YOKOSUKA, Japan — Hospitalman Apprentice Skylar L. Foote, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during an awards ceremony Nov. 19, 2025, for her decisive actions that helped save a passenger’s life aboard a commercial flight.Foote, a native of...

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND – Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) leadership convened for their 2025 Off-Site Strategic Planning Meeting 21-22 Oct., tackling critical issues of staffing, patient care, and securing resources for future growth.Capt. Elizabeth Adriano, NMCSD director, set the...

PUERTO PRINCESSA, Philippines – In battle, Marines know that if a serious wound doesn’t kill you, bleeding out could. As rounds crack overhead and the chaos of conflict ensues, the battle to get life-saving blood transfusions at the front lines is a difficult task. This challenge is magnified by the...

JOGASHIMA PARK, Japan — U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka joined more than a dozen U.S. and Japanese military, governmental, and civilian organizations Nov. 9 during Big Rescue Kanagawa 2025, one of Japan’s largest annual disaster-response exercises.Hosted by the...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan — Acting Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs Dr. Stephen Ferrara made a brief visit to U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa on Dec. 3, emphasizing his commitment to supporting military medical facilities even during the holiday season. Ferrara told a standing-room-only...

It’s not hard to connect the dots.Once considered eradicated, measles is now escalating.Naval Hospital Bremerton public health and preventive medicine providers have been paying close attention to locally confirmed measle cases in the Puget Sound area, as well as outbreaks across the country.While...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 29, 2025) - Cmdr. Angelita Kisena and Cmdr. Cheryl Castro enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1998 as hospital corpsmen and were stationed at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, North Carolina, where they quickly became teammates and friends. Throughout the years of working there, they...

The annual tradition of keeping a symbolic light on for those deployed over the holidays continued at Naval Hospital Bremerton, December 2, 2025.From the Far East to the Horn of Africa to jungles of Southeast Asia, NHB’s tree lighting ceremony provided the opportunity for staff to remember those...

On Nov. 14, 2025, U.S. Naval (USNH) Hospital Guam hosted Republic of Korea (ROK) Military Nursing Academy cadets who met with their U.S. Navy counterparts. The 93 cadets were participants in the Joint Cruise Training Task Group, which includes the island of Guam as one of their training stops.The...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka launched its 2025 influenza vaccination season in October with mass vaccination events at Ikego and additional clinics across the main base of Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka. These annual events are a cornerstone of the hospital’s preventive...