24 March 2023 NAMRU San Antonio’s New Command Logo JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 24, 2023) – On Jan. 27, 2020, Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, 39th Surgeon General of the Navy, approved a decision to unify Navy Medicine branding across the enterprise. This initiative developed a consistent “One Navy Medicine” brand utilizing nested...
23 March 2023 Surgeon General Power Award recognizes NMRTC San Diego civilian (Mar. 15, 2023) Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego announces Mark Campbell, Nurse Educator for Department of Education, as one in a series of Navy Surgeon General Power Awardees for September 2022.Campbell, who works as the Program Manager for Command Orientation, was awarded for...
20 March 2023 Patient Safety Week recognizes Heroes at Naval Hospital Bremerton Not all heroes wear capes, but they walk and work and wow amongst others.Such a notion was on display at Naval Hospital Bremerton during National Patient Safety Week, to highlight this year’s central theme, “Be a patient safety hero anytime, anywhere, always,” March 12-18, 2023.“Every year I try to...
20 March 2023 Navy Medicine Senior Enlisted Leadership Symposium Focuses on Expeditionary Future SAN ANTONIO – Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Force Master Chief Michael Roberts, director of Navy Medicine’s Hospital Corps hosted the Navy Medicine Senior Enlisted Leadership Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, March 14-16.Representatives from 78 commands and activities gathered for the three-day...
17 March 2023 Cherry Point Sailors Refine Battlefield Medicine Skills Sailors in Eastern North Carolina refined their battlefield medicine skills through realistic, stressful training March 17, 2023 on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.Sailors assigned to Naval Medical Clinic Cherry Point conducted Tactical Combat Casualty Care; a program of instruction designed...
17 March 2023 U.S. Navy Corpsman Earns Challenging Expert Field Medical Badge, takes “Top Doc” 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...
17 March 2023 Operation Iraqi Freedom – two decades after from Naval Hospital Bremerton 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...
16 March 2023 USS Boxer Hosts Integrated Medical Training 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...
16 March 2023 NMFP augments Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship, enhances capabilities 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...
16 March 2023 Independent Duty Corpsman: A Department of One 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...