Service members assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River marked the upcoming Memorial Day weekend by taking on the 'Murph' challenge during the monthly command physical training event at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Drill Hall Field this week.The...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Sailors, Marines, and civilian personnel aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms came together May 6, 2026, to support a record-breaking Armed Services Blood Program blood drive that collected more units than any previous single-event...

SAN ANTONIO – (May 19, 2026) – Leadership and research scientists assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, joined by the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR), and U.S. Air Force 59th Medical Wing (MDW), participated in the annual AIM Health R&D Summit held at the...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Leaders from Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, which is supported by Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, visited the 412th Medical Group at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) on May 14, 2026, to strengthen cross-service collaboration and identify new...

Lt. Alainna Crotty a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.Crotty graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School in 2007The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Harrisburg.“Growing up in...

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer Antares Zongo, leading chief petty officer of the material management equipment division at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), was named Defense Health Network Pacific Rim’s Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for fiscal year...