Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Family Medicine Residency Program graduated 10 residents and 10 interns during a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on June 24.For the 11th consecutive year, the graduating class received 100% pass rates on their Family Medicine Certification...

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune staff are receiving comfort and support from four-legged friends. For the past several months, Beasley the Basset Hound, has been making her rounds in her Red Cross volunteer vest, providing treats for humans in the form of pets and cuddles.Beasley’s owner is a...

With operational readiness the priority of the Navy surgeon general, it’s up to all Navy Medicine Readiness Training Commands to ensure that’s a core mission.NMRTC Bremerton has formed a unique partnership to help ensure there’s a ready medical force capable of supporting fleet mission – and medical...

Entomologists from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) worked alongside public health partners from the Ghana Armed Forces Entomology Center of Excellence (GECE) to carry out mosquito surveillance operations in Accra, Ghana, throughout March and April 2022.The team conducted survey...

Serving the Behavioral Health needs of Marines and Sailors in eastern North Carolina is an honor for Lieutenant Mike Krage, Psy. D., a Clinical Psychologist serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point.“Patients come to me confused, in distress and many times share concerns they are unable to...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Naval Reserve Expeditionary Medical Facility (NR-EMF) Bethesda completed their operational readiness evaluation (ORE) at Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) on June 19-21.NR-EMF Bethesda is comprised of Reservists from around the country that came together...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) continues Operation Firebreak during the Navy Reserve-Expeditionary Medical Facility-Bethesda operational readiness evaluation on Jun 19-20.Operation Firebreak, sponsored and run by NEMTI, provides realistic training for...

After a two-year pandemic pause, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton Hospital Corps ball was back in full festival fettle for their 124th birthday celebration.“It does seem like a long time to come together and congregate,” Capt. Patrick Fitzpatrick, Naval Hospital Bremerton director...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Active duty service members aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune will soon have closer options for their health care needs. Since 2013, the Defense Health Agency has worked closely with Navy and Marine Corps counterparts to visualize and build Marine Centered Medical Homes...

ATLANTIC OCEAN — The hospital corpsman (HM) rate was established 124 years ago and has been saving lives and maintaining the well-being of service members ever since.On June 17, 1898, President William McKinley signed a bill that established the U.S. Navy HM rate. Since the Spanish American War, HMs...