It was a slice of support for this year’s Patient Safety Awareness Week.With the theme “Be a Patient Safety Hero: Anytime, Anywhere – Always,” Naval Hospital Bremerton reached out to staff to describe their commitment to patient safety by providing replies to the following questions:What does...

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina – Twice a week, some inpatient spaces in Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune become a teaching platform for high school academics. Abigail Brown and Madison Pankey observe health care delivery in the intensive care unit on March 5, 2024. Just one floor above, their...

Selected as Naval Medical Center San Diego’s Junior Officer of the Quarter, fourth quarter, FY2023, Lt. Victoria Medved, NMCSD Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy assistant department head, exemplifies the significance of the award, 12 Mar.Medved, a Lowell, Mass., native is the daughter of a...

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras – A Honduran man injured in an accident regained motion in his left index finger after two surgeons with Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU) 10 G-Rotation 16 provided trauma care during a Global Health Engagement (GHE) at Hospital Nacional Mario Catarino Rivas.On Feb. 27, 2024,...

NMRLC Reservists participated in equipment training for their drill duty from March 4-8, 2024. Located in Williamsburg, VA, NMRLC supports readiness by providing deployable medical systems, high-quality eyewear and ophthalmic devices, and fleet logistical solutions.NMRLC manages the warehouse and...

It is no understatement to say that Bethesda has long been a national center for medical research and innovation. Since 1942, medical personnel at the National Naval Medical Center—and later the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center—have consistently pushed the boundaries of medical science,...

A civilian employee serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point retired in February 2024 after more than four decades of service to Marines and Sailors assigned to the installation and beneficiaries living in the surrounding communities.Mr. Steve Roy concluded 42 years of service as the...

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Mashiana Sutton has been named Navy Medicine’s Senior Financial Management Officer of the Year for 2023. Sutton currently serves at the director for resource management at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune at Naval...

NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy – Rear Adm. Guido F. Valdes, commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), visited U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT and U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella on February 26 and 27.Valdes toured NAMRU SOUTH...

FRANKFURT, Germany – Lt. Cmdr. Robert Hontz, a microbiologist and health research scientist with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT’s Ghana detachment, participated as a judge at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Europe Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)...