A Sailor aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point credits his mother as inspiration to serve beneficiaries and the families of Marines and Sailors receiving medical care aboard the base.Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ernest Espiritu serves as the Work Center Supervisor in the Patient Centered...

ALMIRANTE, Panama - The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) arrived in Almirante, Panama, Aug. 11, marking the first of many stops throughout the course of the Continuing Promise 2023 mission.During Burlington’s time in Panama, U.S. Navy and partner nation...

Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) has been successfully executing Trident Arch operations onboard Naval Weapons Station Yorktown-Cheatham Annex and forward deployment sites over its 40-year history. Operation Trident Arch Nordic 2023 integrated military and commercial resources to...

The Havelock Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee recognized U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Madison Harper, assigned to Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, as the Service Person of the Quarter at the Hancock Lodge, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, July 25, 2023.Harper, a...

By Bernard S. LittleWRNMMC Command CommunicationsJuly is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month, observed to improve understanding of orofacial clefts and other conditions of the head and face.Cleft lip and cleft palate happen when a baby’s lip or mouth does not form properly...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (July 26, 2023) Elementary school students attending Starbase Victory MedBase summer camp, hosted by Portsmouth City School District, toured Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) July 26, as part of an effort by the district to expose children to the world of STEM.The students...

(July 14, 2023) This week Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville began performing a new type of corrective eye surgery. Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2016. The procedure involves using a femtosecond laser to create a small corneal lenticule...

A Sailor serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point felt a calling to enter the Radiology field the very first day of his Advanced Individual Training class.Hospitalman Miguel Rodriguez, A Radiologic Technologist serving aboard Navy Health Clinic Cherry Point, serves with a team providing...

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Travis Billow, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, supported a 65-day temporary assigned duty (TAD) aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (June 27, 2023) The Pediatric Child Life Program at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) received a special donation from Operation Key West (OKW) to benefit the patients of the pediatric ward and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.OKW is a program that aides in helping military...