07 January 2022 NMCP OBSERVES NATIONAL BLOOD DONOR MONTH In honor of National Blood Donor Month, Capt. (Ret.) Evin Thompson makes his 94th donation to the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Blood Bank, Jan. 7. Thompson, who served 35 years in the U.S. Navy, believes that by donating blood he is continuing his service by giving back. “Throughout my...
06 January 2022 First Baby Welcomed at Naval Hospital Bremerton BREMERTON, WASH. – Gina and Joshua Steitzer welcomed their new son, Isaac, at 4:34 a.m., Jan. 6, 2022.Isaac was the first baby born in the New Year at Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Northwest Beginnings Family Birth Center to proud parents Gina and Joshua.Isaac weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and is 20...
06 January 2022 New Director Takes the Helm of Navy Medicine Civilian Corps The Navy Medical Department began 2022 by welcoming a new Director of the Medical Civilian Corps.Mr. Mark Boman, Chief of Staff, Naval Medical Forces Pacific, assumed the additional role in January 2022; the third person to hold the position since its inception in April 2017 and first person not...
05 January 2022 COVID-19 Triage Testing surges at Naval Hospital Bremerton The New Year prompted new responsiveness needs with the on-going pandemic at Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) and other Puget Sound Military Health System military treatment facilities.The Omicron variant of the highly-infectious COVID virus has brought a surge of patients requesting symptomatic...
02 January 2022 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune welcomes first baby of 2022 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune welcomed its first baby of 2022. Lilly Lee was welcomed into the world at 11:29 p.m. on January 01, 2022 by her proud parents, United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Elizabeta Lee and Lance Corporal Marcus Lee. Lilly weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and measured at...
28 December 2021 Corpsman Adapts from Combat to Recruiting The phrase about modern combat, “months of boredom punctuated by moments of terror,” may have coined in the trenches of World War I, but this could not have been more accurate, the morning of June 21, 2014 in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Sear Munoz struggled to get...
28 December 2021 What to do when there’s a bed shortage during a crisis? For years, the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center has deployed staff members through the Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System to places all over the country to augment personnel during crises. But what happens when there is a shortage of hospital beds, as disaster strikes?Over...
22 December 2021 NMFSC Civilian Gets Selected for Leadership Program JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Dr. Darlene Collins, assigned to education, planning, and integration for Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC), was selected to attend the Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program (DCELP).The DCLEP provides government service (GS) employees...
22 December 2021 USS Ronald Reagan, U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka Sailors team up to provide pediatric vaccinations during the holiday season YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 22, 2021) - Sailors from the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) worked side-by-side with their counterparts from U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka (USNHY) onboard Commander, Fleet Activates Yokosuka (CFAY) to administer pediatric COVID-19...
22 December 2021 Navy Research Cell Biologist earns Civilian of the Year Honors JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 22, 2021) Dr. Clifford Morgan, of Washington D.C., a research cell biologist assigned to the Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio was recognized by NAMRU San Antonio Commanding...