ACCRA, Ghana – Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT, in partnership with the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), hosted a two-week field mission as part of Navy Medicine’s annual Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) course for 15 U.S. military physicians and...

Brain injury poses a serious health threat to U.S. service members across the world. Cognitive impairment resulting from brain injury can negatively impact individual health, unit readiness and the lethal capacity of the nation’s forces.In defense of U.S. service members, Navy Medicine Research &...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune is enhancing Expeditionary Medical Unit capabilities by equipping hospital corpsmen with advance trauma and pre-hospital care skills through an accelerated paramedic training program offered by Navy Medicine.These paramedic-qualified corpsmen...

Courtesy story by Lt. j.g. Taylor Worley, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Wagner, a native of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, was recently named Motivator of the Month while serving aboard U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC)...

SIGONELLA, Italy – Every day, inside the operating room at U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella, a team of Sailors work quietly but powerfully behind the scenes . These Sailors, assigned to Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella, are known as Surgical Technologists, or Surg Techs...

NAPLES, Italy — Service members and families at U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, at Naval Support Activity Naples, marked the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with a morning ceremony featuring the raising of colors, prayers and the tolling of bells by chief selects. Remarks were delivered...

A child’s astonished look gave added weight to a vexing issue openly addressed at Naval Hospital Bremerton, September 18, 2025.As a mother brought her young daughter to Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Pediatric Clinic for an appointment, they happened upon Health Promotion’s Health Fair focus on National...

Gone To the Dogs at Naval Hospital BremertonBy Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer -- Naval Hospital Bremerton staff don’t really go to the dogs during National Dog Week.Many were already there as evidenced by their submissions:...

The National Capital Region held its Fiscal Year 2026 Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on September 16, 2025.15 selectees completed six weeks of rigorous training and team building exercises in preparation for upcoming challenges as they don their anchors. The ceremony...

After 84 years of treating service members, Naval Hospital Jacksonville has been the first of many endeavors. This past year, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville became home to the very first enroute care paramedic with her very own Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC).“I am the...