02 December 2024 NMCSD Chaplain Earns National Board Certification Lt. Cmdr. Aaron Walling, Assistant Department Head for Pastoral Care Services at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), has earned National Board Certification from the National Association of VA Chaplains, a significant professional achievement in the field of spiritual care, Dec. 2.The...
02 December 2024 Building a Sailor: Navy Aerospace Medical Technician and Aerospace Physiology Technicians Now Receiving Transferable College Credits PENSACOLA, Florida – Amidst the quickly changing landscape of the global job market the problem of attracting and retaining future sailors is a priority for Naval Leadership. Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Force Master Chief Larry Lynch is quoted as saying, “Sailor development and readiness...
02 December 2024 How to Save a Life: An Interview with Navy CPR Instructors NEWPORT NEWS, Va – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Megan Hooper and Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Hunter Ketch, Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), spearheaded a critical mission aboard the warship: teaching CPR to their fellow crewmembers. Hooper, originally...
02 December 2024 I Am Navy Medicine; Hospital Corpsman Second Class Peyton Cummins A Corpsman serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point is about to take the biggest step of his career and become a Navy officer.Hospital Corpsman Second Class Peyton Cummings will leave the clinic to attend Officer Candidate School at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, in early 2025.“Being a...
02 December 2024 Hospital Corpsman Meritoriously Advanced to 2nd Class Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Micaela Wittgow, of Tigard, Oregon, meritoriously advanced to the rank of 2nd class petty officer in recognition for her outstanding performance and dedication.“Being meritoriously promoted to petty officer 2nd class is a very significant achievement in my career,” said...
28 November 2024 Medical Care to Share ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 24, 2024) – While transiting the Atlantic Ocean, emergency flight quarters is called aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Onboard USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), transiting approximately 20 nautical miles behind Wasp, a Sailor’s appendix has burst. Wasp’s flight deck is a...