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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Expeditionary Medical Facility Kilo participated in training in tandem with 2nd Medical Battalion at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on Dec. 7, 2023. The Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties course prepares medical forces for scenarios they could encounter...

SINGAPORE - Scientists from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) INDO PACIFIC, in partnership with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, published findings this month from a September 2023 COVID-19 study of active-duty U.S. sailors in Japan.The goal of...