18 May 2022 NAVAL MEDICAL LEADER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMAND NMLPDC located at NSA, Bethesda, Maryland is one of the Navy’s premiere platforms for medical training. Its mission is to maintain the operational health of the warfighter by developing highly trained medical leaders and personnel to maximize medical operational readiness. The command evolved out of...
16 May 2022 Public Health Center Provides Drinking Water Course for Far East Region The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) hosted a drinking water course for Navy and Marine Corps representatives from the Far East Region at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Okinawa April 18-21.The Navy Medicine course is offered annually and focuses on Department...
14 May 2022 A Family Affair: Father Enlists Daughter into Naval Service NAVAL STATION NORFOLK – Rear Adm. Dennis Velez, commander, Carrier Strike Group 10 (CSG-10), George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWCSG) enlisted his daughter Madeline Velez into the U.S. Navy’s Nurse Candidate Program (NCP) aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), May 14.“In my...
13 May 2022 NEMSCOM changes Name and Fleets up, NOSTRA to be disestablished The Chief of Naval Operation office published the notice authorizing an Organizational Change Request (OCR), which realigned Navy Medicine logistics commands and disestablished Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity, Yorktown, VA, on May 13.This realignment swapped organizational echelon...
13 May 2022 When others are Weak, They are Strong – Navy Nurse Corps at 114 Over the past two years, almost half of Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton staff who deployed on COVID Medical Response Teams were from one distinctive group; Navy Nurse Corps.“When others are weak, they are strong,” stated Lt. Cmdr. John Tarr, Navy Chaplain Corps, in offering a...
12 May 2022 NMTSC Celebrates Nurses Week 2022 SAN ANTONIO (May 12, 2022) – Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) Navy Nurse Corps officers celebrated the 114th Navy Nurse Corps Birthday with a cake-cutting ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston, May 13.Leading up to the event, San Antonio Navy Nurse Corps officers...
12 May 2022 NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SCIENTISTS HAVE BIG IMPACT ON MARINE CORPS TRAINING SAN DIEGO -- After a 2018 Marine Corps Rifle Marksmanship Lethality Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA), the Marines identified deficiencies related to their marksmanship programs. These gaps included issues such as availability of relevant live-fire data, technology required to capture data at...
12 May 2022 Change of Command: Triple Hatted Medical Commander at Guantanamo Bay Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – US Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay, US Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay (USNH GB) and Joint Medical Group (Joint Task Force - Guantanamo), held a change of command ceremony May 12, 2022. Capt. Dale D. Ramirez, Nurse Corps, USN, relinquished command to...
12 May 2022 Navy Preventive Medicine Unit Sailor Selected As A Navy League Sea Service Member of the Year Award Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Eric Johnson from the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Five (NEPMU-5) was selected as a 2022 Sea Service Member of the Year by the Navy League of San Diego May 6.Johnson, who serves as the Assistant Leading Petty Officer for the NEPMU-5 administration...
11 May 2022 Lt. Sakkalaek Awarded the NHCL Spring 2022 DAISY Award NAVAL AIR STATION LEMOORE (MAY 11, 2022) – The Naval Health Clinic Lemoore Nurses’ Association announced Lt. Ashelynne Sakkalaek as its spring 2022 DAISY Award recipient.“Lt. Sakkalaek is deserving of this award because she gives and gives,” said Capt. Michele Waara, chief nursing officer at NHCL...