Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune welcomed its first baby of 2022. Lilly Lee was welcomed into the world at 11:29 p.m. on January 01, 2022 by her proud parents, United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Elizabeta Lee and Lance Corporal Marcus Lee. Lilly weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and measured at...

The phrase about modern combat, “months of boredom punctuated by moments of terror,” may have coined in the trenches of World War I, but this could not have been more accurate, the morning of June 21, 2014 in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Sear Munoz struggled to get...

For years, the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center has deployed staff members through the Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System to places all over the country to augment personnel during crises. But what happens when there is a shortage of hospital beds, as disaster strikes?Over...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Dr. Darlene Collins, assigned to education, planning, and integration for Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC), was selected to attend the Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program (DCELP).The DCLEP provides government service (GS) employees...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 22, 2021) - Sailors from the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) worked side-by-side with their counterparts from U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka (USNHY) onboard Commander, Fleet Activates Yokosuka (CFAY) to administer pediatric COVID-19...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 22, 2021) Dr. Clifford Morgan, of Washington D.C., a research cell biologist assigned to the Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio was recognized by NAMRU San Antonio Commanding...

A Navy Corpsman received the Navy Special Salute Award at the USO- Metro Awards Dinner held at the MGM National Harbor Hotel in Forest Heights, Maryland December 7th.Hospital Corpsman Second Class Amos L. Bogs received the honor for providing COVID-19 medical care during a deployment to Ochsner...

The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center’s (NMCPHC) Expeditionary Platforms Department (EXPLAT) of the Preventive Medicine Directorate hosted a joint service training course to service members from both the Navy and Army, with critical updates necessary for conducting occupational and...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, commander of Naval Medical Forces Support Command, and Command Master Chief Jason Reynolds had an office call with San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Dec. 14.This is the first formal meeting between the two leaders, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.“It was...

If someone has a fever and feeling fatigue, do they have COVID-19? If someone has a cough and a runny nose, is it allergies? If someone has a headache and a sore throat, it must be the flu. Right? Wrong!“With COVID-19, the flu and allergies having similar symptoms, it can be difficult to tell them...