When the official notification was shared announcing the new specialty leaders for Navy Medicine’s perioperative nursing community, it took a long minute for the results to sink in.“I was surprised and honored. It took me a while to accept that I had actually been selected. Afterward, I was filled...

High altitude—generally considered at about 8,000 feet or more above sea level—can negatively affect service members’ health as well as their physical and mental performance, especially if they’re not properly acclimated to it.The lower pressure in that environment means there’s decreased...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – A collaborative study between researchers at Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Princeton University has highlighted immune response differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection responses between male and female patients.Data...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 27, 2022) – Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off the coast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, Nov. 27.The Comfort will hold subject matter...

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Nov. 20, 2022) U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) completed its third mission stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Cartagena, Colombia, Nov. 20, 2022.During the ship’s nine-day visit to Colombia, Continuing Promise assisted over 4,400 patients from Cartagena and...

In year 1904, the Society that you know today as the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) was incorporated by hand full of Naval Officers, their wives, and civilian friends, who saw a need for formal support in the Sailor and Maine-Corps community. The funds to support this community in 1904...

While elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) deployed to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and participated in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23), Nov. 10-19, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) took a whole Navy Medicine approach in the medical planning and set the conditions that enabled...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONO-FORT SAM HOUSTON - (Nov. 8, 2022) - Dr. Sean Biggerstaff, acting deputy assistant director, Research & Engineering, Defense Health Agency (DHA), and team visited with the leadership and staff of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio to discussed medical research and...

The Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command's (NMLPDC) Expanded Operational Stress Control (E-OSC) team visited Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) this week.The NMLPDC E-OSC team leaders, Lieutenant Commander Sierra...

(Nov. 15, 2022) CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – In combat when a casualty occurs it’s an overload to the system. There often is smoke, gunfire, screaming and the person you’ve often shared years of experiences with is down. To sum it up in a word, chaos. How do you prepare for that chaos in a classroom?...