“Please put me out of a job.” That was the straightforward request shared from Candace Cardinal, Sexual Assault Prevention Response program coordinator, during Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton Holiday Safety Standdown, Dec. 2, 2025. For the past 12 years Cardinal has been provided...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Sailors with En-Route Care System (ERCS) 52 and ERCS 53 participated in en-route care training conducted by the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) in coordination with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) August 12-19, 2025.The...

When Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cade Crenshaw, behavioral health technician was recognized as his command’s Sailor of the Year, that announcement was just the precursor to an additional - and unexpected – accolade.Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton leadership surprised Crenshaw with...

DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory – On Oct. 3, 2025, medical personnel from U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka’s Branch Health Clinic (BHC) Diego Garcia swiftly responded to an emergency call aboard a vessel operating in the Indian Ocean.The BHC Diego Garcia team, primarily staffed by...

The Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command Bremerton Mental Health Directorate hosted a pumpkin decorating contest in conjunction with Halloween to help dismantle the stigma surrounding mental health. The Mental Health event was open to all to bring their creativity to help carve away at the...

National Radiologic Technology Week wrapped up in early November Naval Hospital Bremerton with commemorating the essential contributions of military radiologic technologists while marking the 130th anniversary of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen’s X-ray discovery. This year’s theme, “The Kaleidoscope of...

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES - Lt. Megan Walsh, a psychiatry resident at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) San Diego, led the Navy Women’s Marathon team to its second consecutive victory at the Armed Forces National Marathon Championships held in Washington D.C., Oct. 23-27...

SAN DIEGO – Family and friends gathered at the San Diego International Airport greeted Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit 10 Gulf (EMU-10G) Rotation 18 upon their return on Oct. 16, 2025, following a seven-month deployment to the Middle East.Under the command of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), the...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Lt. j.g. Taylor Thompson grew up surrounded by the Navy — and by runners. A self-described Navy brat from Washington State, she was raised in a family where military service was a legacy and long-distance running was a constant. Her father served 23 years in the Navy,...

Heard the joke about the servicemember who smoked, dipped, and vaped, who asked his provider one day during a routine physical examination, “What’s the end result of having a nicotine habit?” “Coffin. Not coughing,” replied the physician. The servicemember didn’t get it. Defense Health Agency...