SIGONELLA, Sicily – The U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella is reinforcing warfighter readiness and supporting expeditionary operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa through a robust and far-reaching Basic Life Support (BLS) and Cardiopulmonary...

Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville’s award-winning Family Medicine Residency Program, now in its 55th year of continuous accreditation, graduated 24 physicians (12 residents and 12 interns) at a ceremony June 30 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville’s River Cove Community Center.The graduation also served...

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is celebrating a successful year of advanced medical training through several Graduate Medical Education programs. On June 27, 2025, the GME Directorate graduated 11 residents and 10 interns from the Family Medicine Residency Program, two sports...

In the second year of the Defense Health Agency’s Annual Nursing Awards, Cmdr. Crystal Saraceni was honored with the 2025 award for Healthy Work Environment, a recognition reserved for those who define excellence in military nursing.The award included civilians and nurses from the Army, Navy, and...

JACKSONVILLE, NC – A psychiatry resident in the Combined Military-Civilian Psychiatry Residency Program (CMCPRP) at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is making the move from civilian to military personnel, commissioning as a Naval officer on June 6, 2025.Dr. Andrea Karsten is the first civilian in...

COLÓN, Panama - The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Colón, Panama as part of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25), June 25, 2025.“The bond between our nations is built on mutual respect and shared values,” said Capt. Ryan Kendall, commodore, Destroyer Squadron 40 and CP25...

Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command, Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, VA, welcomed an NMRLC spouse who successfully complete the Navy mandated 11 module Ombudsman Basic Training course on June 12.Mrs. Rachel Wilkinson, wife of Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Wilkinson of NMRLC’s Expeditionary Medical Logistics...

Christopher Grace, of New Port Richey, Florida, was recently named Navy Medicine’s Civilian Acquisition Professional of the Year while serving at Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC), Williamsburg, Virginia.Grace is a 2002 graduate of Ridgewood High School.The skills and values needed...

Lt. Cmdr. Jason Kouche, a native of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was recently named Navy Medicine’s Senior Shore-Based Medical Logistician of the Year while serving at Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) Williamsburg, Virginia.Kouche is a 1999 graduate of Myrtle Beach High School...

Matt Gerten, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was recently named Navy Medicine’s Civilian Medical Logistician of the Year while serving at Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC), Williamsburg, Virginia.Gerten, who graduated from high school in 1992, served in the Navy for 26 years and has served...