On Aug. 7, 2026, Rear. Adm. Kevin Brown, commander of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), relieved Capt. Mathew Loe as commanding officer of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Lemoore due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.Loe served as the NMRTC Lemoore commanding...

Prominently displayed in the executive conference room at the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, is a portrait of Vice Adm. James Zimble, the Navy Surgeon General from 1987 to 1991. At first glance, you may not see anything unusual in the oil...

On the night of April 17, 1918, the American cargo steamer SS Florence H. lay at anchor in Quiberon Bay off the coast of Brittany, France. Then it caught fire. A fire on any ship is bad, but it is worse when its cargo hold is full of 3,500 tons of smokeless powder. With the appearance of the first...

FALLS CHURCH, Va.– In a landmark event to shape the future of military healthcare, Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, acting Surgeon General of the Navy and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, hosted the Inaugural Navy Medicine Educational Leadership Summit, April 8-9, 2026. The summit convened...

Navy Medicine reaffirmed its long-term strategic partnership with Cook County Health (CCH) to sustain the skills of expeditionary medicine (EXMED) teams and clinical care until 2031during a signing ceremony to extend its program at the Cook County Health Professional Building, April 28...

In the world of Navy Medicine, healing is about more than just mending the body — it’s about restoring the whole person — mind, body, and spirit. The U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps has a team of dedicated spiritual guides who integrate into medical teams, providing hope in times of crisis, counsel in...

Civilian employees across the Navy Medicine Enterprise joined in-person and virtual town halls with the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery executive director on strategic developments and new programs, engagements to strengthen the community and the future direction of the Navy Medicine...

For 47 years, the U.S. Navy’s Religious Program Specialist (RP) rating has carried on a legacy of service that stretches back to the start of the Chaplain Corps 250 years ago. Numbering about 750 Sailors, these specialists are tasked with a mission unlike any other, both combat-ready protectors and...

In the quiet, early hours of a Saturday morning in East Taunton, Massachusetts, the rhythmic sound of a chisel meeting grain fills a backyard workshop. The workspace is a blend of the ancient and the modern. Traditional hand saws and clamps share bench space with high-precision computer numerical...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Genevieve Landers, a native of Annandale, Virginia, serves as a program support specialist at the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED).Landers graduated from W.T. Woodson High School (now Carter G. Woodson High School) in 2002 and most recently obtained her Master of...