THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE • Early Summer 2018 71 TheCoastalBend.com Coastal Bend Area Institutions of Interest Major Medical Facilities Christus-Spohn Health System The Coastal Bend’s leading healthcare provider, operating three major medical centers, three regional hospitals and numerous satellite facilities, including the regional trauma center, stroke care center and heart hospital. christusspohn.org Driscoll Children’s Hospital Regional children’s hospital has served the entire South Texas community for over a half century, providing the very finest, leading edge medical and thera- peutic care. Main facilities in Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley. driscollchildrens.org Higher Education Texas A&M University Corpus Christi The ever-expanding“Island University” now serves over 10,000 students, offers 33 undergraduate majors, 25 graduate programs and two doctoral degrees, and competes in NCAA Division I sports. tamucc.edu Del Mar College Corpus Christi’s community college is one of the most accredited in the U.S., and offers associates degrees, voca- tional training and adult education programs in dozens of fields on two main campuses, a satellite economic development center, and South Side campus to come. delmar.edu United States Military Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Headquarters for U.S. Navy Air Training Command celebrates its 75th anniver- sary in 2016, and is where thousands learned to fly including George H.W. Bush and John McCain. Also home to the Corpus Christi Army Depot, largest military helicopter repair facility, and largest civilian employer in the region. Naval Air Station Kingsville Fifty miles southwest of Corpus Christi is NAS Kingsville, jet aviation training base for Navy and U.S. Marine pilots. The base hosts the 2016 Wings Over South Texas air show, which features the famed Blue Angels demonstration squadron.