CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (Apr. 23, 2025) – U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Preventive Medicine (PREVMED) Department of the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, (CLDJ) welcomed Japanese Self Defense Force (JSDF) medical personnel for a "mil-to-mil" public health...

Yeoman 1st Class Joseph Hunt, a native of Surveyor, West Virginia, was announced as the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery’s Senior Sailor of the Year (SSOY), Fiscal Year 2025, at Defense Health Headquarters, April 14, 2025...

Medical personnel from U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU) Bahrain played a critical role in a recent installation-wide mass casualty (MASCAL) exercise held at the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) headquarters, April 16, 2025.The drill, which simulated a missile attack...

SIGONELLA, Italy – April 16, 2025 — In a proactive initiative to bolster emergency preparedness within Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools, U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Sigonella’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) outreach team hosted a critical “Stop the...

U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam’s Patient and Family Partnership Council (PFPC) welcomes U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jay Fury as its new co-chair .Fury currently serves as the chief administrator with oversight of business operations and data analytics for the 36th Medical Group at Andersen Air Force...

SAN DIEGO (March 26, 2025) – Capt. Marcy Morlock, Executive Officer of Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), was honored with the 2025 American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Navy Regent Senior-Level Career Healthcare Executive Award during the ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership in...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Lt. Cmdr. Holly Berkley, a Navy obstetrician-gynecologist assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, has been named the U.S. Navy’s Junior Winner of the Award for the Advancement of Women Physicians in Military Medicine, a...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – The Industrial Hygiene (IH) team from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms recently collaborated with counterparts from NMRTC Camp Pendleton and their Marines on March 25 to conduct Blast Overpressure (BOP) sampling at Marine Corps Air...

The Joint Commission inspection team will visit Naval Hospital Bremerton and branch medical clinics on Naval Base Kitsap Bangor and Naval Station Everett and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard detachment to conduct their triennial survey April 29 – May 1, 2025.The purpose of the survey by The Joint...

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Okinawa hosted Susan Orsega, deputy assistant secretary of defense for health services policy and oversight, during a visit April 9 that focused on health care delivery and operational readiness across the Indo-Pacific.After touring clinical...