FORT DRUM, N.Y. (July 28, 2025) -- U.S. Navy Reserve medical personnel applied their life-saving skills during a battlefield stress test July 24 at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC).The culminating exercise of Operation Commanding Force 2025 required hospital...

SAN DIEGO, CA – July 25, 2025 – Rear Adm. Guido Valdes relinquished command to Rear Adm. Kevin Brown as commander of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) and director of the Defense Health Network – Pacific Rim (DHN-PR) during a change of command ceremony at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD)...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – June 24, 2025 – The Comprehensive Integrative Musculoskeletal Care Team from Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Annapolis, embedded at the United States Naval Academy (USNA), has earned top honors from the National Capital Region (NCR) Transitional Year Internship...

LIMÓN, Costa Rica - The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Limón, Costa Rica, July 24, 2025, for the fifth mission stop of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25).“The Continuing Promise team is excited to be here in Costa Rica and ready to bring medical aid and participate in...

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga – Cmdr. Christina Carter, a public health nurse currently serving as Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, recently returned from a temporary assignment to the Kingdom of Tonga in...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomed Lt. Cdr. Angel Camacho to the team as the new director for administration, July 16, 2025.Originally from Ecuador, Camacho moved to Brooklyn, New York, when he was 13 years old and later joined the...

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic - The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, July 21, 2025, after a four-day mission stop during Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25).At the Dominican mission stop, Comfort’s team provided medical and dental care,...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - For one U.S. Navy Sailor, the path to medicine didn’t begin in a lab or a lecture hall – it started in a recruiter’s office with a leap of faith.Armed with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a passion for hands-on work, Ensign Alexander Brady, a native of Gering, Nebraska,...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms held a change of command and retirement ceremony on July 18, 2025, marking a transition in leadership and honoring decades of dedicated service in the Navy.During the ceremony, Capt. Janiese Cleckley...

The crisp lines of her Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Dress Blue uniform mirrored the determination in Staff Sgt. Geraldine Corbita’s eyes as she held her certificate of completion. It was a small gesture, but one laden with history.On July 11, Corbita became the first Philippine Navy Marine corpsman...