25 March 2024 The Bethesda Chronicles, Part 6: The Enduring Legacy By the 1990s, the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., stood as two of the world's largest military hospitals – medical standard-bearers for the U.S. Navy and Army, respectively. At the time, few could have foreseen their eventual
22 March 2024 NMCSD HR Specialist to retire after more than 40 years of service What started as a unique civil service opportunity for one human resources specialist has turned into more than 40 years of service to her nation.“In the early 80s I was attending San Diego Mesa College when the opportunity to work at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) surfaced. Because my dad
22 March 2024 ScriptCenter Opens Aboard MCAS Cherry Point Leaders aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point marked the inauguration of a resource improving the method and manner Marines, Sailors and beneficiaries receive prescriptions aboard the base.U.S. Marine Col. Brendan Burks, MCAS Cherry Point commanding officer, and Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella,
21 March 2024 Women’s History Month Spotlight: Lt. Cmdr. Fae Ramirez, Head of the Navy’s Blood Program As we celebrate Women's History Month, it's important to recognize the extraordinary contributions women make in every sector, often playing unsung roles while quietly improving the world we live in. This year, we turn a spotlight to an individual whose quiet dedication to her craft ensures a
21 March 2024 The Navy Entomology Center of Excellence Fortifies Fleet Readiness: Advanced Training Bolsters Navy's Defense Against Health Risks At the forefront of bolstering Navy's force health protection capabilities stands the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), dedicated to equipping Naval units with essential training and support. Recently, NECE delivered specialized pesticide equipment training to the Navy Environmental and
21 March 2024 Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity (NORA) Provides Vision Readiness to DHHQ The Defense Health Headquarters (DHHQ) located in Falls Church, VA, is part of the main Defense Health Agency (DHA), a joint activity that supports health care offered through the Military Health System (MHS) throughout the Department of Defense (DoD), and across the globe. It serves nearly 10
21 March 2024 Care at Sea A ship’s medical department is a complicated, interwoven group of people with different responsibilities dedicated to the health and wellbeing of the crew. Ranging from the ship’s nurse to the enlisted corpsman the medical administration, everyone has a purpose and a mission to complete.Lt. Cmdr.
20 March 2024 The Day After, March 20, 1969 On the morning of March 20, in the year 1969, Hospital Corpsman Tommy Vickers, stationed in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, was looking for his friend and fellow corpsman after Viet Cong had run over their positions at An Hoa.Vickers and others were had toiled through the previous long day and longer
19 March 2024 Innovation highlighted with CPI Fair at NMRTC Bremerton Inventive ingenuity was on display for staff, patient and visitor at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton.During the command-wide Continuous Process Improvement Fair held March 11-14, 2024, multiple departments came together to showcase their ideas to enhance the impact on quality
19 March 2024 Continuity of Care: Celebrating Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit FIVE’s 75th Anniversary March 10, 1949, marked a pivotal moment in Navy’s Medicine’s history when the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) orchestrated the consolidation of four World War II epidemiology teams into five dynamic Epidemic Disease Control Units, strategically positioned across the nation’s key locations in