In the second year of the Defense Health Agency’s Annual Nursing Awards, Cmdr. Crystal Saraceni was honored with the 2025 award for Healthy Work Environment, a recognition reserved for those who define excellence in military nursing.The award included civilians and nurses from the Army, Navy, and...

JACKSON, Miss. – In a significant step toward expanding healthcare access and supporting military service members, Governor Tate Reeves signed Mississippi House Bill 1262 into law. The new legislation authorizes U.S. Army combat medics, U.S. Navy hospital corpsmen, and U.S. Air Force aerospace...

SAN DIEGO – Two research teams from Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) warfighter performance department win the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) 2025 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year award. These awards are presented to Navy...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Airmen from March Air Reserve Base, California, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recently trained with Navy medical personnel in a joint integration training event with the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter...

U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE (NMCB-1) and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FIVE (NMCB-5) supported Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) training at the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) by constructing a functional 50-bed field...

Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command held its Change of Command Ceremony in Clark Auditorium at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Jun. 12.The ceremony was presided over by Rear Adm. Walter Bradford, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Development Command, Chief United...

JACKSONVILLE, NC – A psychiatry resident in the Combined Military-Civilian Psychiatry Residency Program (CMCPRP) at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is making the move from civilian to military personnel, commissioning as a Naval officer on June 6, 2025.Dr. Andrea Karsten is the first civilian in...

COLÓN, Panama - The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Colón, Panama as part of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25), June 25, 2025.“The bond between our nations is built on mutual respect and shared values,” said Capt. Ryan Kendall, commodore, Destroyer Squadron 40 and CP25...

Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command, Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, VA, welcomed an NMRLC spouse who successfully complete the Navy mandated 11 module Ombudsman Basic Training course on June 12.Mrs. Rachel Wilkinson, wife of Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Wilkinson of NMRLC’s Expeditionary Medical Logistics...

May 2025, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) was notified that they earned the 2025 Partner for Change award. According to Practice Greenhealth (PGH), the award recognizes USNHO's ongoing commitment to improving its environmental performance and efforts to build sustainability and resilience into...