CHINA LAKE, Calif. — An aircraft crashes aboard Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake, triggering structural fires and a building collapse. Casualties require immediate triage and treatment as fire, security and medical personnel converge on the scene. Some patients need rapid transport to...

Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC) recently hosted the Financial and Materiel Management Training Course (FMMTC).FMMTC is a comprehensive program designed to prepare Medical Service Corps (MSC) officers and civilian personnel with specialized knowledge required to...

SAN DIEGO — Timothy Dunn, director of the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) Expeditionary Cognitive Science Group, was officially named as recipient of the 2026 G. Dennis White Early Career Human Systems Integration (HSI) Practitioner Award on August 12, 2026.Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy...

SAN DIEGO –Rear Adm. Matthew Case, Acting Surgeon General and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visited the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) on August 7 to gain firsthand insight into the command's most recent research initiatives supporting warfighter health, readiness, resilience...

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alec R. KramerBETHESDA, Md. - Advanced medical providers from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bethesda completed the Department of Defense’s most rigorous battlefield medical training during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Tier 4 course...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – The XSTAT P15 applicator, an advanced hemorrhage control device for narrow-entrance wounds, was awarded funding through the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program on July 14, 2026.The FDA-cleared applicator, designed through joint...

MCAS MIRAMAR, Calif. – More than 110 Medical Service Corps healthcare administrators, clinicians, scientists and military leaders from across Southern California gathered at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Officers’ Club Aug. 7, for the 2026 Southern California Medical Service Corps Officers’...

Courtesy story by Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Antoine C. Duplessis, Jr.SAN DIEGO – U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Guido Valdez, the medical officer of the Marine Corps, visited Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego to observe the comprehensive healthcare services provided to recruits, permanent...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Behind nearly every diagnosis, treatment decision and assessment of a service member’s medical readiness is laboratory work that patients rarely see.For Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Meosha P. Williams of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms,...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Austin Peevey, Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) instructor, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Pensacola, credits his medical training for his ability to provide critical care in combat emergencies. Those hard-earned experiences shaped...