08 May 2026 NHRC Showcases CREW Fatigue Risk Monitoring System at Pentagon Lab Day WASHINGTON, D.C.— Researchers with Navy Medicine Research & Development’s (NMR&D) Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), showcased innovative fatigue-monitoring technology during the Department of War (DoW) Lab Day at the Pentagon on May 6.NHRC scientists, in collaboration with the Massachusetts...
08 May 2026 NHRC Researchers Seek to Supplement the Sun and Raise Marine Recruit Vitamin D Levels SAN DIEGO - Researchers from Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) are investigating whether vitamin D-fortified Performance Readiness Bars can prevent broken bones and fatigue among U.S. Marine recruits.Recent studies indicate that recruits arrive at boot camp with dangerously low levels of vitamin...
08 May 2026 Navy Medicine’s Growing Demand for Medical Logisticians: The Bridge Between Medical Capability and the Warfighter PORTSMOUTH, Va. – As operational requirements continue to expand across the Fleet and joint force, the Navy Medicine Enterprise is facing an increasing need for medical logistics officers according to Cmdr. Rannie Gibson, assistant specialty leader for Navy medical logisticians and assigned to Naval...
08 May 2026 From Warehouse to Warfighter: How Navy Medicine Logistics Enables Expeditionary Readiness PORTSMOUTH, Va – Navy Medicine is modernizing expeditionary medical (EXMED) logistics to support the Fleet and Marine Corps in contested environments. During the 2026 Navy Medicine Logistics Symposium, leaders focused on sustaining scalable, modular systems designed to handle prolonged care and...
08 May 2026 Operation Golden Flow and Beyond: A Short History of the U.S. Navy Drug Screening Program For today’s Sailors the summons from their command’s urinalysis coordinator is as routine as morning colors: "The following personnel have been selected by the Navy Drug Screening Program to provide a sample...."While Benjamin Franklin famously limited life’s certainties to “death and taxes,” those...
07 May 2026 It’s a Welcoming Wash for NHB’s Sterile Processing Department What started out as lighthearted recognition idea became a rinsing reality for Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Sterile Processing Department.SPD staff members – primarily Navy Nurse Corps officers and hospital corpsmen with surgical technologist specialty training in attendance – held a ribbon-cutting...