11 July 2022 Continuous Process Improvement project competition yields treasure of submissions, innovative winners for NMFP Naval Medical Forces Pacific announced its annual Continuous Process Improvement project competition winners during an NMFP Commander’s synchronization meeting at the headquarters in Naval Base San Diego, California, July 7...
08 July 2022 Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory Holds Change of Command Ceremony GROTON, Conn. (NNS) – Capt. Katharine Shobe was relieved as commanding officer, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) by Capt. Matthew Jamerson during a ceremony held at Naval Submarine Base New London’s Dealey Center on July 8.Capt. Captain William M. Deniston, commander, Naval...
08 July 2022 Japanese Medical Members Team Up With Pacific Partnership 2022 A team of six Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) members are part of the Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) medical team embarked aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).The group...
07 July 2022 Aviation Corpsman helps deliver baby in NMCCL parking lot Delivering a baby at 3 a.m. in a parking lot was never an experience U.S. Navy Petty Officer Third Class Danielle Murphy thought she would encounter while assigned as an Aviation Hospital Corpsman. On June 3, 2022, while standing administrative duty at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, Murphy...
07 July 2022 DHA Public Health Director Visits Navy Public Health Facilities Rear Adm. Brandon Taylor, Director for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Public Health, visited the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NCMPHC), Portsmouth, Va., and the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Two (NEPMU-2), Norfolk, Va., June 27-28, 2022.The focus of the visit was to...
06 July 2022 NAMI Recompression Chamber Supports Area Training Missions, Operations In the Gulf Coast region, naval training missions and operations involving scuba diving are common, with many units and agencies frequently diving in the area.Scuba diving can be extremely dangerous, and it’s possible for divers to develop adverse medical conditions and injuries while performing...
06 July 2022 Ohio Boy Scouts Explore the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence The Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) played host to eight Boy Scouts from Troop 68, Wooster, Ohio for a facility tour and a brief introduction into the world of medical entomology, June 21.The Scouts, along with their Scoutmaster and chaperones, learned how NECE’s Navy entomologists and...
05 July 2022 Dental Health Aboard USS Tripoli PACIFIC OCEAN – The patient lies on the reclining chair with dental instruments neatly lined on a tray beside them. Bright lights shine in their eyes as the dentist picks and prods at their teeth and gums. The instruments rattle as both the dentist and the patient try to stay still through the rolls...
01 July 2022 WWII Navy Nurse Corps officer and Bremerton resident feted on 102nd Birthday It was during the early days of World War Two that Bremerton resident Anna Marie Cole departed her then Michigan home to support her country in need.She joined the Navy as a Nurse Corps officer.Fast forward nearly 80 years from that battle-scarred time of history. A long-time friend of Cole thought...
01 July 2022 Authority to Assume the Title and Wear the Uniform at NMRTC Bremerton There were 63 reasons to recognize July 1, 2022 as a notable date on the calendar.Along with the day being the first of five Fridays in the month and the unofficial start of the long Fourth of July weekend, it also signified a professional milestone for Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command...