While operating as a busy outpatient facility focused on primary care and fleet readiness, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River is building its own high-intensity training pipeline. Through its "Warrior Wednesday" initiative, the command runs hands-on, fast-paced...

Navy Medicine has two new surgical technologists in the ranks. Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), Detachment Camp Lejeune held a ceremony on July 23, 2026, honoring its latest students from the Surgical Technology Program (Phase II).NMTSC Detachment Camp Lejeune provides support to...

NORFOLK (July 25, 2026) — In a significant milestone for naval medical capabilities, Navy Medicine conducted its first Operational Readiness Evaluation, marking two historic milestones, the first ORE of an Expeditionary Medical Unit and the first afloat ORE for any Navy expeditionary medical team...

A corpsman serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is part of a team integral to the medical readiness of multiple organizations and units headquartered at the base.Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Zalette Mendez serves as an aerospace medical technician in the Readiness Department at Navy...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - At Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP), in a Naval Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) dental treatment room sized for a single patient, a vacant space on the wall lies exposed wires and an empty plastic mold that seems as if it were meant to hold an object. This space marks the spot where...

ROTA, Spain –Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ramon A. Diaz, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, delivers specialized orthopedic care that helps Sailors and Marines recover from injuries and return to duty.A native of East Brunswick, New Jersey, Diaz serves as an orthopedic...

ROTA, Spain — Navy Lt. Kathleen Carter was working as a labor and delivery nurse in the multiservice ward at U.S. Naval Hospital Rota (USNH Rota) when an ordinary shift became a life-changing emergency.Expectant mother Brianna Abney arrived at the hospital in active labor, accompanied by her...

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – A United States Navy nurse at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is being honored for her research and process improvement efforts in pediatric trauma care.Cdr. Emily Latimer, an emergency clinical nurse specialist, was recently awarded the Defense Health Agency Nursing Award for...

Rear Adm. Matthew Case, acting Navy Surgeon General and acting chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visited Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) to highlight the command’s vital role in delivering, equipping and sustaining ready naval medical forces, July 14.The visit...

ROTA, Spain – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Nicolas Pantoja, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, plays a key role in supporting Sailors and families throughout the European and African areas of responsibility.A native of Orange County, California, Pantoja serves as the...