SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) held a change of command ceremony in the Daniel K. Inouye building on the Forest Glen Annex on 11 Aug.Capt. William Deniston was relieved as commander, NMRC, by Capt. Franca Jones in an official ceremony in front of distinguished guests,...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 9, 2023) – Pennsylvania State University sophomore William Hervey, of San Antonio, an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) intern assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio’s Biomedical Systems Engineering and...

PHU YEN, Vietnam - Pacific Partnership has returned to Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen Province, Vietnam, August 9, to commence the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Returning to Vietnam for the 12th time, Pacific...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 2, 2023) – Six student interns enrolled in the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) had the opportunity to present their research to mentors, scientists and staff assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU)...

OKINAWA, Japan – Members from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, Medical Group, concluded training at Marine Corps Base Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan as part of Comprehensive Medical Readiness Program (CMRP) training and to assist the permanent party medical team assigned to the U.S...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 3, 2023) – Capt. Robert Hawkins, director, J3/5/7, Defense Health Agency (DHA) and director, U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, along with Capt. William Deniston, commander, Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), visited and toured facilities of Naval Medical...

U.S. Navy Seaman Kelsey Redmond, a nuclear medicine technician from the U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, continues her family’s military service tradition as she assists the radiology team at Guam Wellness Innovative Readiness Training (IRT), Aug 2-10.For some, military service runs in the family. In the...

When Rear Adm. Matthew Case took the helm as the Director of the Navy Medical Service Corps in May 2022, he was following a tradition that extended back to September 29, 1954, when Capt. Willard Charles Calkins became the first leader of the corps. Like Case, it was a position for which Calkins was...

Medical staff at Naval Medical Center San Diego participated in Commander, Navy Installations Command’s annual all-hazard exercise Citadel Rumble 2023 Aug 3. The exercise ensures Navy personnel’s continued ability to effectively respond to a disaster incident by simulating realistic scenarios...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 4, 2023) – A new commanding officer took command of Navy Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio during a Change of Command Ceremony held at the Fort Sam Houston Theatre.During the ceremony, Capt. Gerald DeLong, Medical Service Corps (MSC), of...