24 July 2026 Capt. Joshua A. Miller Relieves Capt. Torrin W. Velazquez as USNMRTC Yokosuka Commanding Officer YOKOSUKA, Japan (July 23, 2026) — Capt. Joshua A. Miller relieved Capt. Torrin W. Velazquez as commanding officer of U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka and director of U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka during a change of command ceremony July 23 at Commander,...
23 July 2026 Historic Multinational Medical Team Integrates Aboard USS Essex In a historic medical first, a multi-service, multinational team of American and Canadian military medical professionals successfully bypassed decades of administrative red tape to deliver seamless, life-saving trauma care afloat. Operating aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2)...
23 July 2026 Staff in the Spotlight: Meet Hospital Corpsman Second Class Blake Hollier Meet Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Blake Hollier, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC) and "C" School instructor at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, the Navy's only boot camp.A native of St. Amant, Louisiana, Hollier joined the Navy 13 years ago with a straightforward goal: advance his...
22 July 2026 Navy nurse honored for research efforts for pediatric trauma care CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – A United States Navy nurse at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is being honored for her research and process improvement efforts in pediatric trauma care.Cdr. Emily Latimer, an emergency clinical nurse specialist, was recently awarded the Defense Health Agency Nursing Award for...
22 July 2026 San Antonio Research Commands meet with Israeli Foreign Trade Representatives at VelocityTX SAN ANTONIO – Research directors from Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, and U.S. Air Force 59th Medical Wing met with representatives from the Houston-based TradeIL South-Midwest USA of Israel’s Foreign Trade Administration at VelocityTX...
22 July 2026 U.S. Navy TCCC Leader Honored with Aerospace Medicine Fellowship SAN ANTONIO – Cmdr. Thomas Sather, director of the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) program, was honored with a fellowship for his exceptional contributions to aerospace medicine during the 2026 Aerospace Medical Association's 96th Annual Scientific Meeting.Sather’s elevation to...