YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 18, 2025) – The 18th iteration of U.S.-Japan Annual Joint Drill, involving the U.S. Navy, government of Japan, and the city of Yokosuka, took place on Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 18. This year’s drill, led by Commander, Submarine Group 7, simulated a medical...

ROTA, Spain (October 1, 2025). The Navy Color Guard stands as a living link between past and present Sailors, honoring those who have served while inspiring those who continue the mission today. As the United States Navy commemorates its 250th year of service, the tradition carries even deeper...

Lt. Ara Gutierrez, from Caloocan City, Philippines, serves with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) New England, located in Newport, Rhode Island.Gutierrez graduated from Saint Paul University, Quezon City, in 2005. She later earned multiple degrees, including a bachelor’s degree in...

Lt. Cmdr. Opeyemi Elizabeth Fadoju, from Baltimore, Maryland, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU) Portsmouth, New Hampshire.Fadoju is a 2009 graduate of Western School of Technology and Environmental Science and has earned multiple graduate degrees,...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Commander, Submarine Group Seven; U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH)Yokosuka; Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka; Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Undersea Medical Center and the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center’s (SRF-JRMC) Navy...

Navy Medicine operational readiness is predicated on the foundation it is built upon. Establishing that framework has been an ongoing developmental responsibility at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton. Welcome to Battle Ready Training Tuesday, a command-wide initiative focused on...

Merced, Calif. – Students at the University of California, Merced, received a firsthand look into the world of Navy Medicine when Cmdr. Vi Song Tring, a U.S. Navy family medicine doctor currently assigned as the chief medical informatics officer for Naval Medical Forces Pacific visited the campus to...

ROTA, Spain (December 1, 2025). Hospital Corpsman Third Class Aspen Eby, assigned to the Directorate of Surgical Services at U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, supports warfighter readiness through her role as a General Duty Corpsman in the OB/GYN clinic.Eby works closely with providers to deliver...

ROTA, Spain (Oct. 15, 2025) — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota conducted its annual influenza mass vaccination campaign in October. The campaign targeted service members, families, and civilian personnel across the installation to protect the force during the flu season...

SIGONELLA, Italy – At Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella, mission readiness begins long before a service member steps into the operating room or deploys forward. Behind every lifesaving procedure, every assessment, and every code response, Sailors like Hospital Corpsman...