CAMP PENDLETON, California – Sailors with Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Kilo demonstrated their capacity to deliver life-saving care in a simulated combat environment during a training and operational readiness evaluation at the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 4, 2026) – U.S. Navy Capt. Kris Hodapp, deputy Corps Chief, Medical Service Corps (MSC) and Capt. Bryan Pyle, MSC Policy and Practice officer visited with leadership and MSC officers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio at the...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Hospital corpsmen assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, which supports Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, completed a Forensic Healthcare Program (FHB) course in November 2025, preparing them to assist providers during forensic...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — Medical personnel at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training  Command Oak Harbor(NMRTCOH) recently completed training associated with  advanced Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training aimed at strengthening both  day-to-day patient care and readiness for potential operational...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor (NHCOH) will host an upcoming  Patient Safety Week and Project Improvement Fair designed to highlight a culture of safety  throughout the clinic, highlight key topics related to patient safety, and present staff-led  initiatives that strengthen...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor is improving pharmacy access for  beneficiaries through the combined use of the Q-Anywhere text notification system and  ScriptCenter prescription pickup kiosk, streamlining the refill and pickup process while reducing  wait times inside the clinic...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Military medicine’s newest physician assistants received their diplomas and commissioned as officers during a ceremony on March 6, 2026, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.The eight service members completed the second phase of Navy Medicine’s Interservice Physician Assistant...

Yorktown, Va. – The U.S. Navy is optimizing its services of "Providing the Site to Fight by realigning workload to the appropriate geographic Optical Fabrication Labs (OFLs)." The Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity (NORA) is the largest OFL within the DOD Optical Fabrication Enterprise (OFE),...

FORT DETRICK, Md. – In a critical effort to ensure peak medical readiness for the Navy's hospital ships (T-AH), subject matter experts from across Navy Medicine gathered at Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) Detachment Fort Detrick to review the Authorized Medical Allowance List...

YUMA, Ariz. – U.S. Marines and Sailors with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 1st Marine Division, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB), executed routine tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) exercises while deployed at the southern border, February 2026. Casualty evacuation...