On July 21, 2022, Rear Adm. Mary Fields Hall, the former Director of the Nurse Corps and the first Navy nurse to command a hospital died. She was 88.The Clear Ridge, Pennsylvania native joined the Navy in November 1958 and reported to the Naval Hospital St. Albans, Long Island, N.Y. At the time...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (July 25, 2022) – Rear Adm. Darin K. Via, Navy Deputy Surgeon General, and Hospital Corps Force Master Chief Michael J. Roberts, presented the Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) of the Year awards today during the opening ceremony of the Armed Forces Operational Medicine Symposium...

Naval Hospital Bremerton will begin walk-in availability of COVID-19 vaccination for children age six months and above, August 1, 2022.Based upon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to expand COVID-19 vaccination, the decision now universally endorses that everyone from six...

Whether it was getting a grip with Occupational Therapy, determining the sugar content from well-known snack and drink sources, or providing reminders on the importance of hand hygiene, Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Wellness Fair provided a number of knowledgeable resources for staff, patients and...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune hosted a Change of Command and Directorship Ceremony on July 22, 2022 at Marston Pavilion aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The Change of Command Ceremony is a formal tradition symbolizing the transfer of total responsibility, authority,...

Engineman 2nd Class Benfry Dejesus, equipment manager with the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), Jacksonville, Fla., serves as the lone Engineman within the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) enterprise, standing as a unique force multiplier asset to Navy Medicine.“Like...

Naval Hospital Bremerton Outpatient Pharmacy hours are changing.As of August 1, 2022, window services will be open 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, instead of 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.The consolidation will allow the pharmacy to align staff during peak utilization hours while also effectively...

There’s a nourishing parallel between running a 200-mile relay to conducting flight deck operations or being involved in field exercises.Whether it’s daily grind duty, operational readiness obligation, or weekend warrior mode, there is a crucial nurturing principle - when applied – capable of...

There’s a reason why U.S. Navy independent duty corpsmen are found assigned on isolated platforms from the wide expanse of the Indo-Pacific Theater to the far reaches of the Atlantic Ocean.Their responsibility to the ship – and submarine – crew is to provide and handle any medical support,...

Today’s U.S. Navy espouses a “culture of fitness,” and “physical readiness,” but this was not always the case. In the early 1900s, many including the president himself, Theodore Roosevelt, were appalled by the lack of physical conditioning in the Navy.In his autobiography, Roosevelt recalled, “Many...