JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomed Capt. Laurie Chavez to the team as director of the Education and Training Directorate Sept. 12, 2025.The Parkersburg, West Virginia, native enjoys family time and making the most of her deployments...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka launched its 2025 influenza vaccination season in October with mass vaccination events at Ikego and additional clinics across the main base of Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka. These annual events are a cornerstone of the hospital’s preventive...

“Please put me out of a job.” That was the straightforward request shared from Candace Cardinal, Sexual Assault Prevention Response program coordinator, during Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton Holiday Safety Standdown, Dec. 2, 2025. For the past 12 years Cardinal has been provided...

Aboard the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), the Radiology Department turned lessons from a mass-casualty drill into a powerful example of the Navy’s Get Real, Get Better (GRGB) culture of continuous improvement...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Sailors with En-Route Care System (ERCS) 52 and ERCS 53 participated in en-route care training conducted by the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) in coordination with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) August 12-19, 2025.The...

When Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cade Crenshaw, behavioral health technician was recognized as his command’s Sailor of the Year, that announcement was just the precursor to an additional - and unexpected – accolade.Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton leadership surprised Crenshaw with...

NMRTC’s Tidewater Classic Flag Football Game Brings Communities Together in Unprecedented Joint-Military EventStory by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas BoatrightPORTSMOUTH, Va. (November 26, 2025) There are many ways to bring a community together, but nothing builds comradery like a...

DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory – On Oct. 3, 2025, medical personnel from U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka’s Branch Health Clinic (BHC) Diego Garcia swiftly responded to an emergency call aboard a vessel operating in the Indian Ocean.The BHC Diego Garcia team, primarily staffed by...

The Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command Bremerton Mental Health Directorate hosted a pumpkin decorating contest in conjunction with Halloween to help dismantle the stigma surrounding mental health. The Mental Health event was open to all to bring their creativity to help carve away at the...

National Radiologic Technology Week wrapped up in early November Naval Hospital Bremerton with commemorating the essential contributions of military radiologic technologists while marking the 130th anniversary of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen’s X-ray discovery. This year’s theme, “The Kaleidoscope of...