13 July 2026 Preparing for the Austere Battlefield: DHA Partners with Marines to Refine Portable TBI Assessment Technology Team members with the Defense Health Agency’s Warfighter Readiness, Performance, and Brain Health team hosted an end-user touchpoint at the Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Tactical Medicine Training Center, June 30, 2026.The event brought together U.S. Navy corpsmen and medical officers from across...
09 July 2026 USNH Guam advances pediatric capabilities for operational readiness U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam is expanding medical care for newborns and children with several new programs that aim to improve the health of their youngest patients, reduce medical evacuations, and enhance medical readiness across the Indo-Pacific. The expanded services will include home light...
08 July 2026 Navy Medicine Master-at-Arms strengthen expeditionary readiness through Combat Skills Training SUFFOLK, Va. — Two Master-at-Arms assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms completed Combat Skills Training (CST) on June 12 in Suffolk, Virginia. The weeklong course for Expeditionary Medicine (ExMed) Sailors, standardized by Naval Medical Forces Pacific and...
08 July 2026 Zimble’s Rubber Chicken: An Overlooked Symbol in a Navy Surgeon General’s Portrait Prominently displayed in the executive conference room at the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, is a portrait of Vice Adm. James Zimble, the Navy Surgeon General from 1987 to 1991. At first glance, you may not see anything unusual in the oil...
07 July 2026 NMRTC Bremerton Corpsman Cup Kicks Off Summer with Tactical Medical Competition BREMERTON, Wash. – Navy Hospital Corpsmen are routinely expected to provide life-saving medical care in high-stress operational and emergency environments – scenarios that demand rapid decision-making, seamless teamwork, and decisive leadership. However, tactical medical and expeditionary skills can...
07 July 2026 Defense Health Agency Senior Enlisted Leader visits Cherry Point Clinic Navy Force Master Chief PatrickPaul “PaP” C. Mangaran, command senior enlisted leader for the Defense Health Agency, visited Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point on Friday, June 26, 2026. Mangaran toured NHCCP for an update on latest development to facilities for patients and staff. NHCCP serves as the...