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...

Rear Adm. Matthew Case, acting Navy Surgeon General and acting chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visited Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) to highlight the command’s vital role in delivering, equipping and sustaining ready naval medical forces, July 14.The visit...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif - Sailors assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Bethesda sharpened their operational readiness during a recent training evolution at the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC), where command and control proved central to mission success,...

SIBOLGA, Indonesia – Pacific Partnership 2026 (PP26) mission personnel arrived in Sibolga, Indonesia, aboard the Royal Australian Navy Bay-class landing ship dock HMAS Choules (LSD 100) on July 20, 2026, marking the second mission stop of the U.S. Navy’s largest annual multinational humanitarian...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Nicholas Suddath participated in the Tactical Religious Ministries Course on July 16 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, strengthening the operational skills needed to...

SAN ANTONIO – U.S. Navy Capt. Lacy Gee relieved U.S. Navy Capt. Richard Lawrence as commanding officer, Navy Medicine Training Support Command (NMTSC), during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, July 17, 2026.The ceremony highlighted the command’s foundational...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – During the Persian Gulf War, U.S. Navy Capt. M. Joan Dooling recognized that medical readiness required rapid, reliable data. She bypassed the red tape to implement email across Navy Medicine, forever changing how it communicated in a crisis.Today, the battleground of military...

ROTA, Spain – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Nicolas Pantoja, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, plays a key role in supporting Sailors and families throughout the European and African areas of responsibility.A native of Orange County, California, Pantoja serves as the...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Lt. Tristan McLean Loesberg, a staff anesthesiologist assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, gained a firsthand look at command leadership on June 16, 2026 after participating in the command's "Commanding Officer for a Day"...

BETHESDA, Md. — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bethesda Junior Enlisted Association hosted a brag sheet and evaluation training for E1–E6 Sailors held at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, July 15, 2026.The JEA training highlighted a critical truth: administrative diligence...