Personnel from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) visited the Lee County Mosquito Control District (LCMCD), Lehigh Acres, Fla. July 24-29, 2022 to learn more about mosquito control and surveillance.As part of their readiness training, three Navy Entomologists embarked on helicopters to...

For 75 years, the Navy Medical Service Corps has long been regarded as the most diverse corps, comprised of health care administrators, clinicians and scientists.These medical professionals are trained and focused as a ready medical force for the Navy surgeon general priority of ensuring the...

Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command (NMRTC) San Diego hosted a cake-cutting ceremony in honor of the Navy Medical Service Corps’ (MSC) 75th birthday on Aug. 4.From MSC’s inception on Aug. 4, 1947 to Navy Medicine’s modern tenet of protecting and enhancing the readiness, performance, and...

Puerto Princesa, Philippines, August 4, 2022 – Pacific Partnership 2022 kicked off in Puerto Princesa, Philippines, July 27.Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.In...

Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) completed the demanding onsite triennial survey by The Joint Commission (TJC) from July 18 to July 22...

(July 28, 2022) - U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kenneth Leonard, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24), is shown participating in a contact patrol with other Corpsmen and Marines on July 22, 2022, during training on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis.The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of...

(July 28, 2022) Ever hear of “snake on a stick”?Navy Lt. Claudia Mondragon, a Class of 2022 graduate from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ (USU) F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine (SOM), saw one up close and personal during her infectious disease rotation in Lima, Peru, as...

June 6, 2022 - The healing power of a miniature horse is often unknown to the broader public, but at Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTCSD), these fury friends have become a welcome presence.“Being able to visit NMRTC San Diego on a monthly basis to build morale for...

July 20, 2022 - PACIFIC OCEAN – Royal Australian Navy Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Canberra welcomed United States Navy Physician Lieutenant Commander Hillary Smalley onboard with the medical team for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Her role as part of mobile unit Fleet Surgical Team five means...

July 20, 2022 - PACIFIC OCEAN – It’s a long way from a field hospital in the waters off the coast of Hawaii for New Zealand Army Medical Officer, Major Louise Speedy, who joined HMAS Canberra during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.The ability to integrate members from coalition forces onboard an...