The Branch Health Clinic at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar celebrated a significant milestone with a groundbreaking ceremony, marking the start of a multi-phase renovation project to enhance the clinic’s infrastructure and improve healthcare services for service members and their families,...

The holiday season at Naval Hospital Bremerton for decades has been a time when a number of active duty staff have been absent.Not from their appointed place of duty at the military treatment facility. They’ve been called away on deployment.Not much has changed over the years.NHB has kept a symbolic...

The University of South Florida (USF) hosted the U.S. Navy Surgeon General and Chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Rear Adm. Darin K. Via and Sailors from Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Miami on Dec. 4, 2024, bringing together leadership from both organizations to engage students,...

In early November the Defense Health Agency sent out a cautionary note about a fake website masquerading as DoD’s electronic health record MHS GENESIS.The cyber alert was shared by military treatment facilities like Naval Hospital Bremerton which stated, “If you find any website that reference the...

SAN DIEGO – From the lecture halls of academia to the decks of naval ships, Lt. Matthew Peterson has embarked on an extraordinary journey of personal and professional growth as a researcher and a naval officer.A former professor of exercise science with a PhD, Peterson entered military service open...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO–FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 9, 2024) – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Alyssa Ziska-Ortega, of Laredo, Texas, the executive assistant assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was promoted to the rank of petty officer first class by Commanding Officer Capt...

SAN DIEGO — Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NR NMRTCSD) hosted a leadership-focused training weekend, bringing together reserve leaders and Sailors from across the southwest region, Hawaii, Guam, and virtual assignments nationwide to enhance force readiness and...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Event on Dec. 6, 2024, on the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Promenade.The First Class Petty Officer Association coordinated the event to honor the 2,403 service members and civilians who died...

Lt. Jillian Dunbar, a Navy environmental health officer from Elmhurst, Illinois, recently participated in a humanitarian mission along the Amazon River that represented both a professional milestone and a personal journey.Assigned to the Brazil Medical Riverine Humanitarian Mission in August 2024,...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 5, 2024) – Soldiers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio’s Research Services Directorate earned Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) and Solider of the Year honors during the Fiscal Year 2024 Solider, NCO and Officer of the Year...