12 August 2026 I Keep the Warfighter in the Fight: Hospital Corpsman Second Class Emmanuella Gbogbo A Sailor serving at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point who joined the U.S. Navy became a Corpsman to give back in the best way she can.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Emmanuella Gbogbo is a radiologic technologist and the leading petty officer for the facility’s radiology...
09 August 2026 Faces of Readiness: HM2 Pongmon Tunbuth Supporting the Warfighter in Rota ROTA, Spain– Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Pongmon Tunbuth, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, supports patient care as a certified surgical technologist assisting surgical teams during a variety of medical procedures.Tunbuth, a native of Bangkok, Thailand, joined the Navy...
07 August 2026 Modernizing for Readiness: NMFL Commander Cuts Ribbon, Engages Deckplate Staff A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Industrial Hygiene headquarters at Naval Support Facility Indian Head launched a multi-site command visit by Rear Adm. Robert Hawkins, commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL). The visit to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC)...
07 August 2026 Navy Relieves Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Lemoore Commanding Officer On Aug. 7, 2026, Rear. Adm. Kevin Brown, commander of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), relieved Capt. Mathew Loe as commanding officer of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Lemoore due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.Loe served as the NMRTC Lemoore commanding...
06 August 2026 Navy Acting Surgeon General Accounts For Immeasurable Attributes During San Diego Visit SAN DIEGO— The visit illustrated that despite operating in an environment of finite budgets and personnel, the overabundance of heart, dedication, and innovation is what prevails across Navy Medicine.These immeasurable attributes that exemplify the force were on full display when Acting Surgeon...
06 August 2026 From Feldshers to Force Health Protection: A History of Navy Physician Associates “One day while I was in the Fallujah Surgical Company, I looked up at the duty provider board to see the name of an ensign listed,” related Cmdr. Mike Evans, who serves as the Branch Head for Family Readiness, Educational and Developmental Intervention Services at the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine...
05 August 2026 U.S. Naval Hospital Rota Demonstrates Readiness During Mass Casualty Exercise ROTA, Spain — U.S. Naval Hospital Rota conducted a mass casualty exercise in partnership with Naval Station Rota, the Federal Fire Department and other units across the installation on June 25, 2026. The exercise tested the hospital’s ability to respond rapidly and effectively to a large-scale...
05 August 2026 Navy Medical Service Corps Celebrates 79 Years of Dedicated Service at NMRTC Bethesda BETHESDA, Md. — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bethesda celebrated the Navy Medical Service Corps 79th anniversary at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, honoring a legacy that began with the Army-Navy Medical Service Corps Act of 1947, August 4, 2026.The celebration...
05 August 2026 U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka and American Red Cross Conclude Successful Summer 'VolunTEEN' Program YOKOSUKA, Japan – Twenty-six military-affiliated teens successfully completed the American Red Cross VolunTEEN summer program at U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka, gaining hands-on professional development and a rare, first-hand look into the daily operations of military healthcare.The six-week...
04 August 2026 U.S. Navy evaluates new digital health system aboard USS Essex to modernize at-sea care ABOARD USS ESSEX — In a continued effort to modernize medical capabilities and improve patient outcomes afloat, the U.S. Navy conducted a comprehensive assessment of the Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS) Clinical Data Provider (CDP) aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex...