Yorktown, Va. (December 14, 2023) Fourteen graduates of the Tri-Service Optician School’s Class 23010 set their sights on joining the fleet and respective field activities near and far as trained optical laboratory specialists. Their rigorous 24-week training at the school, co-located at the Naval...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 15, 2023) – U.S. Navy Capt. Walter D. Brafford was promoted to the rank of rear admiral (lower half) by Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, U.S. Navy deputy surgeon general and deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) during a promotion ceremony held...

The San Diego Padres players, alum, and Swinging Friar mascot visited Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) to boost the holiday season morale of patients and staff members, 12 Dec. The visit was conducted in conjunction with the Fisher House San Diego’s open house.“We have a strong contact with...

Lt. Cmdr. Dan Xu, a biochemist with the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit SEVEN (NEPMU-7), Rota, Spain, participated in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Service Chiefs’ Fellowship Program from July to September 2023.During her fellowship, Xu gained insight into the...

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The U.S. Navy Surgeon General has released Navy Medicine’s first-ever campaign plan.The five-year plan directs actions across the enterprise to ensure Navy Medicine has trained, equipped, certified, maintained, and sustained medical forces and units capable of supporting the...

SAN DIEGO – Research scientists from Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) Operational Readiness directorate joined forces with San Diego Unified School District’s Health Career and College Symposium on Thursday Dec 7th.More than 300 students selected from the school district’s Pathways Program,...

On December 10, 2023, Vice Adm. Michael L. Cowan, the 34th Surgeon General of the Navy died. He was 78.Vice Adm. Cowan served in a wide-variety of clinical, operational, staff and leadership positions over the course of his 33-year career. His career culminated in 2001 with his selection as the 34th...

Each month, Sailors at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Charleston attend Fleet Readiness and Operational Sustainment Training (FROST), which provides a basic understanding and skill set related to operational and expeditionary medical platforms...

Pacific Partnership 24-1 has kicked off its third mission stop in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 12.This mission stop will host a fly-in only team of 76 Pacific Partnership 24-1 (PP 24-1) personnel. Due to the size of USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), the ship was unable to anchor off the coast...

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the designation of the medical center as a Level II Trauma Center, Dec. 8...