“Hostile fire! Hostile fire!” were the words shouted as the simulated bombastic sounds of gunfire and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) roared across the open training field during Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training for Naval Hospital Jacksonville.TCCC training is held twice per month...

SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 12, 2023) – Sailors assigned to Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC), Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) San Antonio, and Navy veterans gathered at Municipal Plaza during a City Council Session to honor the Navy’s 248th...

SAN DIEGO – The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) departed San Diego, marking the beginning of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Oct. 10.The U.S. Navy will join allied and partner nation forces for the 19th iteration of Pacific Partnership, the largest annual multilateral...

YOKOSUKA, Japan—United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka conducted a Level 5, multi-day, joint-partner Mass Casualty Incident (MDI) training exercise in response to a simulated 8.0 magnitude earthquake. The exercise took place October 3-5 at United States Navy...

The Leading Petty Officer for the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Pharmacy has been selected for commissioning into the Navy’s Medical Service Corps.Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Trayvious Wilson, a Physical Therapy Technician by trade, who is assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha and...

By Bernard S. LittleWRNMMC Command CommunicationsAs Dennis Harris walked into the orthotics/prosthetics fabrication room at Walter Reed on Oct. 2, he had a look on his face that could have been interpreted as, “What is going on in here?”In the room was the medical center’s leadership team including...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – A military honor guard is a ceremonial unit consisting of specially selected, trained Sailors whose primary role is to perform ceremonial duties at public events. Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) held an Honor Guard rope ceremony on Sept. 26 at which 15 new Honor Guard...

-- It was out with the old to make way for the new for Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Radiology Department.The magnetic resonance imaging scanner– more commonly referred to as an MRI –has been removed after 13 years of use and is being replaced with an updated, enhanced MRI scanner.The removal process...

There were four Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton who were conspicuously out of uniform standard.That noticeable clothing oversight was soon officially and ceremoniously rectified at the command’s CPO Pinning ceremony, September 29, 2023.NMRTC Bremerton formally...

With the announcement that four Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton were selected for advancement to the rank of chief petty officer for Fiscal Year 2024, we asked each to reflect on their designation.Cristi A. H. Bussard had waited.All through her time – and...