15 May 2023 USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Commissions in Conch Republic Honoring Navy Nurses KEY WEST, FL -- The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), May 13 in Key West, Florida.Guest speaker Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command and Director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps wished the Corps...
15 May 2023 Setting Sight on Sport-Related Healthy Vision at NMRTC Oak Harbor Along with a host of work-related hazards to healthy vision for any Sailor to visually navigate from the foc’sle to the fantail, there are also dangers – some sight unseen - on the field of play.According to the Department of Defense Vision Center for Excellence, the top sports for eye injuries are...
15 May 2023 International Mosquito Control Specialists Create a Buzz with Navy Entomology Center of Excellence Staff from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), located in Jacksonville, Florida, participated in the American Mosquito Control Association’s (AMCA) 89th meeting held in Reno, Nevada, February 27th - March 3rd, 2023.Since 1938, AMCA serves as the preeminent professional engagement for...
15 May 2023 Five Walter Reed Nurses Honored for Exemplary Service During Walking Nurse Award Ceremony Bethesda, MD (May 15, 2023) -- Five Walter Reed nurses were honored for their exceptional service during the Walking Nurse Award Ceremony on May 9.The ceremony recognized their contributions to the nursing profession in three categories: Nightingale Award, Nurse Innovator Award, and Leadership...
15 May 2023 Naval Medical Forces Atlantic Celebrates National Nurses Week U.S. Navy Nurse Corps officers at Commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, celebrated National Nurses Week and the 115th birthday of Navy Nurse Corps on board Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex, May 6-13...
12 May 2023 Lt. j.g Receives Mayor's Lifesaving Award Lt. j.g. Paul Strunc, a critical care nurse at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, was presented the Virginia Beach Mayor’s Lifesaving Award by Mayor Bobby Dyer at City Hall, May 8. Strunc was recognized for administering lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation on an unconscious civilian at the beach...
12 May 2023 SECNAV Names Navy’s First-in-Class Expeditionary Medical Ship after National Naval Medical Center Bethesda Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced USNS Bethesda (EMS 1) as the name for the lead ship in the new Expeditionary Medical Ship (EMS(X)) class of ships during his mental health awareness month video. EMS(X) will now be referred to as the Bethesda Class Expeditionary Medical Ship...
12 May 2023 Navy Nurse Corps officers and Nurses featured and feted at NMRTC Bremerton It was a day of selfless service acknowledged. It was a day of junior officers promoted. It was a day of legacy honored.Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton staff gathered May 11, 2023, to commemorate National Nurses Week, May 6-12, and the Navy Nurse Corps 115th birthday, officially...
12 May 2023 Ensuring Sight for Flight at Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor In conjunction with May recognized by the Defense Health Agency as Health Vision and Hearing Month, Lt. Courtney C. Rafferty, Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor optometrist, explains the critical importance attached to the monthly theme.“As a Midwesterner who grew up outside of Chicago, it’s been an...
11 May 2023 Walter Reed Nurse, New York native spearheads nurse appreciation exhibit for National Nurses Week Bethesda, MD (May 10, 2023) – This week, Walter Reed is celebrating its nurses in appreciation of National Nurses Week through various events, including the unveiling of a photo wall exhibit inside the medical center’s dining facility, Café 8901.Giovanni Muhammad, a registered nurse at Walter Reed...