The president’s cabinet is convening this morning, but you will not find them in any boardroom or oval office. This is 1929 and the president is on the south lawn of the White House immersed in a new morning ritual that the press has dubbed “Hoover Ball.”Starched shirts and polished shoes have been...

Rear Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), visited Naval Medical Logistics Command (NMLC), Fort Detrick, Maryland, on Oct. 29, to personally thank more than 60 civilian members of the workforce as they transition to the Defense...

It was the summer of 1963.President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered two of the most important speeches in American history.The Beatles were basking in their new found fame with the release of their first album Please Please Me. They were still largely unknown in the United...

On October 18, 2021, Rear Adm. Maxine Conder, the former Director of the Nurse Corps and the second woman in the Navy to achieve flag rank died. She was 95.Admiral Conder took helm of the Navy Nurse Corps in July 1975, becoming its thirteenth leader and only the eighth person to hold the title of...

In 1946, coal was still the largest energy source for the United States and the demand for coal was high. When the bituminous coal mine workers went on strike that year it was no surprise that the effects were immediate and impactful. Across the United States there were brownouts and the reduction...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Aviation Survival Training Center (ASTC) Norfolk, a training site under the Naval Survival Training Institute (NSTI), one of six detachments of the Navy Medicine Operational Training Command (NMOTC), won the Navy Surgeon General Power award for the month of August.The Surgeon...

NEWPORT, Rhode Island - Personnel from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) New England provided COVID-19 mitigation support to the Naval War College’s (NWC) 24th Annual International Seapower Symposium, from Sept. 14 to 17.Prior to the actual event, NMRTC New England personnel...

There’s a hand-painted sign announcing ‘Heroes Work Here’ outside of Dale Medical Center in Ozark, Alabama.The personalized statement is as much a reference to the over-worked staff as it is to the U.S. Navy Medicine team who deployed there in early September, 2021.A active duty team of nurses,...

The state of North Carolina is seeing some its highest COVID-19 case numbers since the start of the pandemic. As case counts tick higher, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune has experienced longer than normal wait times for those seeking COVID testing.Since March 2020, the COVID/Acute Respiratory...

One of Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s pediatricians has been recognized as the latest recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Uniformed Services – Chapter East Outstanding Young Pediatrician of the Year Award. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Colleen Lail’s recognition marks the second...