Capt. Cindi Palacios assumed leadership of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Jacksonville and Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville from Capt. Craig Malloy during a Change of Command ceremony at the All Saints Chapel aboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Aug. 13.The dual-hatted...

SOUTH CAMP, Sinai, Egypt - Representatives from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT met with leaders of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) during a July visit to the Sinai Peninsula.The engagement introduced Col. Matthew Westhoff, the incoming MFO Force Surgeon following the...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Deep in the Mojave Desert, where Marines train for some of the military’s most demanding operational environments, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Raphael R. Claxton is helping prepare Navy Medicine personnel for a mission of their own: protecting the health of the force...

A Sailor serving at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point who joined the U.S. Navy became a Corpsman to give back in the best way she can.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Emmanuella Gbogbo is a radiologic technologist and the leading petty officer for the facility’s radiology...

ROTA, Spain– Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Pongmon Tunbuth, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, supports patient care as a certified surgical technologist assisting surgical teams during a variety of medical procedures.Tunbuth, a native of Bangkok, Thailand, joined the Navy...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Industrial Hygiene headquarters at Naval Support Facility Indian Head launched a multi-site command visit by Rear Adm. Robert Hawkins, commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL). The visit to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC)...

On Aug. 7, 2026, Rear. Adm. Kevin Brown, commander of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), relieved Capt. Mathew Loe as commanding officer of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Lemoore due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.Loe served as the NMRTC Lemoore commanding...

SAN DIEGO— The visit illustrated that despite operating in an environment of finite budgets and personnel, the overabundance of heart, dedication, and innovation is what prevails across Navy Medicine.These immeasurable attributes that exemplify the force were on full display when Acting Surgeon...

“One day while I was in the Fallujah Surgical Company, I looked up at the duty provider board to see the name of an ensign listed,” related Cmdr. Mike Evans, who serves as the Branch Head for Family Readiness, Educational and Developmental Intervention Services at the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine...

ROTA, Spain — U.S. Naval Hospital Rota conducted a mass casualty exercise in partnership with Naval Station Rota, the Federal Fire Department and other units across the installation on June 25, 2026. The exercise tested the hospital’s ability to respond rapidly and effectively to a large-scale...