28 December 2023 Naval Flight Surgeons to participate in Flyover of 90th Orange Bowl MIAMI, Florida (Dec. 28, 2023) – When you think of Navy flyovers rarely do you think of Navy flight surgeons flying in the backseat, but it is more common than you think. To demonstrate that commonality, two Navy flight surgeons will fly in two of the four T-45 Goshawk aircraft scheduled to fly over...
27 December 2023 Expeditionary Medical Systems: Increasing Warfighter Survivability in Littoral Combat As our revisionist adversaries continue to challenge the rules-based international order secured after WWII, the Marine Corps is shifting its strategic focus away from the counterinsurgency operations of the Middle East to the emerging maritime challenges of the Indo-Pacific.Four years into Force...
22 December 2023 NHC Lemoore effectively utilizes POD for mass vaccination effort at FRC West LEMOORE, Calif. (Dec. 22, 2023) Teams from Naval Health Clinic Lemoore (NHCL) conducted medical countermeasures with a point of dispensary (POD) evolution in unison with this season’s influenza vaccine given to Sailors attached to the Flight Readiness Center (FRC) West aboard Naval Air Station (NAS)...
21 December 2023 USNMRTC Yokosuka and JSDF held novel surgical team exercise YOKOSUKA, Japan—In a collaborative effort to strengthen readiness and foster partnership, United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) surgical teams engaged in a pivotal and historic joint exercise. This unprecedented training...
21 December 2023 NMTSC Sailor Wins Behavioral Health Technician of the Year SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 18, 2023) – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Richard Kidwell, a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) “C” school instructor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), received the Navy Clinical Psychology Behavioral Health Technician of the Year award in Smith Hall at Joint...
21 December 2023 USNS Mercy arrives in the Republic of Palau for Pacific Partnership 24-1 The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived Dec. 21 in the Republic of Palau to begin the fourth mission stop of Pacific Partnership 24-1, the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific region. This marks the sixth...
21 December 2023 Pacific Partnership 24-1 Concludes Third Mission Stop in Pohnpei Pacific Partnership 24-1 (PP24-1) concludes 10 days of medical, humanitarian and disaster response and host nation outreach efforts in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, closing out its third mission stop Dec. 21.This mission stop hosted a fly-in only team of 76 Pacific Partnership 24-1 (PP...
20 December 2023 Food For Thought this Holiday Season from Naval Hospital Bremerton Here’s food for thought this holiday season.Naval Hospital Bremerton nutritional experts advocate to not forgo nutritional eating habits or wait until the new year to resume or apply a healthy dining regimen.From the long Thanksgiving weekend to New Years Day, many are presented with an excess of...
20 December 2023 Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Receives First Navy AIUM Accreditation PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Dec. 20, 2023) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) Clinic celebrated accreditation by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) with a ribbon cutting ceremony, Dec. 8.NMCP is the first Navy military treatment facility (MTS) to earn this...
19 December 2023 Making Feats for the Feet with Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Podiatrist When it comes to healing heels, such feats for the feet are the specialty of Naval Hospital Bremerton’s foot doctor.Lt. Edee Renier, staff podiatrist assigned to NHB’s Orthopedic department, is helping Navy and Marine Corps personnel keep operational ready and able to stand on their own two...