Bethesda, Maryland (Mar. 17, 2023) – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Weston Moore, assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), earned the U.S. Army Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) and earned “Top Doc” by finishing with the highest score.The EFMB is a special skill award that

As the bus arrived in Bethesda, Md., on a summer afternoon in 1945, Frona Liston could not have been more excited. The 20-year old from North Canton, Ohio, had just graduated from basic training at Hunter College, N.Y., and was now about to begin Hospital Corps School at the National Naval Medical

They were there - slogged and sutured - at the very beginning.They were also there during the surgeries and surges in the battle-scarred years to follow.At the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 20, 2003, to the final days of Operation New Dawn in 2011, Naval Hospital Bremerton staff members

Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) hosted an integrated casualty receiving treatment ship (CRTS) exercise with medical personnel assigned to Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 5 and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTCSD), March 8-10.The exercise simulated real-world

Members of various commands and amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) medical department participated in a medical exercise implementing a Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship (CRTS) mission aboard Boxer at Naval Base San Diego, California, March 6-10.

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 14, 2023) – Assuming duties typically reserved for a chief petty officer and tending to a crew of more than 100 is an intimidating prospect to many Sailors. However, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Seo Song does exactly that every day aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Pensacola held a change of command ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Naval Air Station Pensacola, March 15.Capt. Scott D. Coon relieved Capt. Alan B. Christian as commanding officer of NMRTC Pensacola and director

The Barbara Thompson Research Award, The Military Family Research Institute’s Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families Award, was established in 2015. The goals of the award include bringing visibility to issues of military and veteran families, increasing the impact of evidenced

MILITARY HEALTH STUDY PUBLISHES CANCER RESEARCH FINDINGSResearchers Find Deployed Personnel Less Likely to Die from Cancer than Non DeployedSAN DIEGO - The Millennium Cohort Study, the largest and longest running health study in the US military analyzed 661 cancer deaths between 2001 to 2018 among

Some studies suggest that as many as 400,000 deaths occur in the United States each year as a result of errors or preventable harm. Not every case of harm results in death, yet they can cause long-term impact on the patient's physical health, emotional health, financial well-being, or family