YOKOSUKA, Japan (Aug. 16, 2022) — Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Medical Service School toured NMRTC Yokosuka. This guided tour served the purpose of imparting operational insight and discussing strategic partnerships that could further expand the U.S. and Japan...

HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS (Aug. 30, 2022) – Pacific Partnership 2022 kicked off in Honiara, Solomon Islands, August 29.Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. This is...

Video message by Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, on release of Novavax. In addition to the already approved Pfizer, Moderna, and Janssen COVID-19 vaccines, in July 2022 the Food and Drug Administration approved a new arrow in our quiver – Novavax. Novavax is a traditional...

HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS (Aug. 23, 2022) – Members of the Solomon Islands Dental Association (SIDA) joined a U.S. Navy dentist in celebrating her son’s birthday and used the occasion to review a festive way to keep patients and medical providers healthy.SIDA invited Lt. Cmdr. Alice-Anne Alcorn to...

At the 2022 Annual Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Operational Roadshow hosted at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) San Diego, medical interns attended the presentation to help decide where to next take their Naval and medical careers, Aug. 25.The roadshow highlights...

The Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) want you to know that they are on a crusade to ensure Sailors understand that one cannot “Get Real, Get Better” without first making sound decisions, Aug. 24.The Navy’s “Get Real, Get Better”...

Here’s an eye-opener.For those reading this article on any electronic device, raise your arms and flex. Then continue to do so until the ending, as well as for the entirety of the time spent staring at some screen.That tension, insists Navy optometrist Lt. Cmdr. Michael Buyske, demonstrates the same...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) hosted student interns during an eight-week summer program, which concluded with a presentation of research findings at the joint STEM expo with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research on Aug. 12.The expo included poster presentations by NMRC...

In 1987, the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) pulled into Puerto Princesa, Philippines, on her maiden voyage as part of a humanitarian mission.Now, 30 years later, the ship is back as part of Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22).Lt. Douglas Sabando, deputy station commander of...

At Naval Base San Diego’s Dental Clinic’s courtyard, dentists, hygienists and staff gathered to celebrate the 110th birthday of the U.S. Navy’s Dental Corps with a cake-cutting ceremony, Aug 22.The celebration was ushered in by Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Kurtis Barlow, Naval Base San Diego, Naval...