An Occupational Therapist serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point keeps Marines and Sailors mission ready by providing care for their most mission essential assets: their hands.Jennifer Prutch, an occupational therapist and certified hand therapist at Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point,...

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Guido Valdes, the 24th Medical Officer of the Marine Corps, met with Blount Island Command leadership April 22 in Florida to assess how Navy-provided health services integrate with Marine Corps prepositioning programs and expeditionary logistics.Valdes, who assumed the role in...

Modernization efforts at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) are improving the workday for providers and enhancing patient interactions. Following the adoption of new administrative documentation workflows, providers are spending an average of 1.2 hours less per day on charting, contributing...

After more than a decade of service, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Derrick Bender has been selected for the Navy’s competitive Health Services Collegiate Program (HSCP), a commissioning pathway that marks a significant milestone in his career.The San Diego native will remain on active duty while...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Annual Research Symposium highlights the importance of military-civilian partnerships in the realms of medical and dental research. The symposium, held on April 16, 2026, is in its 16th year of showcasing academic endeavors of medical and...

Yorktown, VA - Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) held a retirement ceremony to say goodbye to Command Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Brandon Lindbeck at the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Nelson Chapel, Friday, April 17. Capt. Christopher Barnes, NMRLC’s commanding officer, was the...

As the United States prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence on July 4, 2026, the nation reflects on the semi-quincentennial of American resilience. Central to this history are the monumental military logistics achievements that have powered national defense, from the massive industrial...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (April 13, 2026) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) kicked-off its second Corpsman Residency Program (HMRP) April 13, 2026, with a class of six corpsmen ready to receive training. This marks the second class of corpsmen to go through HMRP, with the program’s first class of...

DAHLGREN, Va. – Rear Adm. Reginal Ewing, III, traveled to Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren and NSF Indian Head to visit the Naval Branch Health Clinics that fall under the leadership of Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Patuxent River. The clinics are crucial to the medical readiness and well-being of...

Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) New England gained a rare, firsthand look at the future of naval warfare during a tour of the future Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) while the ship was ported in Newport, R.I.,...