A Corpsman at Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point aspires to expand her skills and service in Navy Medicine while continuing her family’s legacy of military service.Hospitalman Gabriella Tellez serves in the clinic’s Radiology department with aspirations to commission and serve as a Navy Medical Corps...

SIGONELLA, Italy – April 30, 2025 — For the first time, neonatal specialists from some of Sicily’s most advanced neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) visited U.S. Navy Hospital (USNH) Sigonella not in response to an emergency, but as honored guests in a joint collaboration effort. This historic...

Nurses of Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point whose dedication to help others matches the skills of their healing hands with a Blessing of the Hands Ceremony on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.Nurses serving aboard the clinic gathered in the facility’s atrium with Navy Chaplain Commander Philip Park to fortify...

U.S. Navy Capt. Lydia Doye, like many military brats, has called countless places home over her lifetime, but Troy, Ohio, and Vienna, Virginia remain closest in her heart for what they mean to her and her family as she looks back on 27 years of service to her country and Navy.“Troy was a close-knit...

Defining spirituality can be difficult, according to Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) Chaplain, Capt. William Hlavin. This is because he said, everyone defines it differently. As a result, understanding and applying spiritual readiness at the command level can be inconsistent.In 2023 the Navy...

FORT MCCOY, WI – Expeditionary Medical Facility Kilo, the readiness command embedded at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, completes an operational readiness exercise on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. The five-day training exercise which began April 25, 2025, covered multiple areas of patient care in a...

While sailors and marines are exposed to the deafening hum of turbines aboard the steel belly of a warship, the roars of the fleet’s winged jet engines, or the ear-ringing aftermath of explosives while the boots-on-the-ground forces defend, one naval officer isn’t holding a weapon, he is guarding...

SIGONELLA, Sicily — Whether preparing for mass casualty scenarios or overseeing the administrative functions of a critical forward-deployed medical command, Cmdr. Joseph Fromknecht is focused on one thing: enabling warfighters to stay mission-ready and medically supported across the U.S. 6th Fleet...

MANAMA, Bahrain – April 16, 2025 Medical personnel from U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU) Bahrain played a critical role in a recent instillation-wide mass casualty (MASCAL) exercise held at the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) headquarters.The drill, which simulated...

By Megan Lemly, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos Chavez, a native of Marion, North Carolina, was recently named the 2025 Marcia J. Krasicky Navy Clinical Optician of the Year while serving at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC)...