26 February 2026 U.S. Naval Hospital Guam enhances trauma readiness with first Advanced Trauma Life Support course AGANA HEIGHTS, Guam - U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam strengthened its trauma care capabilities by becoming an American College of Surgeons approved Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course site, Jan. 23, 2026. This milestone that enhances medical readiness in the geographically isolated...
25 February 2026 Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay Welcomes First Baby of the Year GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – While many first babies of the year arrive within minutes or hours of midnight on Jan. 1, milestones unfold on their own timeline in a small, remote community like Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay welcomed its first baby of 2026 on Feb. 18, at...
25 February 2026 Hollywood Sailor Supports U.S. Navy Medicine in Guantanamo Bay Courtesy story by Alvin Plexico, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. - Every sailor’s story of naval service is unique. For Petty Officer 2nd Class Connor Cameron, this story began in Hollywood, Florida, where skills and values learned there would be foundational to success in the...
20 February 2026 PCU John F. Kennedy’s Medical Team Conducts First At-Sea Surgery By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyrell K. MorrisNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Feb. 1, 2026) – Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) conducted its first at-sea surgery as she sailed through the Atlantic Ocean for the first time during Builder’s Trials. The emergency appendectomy was...
20 February 2026 Niskayuna Native Serving with Navy Medicine in Cuba Earns Personal Award Courtesy story by Ensign Han Fiori-Puyu, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. — Lt. Jyl Bean, a native of Niskayuna, New York, was recently selected for Junior Environmental Health Officer of the Year while serving at U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC)...
16 February 2026 Faces of Readiness: LT Mackenna Smith Supporting the Warfighter in Rota ROTA, Spain (Jan. 3, 2026) — Lt. Mackenna Smith, a native of Los Angeles, isassigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, where she serves as a registered nurse in the Multi-Service Ward Department, providing inpatient medical care to a wide spectrum of patient populations...
11 February 2026 NMRTC Camp Lejeune officer honored as Navy Medicine Senior Financial Management Officer of the Year Paperwork and spreadsheets essential to mission accomplishment fill United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Edward Abgevey-Tamakloe’s physical folders and digital files. Perhaps not the immediate imagery when one thinks of readiness, but Agbevey’s duties are.Agbevey currently serves as the director...
11 February 2026 I Keep the Warfighter in the Fight: Hospitalman Emily Williams A Sailor serving aboard Naval Health Cherry Point feels that the Navy has called her to serve and become a part of something greater than herself.Hospitalman Emily Williams, a native of Jacksonville, North Carolina, serves aboard the clinic as a Hospital Corpsman in the facility’s Radiology...
10 February 2026 Fort Walton Beach Native Named Navy Junior Optometrist of the Year While Serving with Navy Medicine in Cuba Courtesy story by Lt. j.g. Taylor Worley, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. — Lt. Trey Ketchum, a native of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was recently named the Stanley H. Freed Navy Junior Optometrist of the Year for 2025 while serving with U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training...
10 February 2026 NMRTC Bethesda Tests Sailors’ Expeditionary Medical Readiness During TCCC Training NMRTC Bethesda Tests Sailors’ Expeditionary Medical Readiness During TCCC Training U.S. Navy story by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alec Kramer BETHESDA, Md. (Feb. 2, 2026) — Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) is the Department of Defense standard for battlefield trauma care and a...