Rare is the time when the normal staid and focused ambiance of the laboratory in Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Bangor becomes full of boisterous gaiety.Yet last year there was a sudden burst of unleashed enthusiasm when the Navy Medical Service Corps officially increased their ranks as Navy...

Okinawa, Japan-The pharmacy at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) recently added a fully automated ScriptCenter in the pharmacy lobby for beneficiaries in Okinawa. Capt. Kathleen Cooperman spoke during the ribbon-cutting to staff and patients in the waiting area about the importance of...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 2 supported Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) to conduct a mass casualty exercise May 21 to practice interoperability between the two units in the event of a large-scale disaster.The exercise demonstrated HSC-2’s capability to work...

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Guantanamo Bay held a change of command ceremony at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, May 31.Capt. Tammy E. Servies relieved Capt. Richard Zeber as commanding officer of USNMRTC Guantanamo Bay, director of U.S. Naval...

The Navy Surgeon General announced the recipients of the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Danyelle Luckey Sacred Trust Award, May 18.The Danyelle Luckey Sacred Trust Award was named in honor of Seaman Danyelle Luckey, who served aboard Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)...

Emergency Medical Services Week, observed May 19-25, recognizes the service members and civilians who care for patients in U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay’s emergency department.Recently, eight Sailors from U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Guantanamo Bay, (USNMRTC) and four...

With May designated by the Department of Defense as Mental Health Awareness Month, there is one definitive aspect which Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cade Crenshaw wants everyone to know about mental health.“Mental health isn’t a one size fits all. Just because something works for someone else doesn’t...

Cedric L. Fuller is an equipment manager and accountable property officer at Naval Health Clinic Lemoore. He is from Musella, Georgia and has worked at the clinic for four years.Fuller is responsible for the management of all medical and dental equipment that has a life cycle. His duties include...

The Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton directorate of nursing services held a skills-a-thon in the multi-service ward during the week of May 20, 2024.The event, coordinated by Lt. Stephanie Mondloch, was designed to provide healthcare providers the opportunity to brush up on their medical knowledge and...

In May, 18 military personnel from Ghana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nigeria, and the United States gathered at the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) for a five-day event aimed at combating vector-borne diseases, a significant threat on the battlefield.Known as Gator Dawn, this annual field...