21 April 2023 Boxer Sailors Awarded American Red Cross National Life Saving Award Four Sailors assigned to the USS Boxer (LHD 4) medical department were presented the American Red Cross National Lifesaving Award during a ceremony held at the American Red Cross Regional Headquarters in San Diego, April 19.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Classes Deandre McKenzie, Kristian Mathis, Brett Delia...
20 April 2023 JBSA, Navy Recognize Volunteers JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, Commander of Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC), provided congratulatory remarks prior to the JBSA Annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony held here April 19, 2023. She then assisted other senior leaders in handing out...
20 April 2023 Public Health Center Changes Command PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Command of the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) and Defense Centers for Public Health – Portsmouth (DCPH-P) changed Friday when Capt. Matthew McLean relieved Capt. Brian Feldman during a ceremony conducted at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) military...
20 April 2023 NECE Teams Up with Army Veterinarians to “Bite Back” Against Tick-Borne Disease Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) hosted a tick biology, identification, and surveillance training course, on Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida, February 16, 2023.14 Army veterinarians, animal care specialists, and veterinary food inspection specialists from across the region...
18 April 2023 Navy Nurse Corps officer responds to medical emergency on grounded ferry When the Bremerton-Seattle ferry Walla Walla ran aground on a late-Saturday afternoon due to loss of power, U.S. Navy Lt. Holly Sapien’s attention became instantly directed elsewhere.Although there were no reported injuries due to the vessel ending up on a Bainbridge Island beachfront, April 15,...
17 April 2023 NASA Astronaut and former SEAL completes Navy Flight Training CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim, NASA astronaut and former Navy SEAL, earned his “Wings of Gold” during a winging ceremony, Friday, March 24, onboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field. Kim, alongside 22 new aviators in his winging class, completed advanced helicopter training resulting in...
17 April 2023 More than 70 entries in Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's 13th Annual Research Symposium Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune hosted the 13th Annual Research Symposium on April 13, 2023. The yearly symposium showcases medical and dental research efforts for the past year.The event received an astounding 73 submissions from NMCCL, 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Dental Battalion, Marine Raider...
16 April 2023 HM2 Antonio Bassett Featured as Recruiter in the Spotlight Life is full of choices that can lead an individual down differing paths. Some paths lead to choices that can change your life forever and for Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Antonio Bassett, a recruiter at Navy Talent Acquisition Group Ohio River Valley (NTAG ORV), that choice came during an in-school...
14 April 2023 Donate Life Month: WRNMMC at the Forefront in Kidney Transplant By Aisha LomaxWalter Reed National Military Medical CenterWalter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) is at the forefront of organ transplant services in the Department of Defense (DOD) and is the only DOD military treatment facility (MTF) to perform kidney transplants.The WRNMMC Organ...
14 April 2023 What’s in a Name: Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class John Russell Litchfield and his Namesake Ship For as long as there has been a U.S. Navy there has been the practice of naming its ships after individuals who have made important contributions to the service. Since 1902, our naval destroyers have sailed under the names of deceased heroes of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. USS Litchfield...