20 February 2026 When the classroom dissolves: Four Navy corpsmen and a life on the line WAUKEGAN, Ill – On the morning of Feb. 3, 2026, four Sailors from the Hospital Corpsman Trauma Training (HMTT) program put practical skills to the test to help save an unexpected patient.The situation began with Field House employees asking if anyone knew CPR. The four corpsmen; Hospitalman Joseph...
19 February 2026 Profile in Readiness – Lt. Jill Becker – at NMRTC Bremerton It’s not easy to catch up with a Navy Nurse Corps officer helping run half a dozen clinics, oversee over a hundred staff and coordinate healthcare for nearly 14,000 eligible beneficiaries.Even when such efforts have resulted in being recognized as Junior Officer of the Quarter for Fourth Quarter of...
19 February 2026 A mission of honor: From the Philippines to San Diego, NMFP Civilian of the Year finds purpose in promise Being named civilian of the year is a significant professional milestone. For Paula Curielabreu, the Naval Medical Forces Pacific’s (NMFP) Fiscal Year 2025 Civilian of the Year, it is more than an accomplishment. In a command whose core mission is the health and readiness of the nation’s...
18 February 2026 NMFDC Establishes Online Blended Learning Training Pipeline for Navy Medicine Providers JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) launched a new Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Tier 4 Combat Paramedics/Providers (TCCC CP/P) bridge training course for Navy Medicine providers, now available through Joint Knowledge Online (JKO)...
17 February 2026 Go Clear Award Received by NHB Main Operating Room The old adage of where there’s smoke must mean there’s fire is not always the [surgical] case.The Association of perioperative Nurses has formally recognized Naval Hospital Bremerton Main Operating Room with the AORN Go Clear Award for successfully eliminating surgical smoke in all operating...
16 February 2026 Faces of Readiness: LT Mackenna Smith Supporting the Warfighter in Rota ROTA, Spain (Jan. 3, 2026) — Lt. Mackenna Smith, a native of Los Angeles, isassigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, where she serves as a registered nurse in the Multi-Service Ward Department, providing inpatient medical care to a wide spectrum of patient populations...