JOGASHIMA PARK, Japan — U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka joined more than a dozen U.S. and Japanese military, governmental, and civilian organizations Nov. 9 during Big Rescue Kanagawa 2025, one of Japan’s largest annual disaster-response exercises.Hosted by the...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan — Acting Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs Dr. Stephen Ferrara made a brief visit to U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa on Dec. 3, emphasizing his commitment to supporting military medical facilities even during the holiday season. Ferrara told a standing-room-only...

For the second year in a row, Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville proudly announces it retained its letter “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2025. NH Jacksonville is one of 18 hospitals within the Defense Health Agency (DHA) who received the rating.The Leapfrog Group is a national,...

U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Guantanamo Bay was recognized with the Navy Surgeon General’s Health Promotion and Wellness Blue-H Gold Star Award for excellence in advancing health and readiness among Sailors for the year 2024.The award, presented annually by Navy and...

It’s not hard to connect the dots.Once considered eradicated, measles is now escalating.Naval Hospital Bremerton public health and preventive medicine providers have been paying close attention to locally confirmed measle cases in the Puget Sound area, as well as outbreaks across the country.While...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 29, 2025) - Cmdr. Angelita Kisena and Cmdr. Cheryl Castro enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1998 as hospital corpsmen and were stationed at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, North Carolina, where they quickly became teammates and friends. Throughout the years of working there, they...