TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — While most service members at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) build military readiness by training on the ranges, Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Horch works behind the scenes to protect the installation from public health threats that can sideline the force before...

ATLANTIC OCEAN - The life of a Sailor is one of a traveler, with longs days at sea there are a multitude of obstacles and endless possibilities that face each and every member of the crew. At sea, life doesn’t take a pause. Emergent situations arise every day and when we face an obstacle we cannot...

SAN DIEGO – Capt. Jerry J. Bailey relieved Capt. Elizabeth M. Adriano as commander of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) San Diego and director of Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) during a change of command and transfer of directorship ceremony June 30.The ceremony, held in...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Sailors assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility Kilo (EMF-Kilo) strengthened their expeditionary medical capabilities during a three-day training evolution at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's Healthcare Simulation (SIM) and Bioskills Center from June 22–24, 2026.The...

SAN DIEGO – The Defense Health Agency has formally designated Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) Maxillofacial Restoration Program as a Department of War Specialty Center of Excellence (CoE).The designation, which is official as of May 18, establishes an enterprise-wide standard of care and...

ROTA, Spain – U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Rota recently partnered with Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) schools to provide sports physicals for student athletes ahead of the 2026–2027 school year.Hospital staff completed 169 sports physicals at David Glasgow Farragut Middle High School,...

Throughout the spring semester, officers and hospital corpsmen from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River stepped out of their daily clinic roles to bring the mission of Navy Medicine directly to the St. Mary’s County community. By sharing their military and medical...

Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Bravo conducted a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Medical Center San Diego, June 26, 2026.Capt. Ian Fowler relinquished command to Capt. Shannan Rotruck in a formal ceremony, marking a significant transition for the deployable Navy field hospital unit.The...

Meet Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ryan Wahrman, an instructor at Battle Stations-21 assigned to Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, the Navy's only boot camp.For Wahrman, a native of Covina, California, the decision to join the Navy came down to a single word: heritage."My decision to enlist...

Insect-borne illnesses have been a significant threat to U.S. forces overseas since the earliest deployments in the history of the nation’s military, and remain a constant danger to operations in the present day.These illnesses, how they are transmitted, and the areas that they affect are in...