and their families.”
As Monzonmazariegos and other sailors continue to train and perform missions, they take pride in serving their country in the United States Navy.
“Serving in the Navy is having a set path to a better future and having that stability is what the Navy offers me,” said Monzonmazariegos. "It also makes my family proud, especially being the first woman in my family to join the military, and leading by example for other women to prove that we can be leaders in a male-dominated workforce."
Monzonmazariegos is grateful to others for helping make a Navy career possible.
“I would like to thank both of my parents, Kendi and Alvaro Monzon, for the support they provided me in my decision to join the Navy,” said Monzonmazariegos.
“I want to become an Independent Hospital Corpsman and a physician assistant, because having that experience in prior service, will help me move forward to my goal of becoming a physician assistant officer,” added Monzonmazariegos.