Commanding Officer
Raynese Roberts
A native of Akron, Ohio, Capt. Raynese Roberts received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Fisk University and her Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. After graduation from dental school, she received a direct commission into the United States Navy Dental Corps. Roberts received her certificate in periodontics from the Naval Postgraduate Dental School and a Master of Science degree in Oral Biology from George Washington University.
Operational assignments include department head for USS Denver (LPD-9) where she served as the triage officer and a member of the Medical Training Team completing a Western Pacific deployment, department head and staff periodontist for the 21st Dental Co., 3rd Dental Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
Previous assignments include assistant dental officer at Naval Dental Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; assistant dental officer, Port Hueneme Naval Ambulatory Care Center, Port Hueneme, California; annex director, Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California; duty under instruction, Naval Postgraduate Dental School, Bethesda, Maryland; department head and staff, Branch Health Clinic Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia; department head and staff, Naval Health Clinic Annapolis, Maryland; and department chairman, Naval Postgraduate Dental School, Bethesda, Maryland.
Executive assignments include director for Dental Services, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia; associate dean/deputy director, Naval Postgraduate Dental School, Bethesda, Maryland; executive officer, Naval Hospital Jacksonville (and its five Naval Branch Health Clinics) and Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command Jacksonville (and its five units), Florida.
Roberts assumed the role of director United States Naval Hospital Naples (and its branch health clinic) and commander of United States Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command Naples, Italy (and its one unit and fleet detachment) in 2024.
Roberts is qualified as a Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer.
Personal awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and numerous unit, campaign, and service awards.
Executive Officer
Robert L. Anderson
Capt. Robert Anderson is a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He graduated in 1991 from Florida International University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, and then served four years in the U.S. Navy as an enlisted Personnelman. Upon completion of his active duty obligation, he returned to civilian life to continue his education. He was commissioned in 2000 as a lieutenant junior grade through the Navy’s Health Services Collegiate Scholarship Program. He holds two graduate degrees: a Master of Health Services Administration from FIU and a Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Capt. Anderson currently serves as the Executive Officer, Navy Medicine and Readiness Training Command/Deputy Director, U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, Italy. He has successfully completed two Navy Medicine milestone tours as the Director for Administration, Naval Medical Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and as the Officer in Charge, Branch Health Clinic Atsugi, Japan. Other health care administration assignments include positions at U.S. Naval Hospitals Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Yokosuka, Japan.
Throughout his career, he has held a variety of staff positions. Most recently, he served as the Medical Service Corps Career Planner at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Other tours include Special Assistant for Health Affairs at the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in the office of the Secretary of Defense; and Health Care Administrator Detailer at Navy Personnel Command.
His operational assignments include tours on board the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) as the Medical Administration Officer/Division Officer, and the USS Saratoga (CV-60). His deployments supported national interests in 6th Fleet and 7th Fleet areas of responsibilities.
Capt. Anderson’s personal decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (four gold stars), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three gold stars), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Navy Good Conduct Medal, and numerous unit and service awards.
Command Senior Enlisted Leader
Jayson S. Rollan
Senior Chief Petty Officer Jayson “Jay” Rollan was born in Cavite, Philippines. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in June 2006 as a seaman recruit, completing Basic Recruit Training and Hospital Corpsman “A” School at Great Lakes, Illinois.
His first duty station was Naval Medical Center San Diego, California, followed by his first ship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) in Yokosuka, Japan. Following his first sea tour, he went back to NMCSD (USNS Mercy detached), then to Naval Hospital Guam; he was selected as a chief petty officer in 2018.
After his tour on Guam, HMCS Rollan went to his first aircraft carrier, USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), as the Dental Department Leading Chief Petty Officer. During this tour, the ship went into Refueling Complex Overhaul, where Rollan took on an additional role as the Floating Accommodation Facility Deputy Mayor. He was selected as a senior chief petty officer in 2022, while onboard CVN 74. Rollan is currently stationed at U.S. Naval Medical Readiness Command Naples, Italy, as the interim Command Senior Enlisted Leader.
Rollan’s deployments include numerous 7th Fleet area of responsibility patrols and Operation Tomodachi aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), and Pacific Partnership 2015, aboard USNS Mercy (TAH 19).
His warfare qualifications include Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist and Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist.
Rollan is a graduate of Command Master Chief/Chief of the Boat Course, Class 270; Senior Enlisted Academy, (Class 250/Khaki); the Executive Medical Department Enlisted Course; Maintenance and Material Management School (811A NEC), and the NAVMAC Manpower 101 Course.
Rollan’s personal awards and decoration include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, and various unit, campaign, and service medals.