27 May 2025 Staff in the Spotlight – Hospital Corpsman First Class Savannah Buza Meet Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1) Savannah Buza, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC)at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, the Navy’s only boot camp.A native of Montrose, Colorado, Buza has served in the Navy for 14 years, dedicating her career to supporting the health, readiness, and...
23 May 2025 Navy Corpsmen Inspire Future Medics at Elementary School Career Day PATUXENT RIVER, MD — Sailors from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River participated at the Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary School’s Career Day on May 22, 2025, inspiring young students with interactive activities and insights into the world of Navy...
23 May 2025 Navy Public Health Team Leads the Way in Blast Exposure Strategy While Operating Side-by-Side with Sailors and Marines Recognizing a hazard that needs to be monitored is nothing new to those in the public health field because that’s what they do--identify, assess and control risks to protect population health, from infectious diseases and environmental exposures to occupational threats. The goal? To make operations...
23 May 2025 USN Capt. Key leaves NHCQ to command hospital ship, Capt. Williams takes reins MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – U.S. Navy Capt. Grace Key relinquished command of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Quantico to Capt. Brookes Williams during a change of command ceremony at Harry Lee Hall, MCB Quantico, Virginia, May 22.“We find support within each other at the Navy...
23 May 2025 Cherry Point Clinic Honors Medical Coders On Thursday, May 22, Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point honored its Medical Coders for their dedication, precision, and commitment to the mission of ‘Keeping the Warfighter in the Fight,’ in celebration of National Medical Coder Day on Friday, May 23. Medical Coders transform doctors’ notes,...
22 May 2025 Two Navy Hospital Corpsmen Honored for their Swift Response at NAS Lemoore LEMOORE, Calif. — Two Navy Hospital Corpsmen were recognized on May 9 for their quick response and professional handling of a medical emergency that occurred at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Lemoore (NMRTC) earlier this month.Hospital Corpsman Third (HM3) Class Dominic T. Morgan and...
22 May 2025 Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms honors 2025 DAISY Award winners for excellence in nursing care TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms recognized two standout nurses for their extraordinary patient care and compassionate service as the 2025 DAISY Award Honorees on May 16. Lt. Affeya T. C. Jackson and Lt. jg. Aaron Joseph Gacad, both members of the hospital’s Maternal Infant...
22 May 2025 Foreign Defense Attaché Spouses Tour NMCSD, Inspired to Bring Ideas Back to Their Nations' Forces SAN DIEGO (May 16, 2025) – Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) hosted a delegation of Defense Attaché spouses for a guided tour as part of the Spring 2025 Foreign Defense Attaché Orientation Program, a semiannual initiative led by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) on behalf of the Secretary...
22 May 2025 Navy surgeon shares the importance of readiness while deployed By Cmdr. Scott TraskExpeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Djibouti is the Navy’s only standing forward-deployed Role II military trauma center on the African continent. It provides care for the personnel stationed on Camp Lemonnier and acts as an evacuation and referral hub for down range forces...
22 May 2025 NMRTC Bethesda Sailors set way for Deployment BETHESDA, Md. – May 18, 2025 15 Sailors from Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bethesda have departed in support of Continuing Promise 2025, joining the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) for a multi-country humanitarian mission throughout Central and South...