08 June 2023 Walter Reed doctor named Navy’s Early Career Psychiatrist of the Year By Bernard S. LittleWRNMMC Command Communications“The platform for practicing as a military psychiatrist is diverse. A day could consist of treating patients in many settings, such as inpatient and outpatients, attending meetings with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the missions are being...
06 June 2023 Beaches of Normandy Remembered by Navy Chaplain The sands of time on a stretch of beaches in Normandy, France became a hallowed opportunity for U.S. Navy Sailors back in 2019.To mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day - the allied invasion of Nazi held Europe - June 6, 1944, active duty servicemembers joined veterans, world leaders and VIPs to honor...
05 June 2023 USU Non-Commissioned Officers Trade Stripes for Silver Bars in quest to become military MDs Twenty-five Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine enlisted service members assigned to the Uniformed Services University (USU) successfully completed the first phase of their journeys to become military physicians, trading in their non-commissioned officer stripes for the silver bars of second...
05 June 2023 Navy Medicine at D-Day: Stories of Valor and Sacrifice On the morning of June 6, 1944, Navy physician Lt. (j.g.) Frank Ramsey, Jr., and Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Byron Dary landed on Omaha Beach with the 6th Naval Beach Battalion.Upon hitting the beachhead, the physician and hospital corpsman rushed to the aid of wounded Army personnel lying near a...
05 June 2023 NMRLC Addresses Multiple Levels of Combat Expeditionary Medical Care Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) hosted the U. S. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) FY-23 Logistics Summit, in Williamsburg, VA, Apr. 18-20.Department of Defense senior leaders from agencies around the United States and the Pentagon toured NMRLC warehouse facilities identified...
05 June 2023 NMRTC San Diego Holds Change of Command SAN DIEGO – Capt. Kim Davis turned over command of Naval Medical Center and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego to Capt. Elizabeth Adriano during a ceremony at the hospital presided over by Commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific, Director, San Diego Market and Chief of the...
05 June 2023 Navy Human Research Protection office focused on Readiness The Human Research Protection Program of the Navy (DON HRPP) held its first-ever in-person meeting of stakeholders at the Defense Health Headquarters outside Washington, DC this week.The program, in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is formally responsible for overseeing the...
05 June 2023 Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center Changes Name The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center changed its name in accordance with section 711 of John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY19 to the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC), effective January 01, 2023, emphasizing its operational mission...
02 June 2023 Making a High Reliability LEAP at NMRTC Bremerton An innovative idea, born out of necessity, implemented by hospital corpsmen under expert tutelage, has received LEAPS recognition from afar.The 2023 Rear Adm. Lewis E. Angelo Professional Symposium [LEAPS] High Reliability Organization poster competition winner in the non-clinical category was...
02 June 2023 Naval Hospital Jacksonville participates in Defense Health Agency new Targeted Care Pilot Program JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ─ Naval Hospital Jacksonville was one of 10 medical facilities chosen to join in the Defense Health Agency’s Targeted Health Care Pilot program, which began in May. The program is in response to the growing need for behavioral health treatment, which has nearly tripled in the last...