One team’s attention to detail and meticulous execution of their duties plays a critical role in supporting the healthcare of Marines, Sailors and families of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point while ensuring service members are ready to train and deploy.Staff of the Naval Health Clinic Cherry...

BRIDGEPORT, Calif. — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Detachment (NMRTD) Bridgeport hosted a joint Advanced Life Support (ALS) training session with the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center’s Mountain Medicine unit on June 10, 2025, to strengthen combat medical readiness in support of...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. (Aug. 1, 2025) – Medical Service Corps (MSC) Officers from across Southern California gathered at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar’s Officers’ Club for the 2025 Southern California MSC Symposium, hosted by the Southern California Medical Service Corps...

America’s oldest military award, distinctive in its rarity, has been acknowledged since its inception in 1782.Purple Heart Recognition Day on August 7 has long held significant meaning for staff members at Navy Hospital Bremerton and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton,...

OKINAWA, Japan, Camp Foster - Capt. Kathleen (KK) Cooperman handed over the duties and responsibilities of U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) and Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Okinawa to Capt. - Richard (Rich) Gilliard, 1 August 2025, at the Butler O'Club. The presiding...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Six corpsmen completed the Navy’s Audiology Technician Course held at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms from July 21 to 25, earning certification to conduct hearing screenings that are critical to medical readiness across the fleet and...

It was 78 years ago on August 4, 1947, that a critical lesson learned during the Second World War was formally applied.There was not just a need for military officers well versed in science, but particularly when that singular skill was related to the field of medicine. Such awareness actually can...

Imperial Beach, Calif. — For over a century, from the bloodied beaches of Iwo Jima to the desert valleys of Afghanistan, “green side” Navy hospital corpsmen have stood alongside Marines. Today, that legacy lives on with the sailors that comprise the medical team of Task Force Sapper, supporting...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Rear Adm. Matthew Case, Chief of the Navy Medical Service Corps (MSC) and Acting Assistant Director for Healthcare Administration for the Defense Health Agency, visited Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms on July 30 to commemorate the...

Whether a personal financial problem, permanent change of station issue or even a family pet concern, the Navy has an accessible service center to resolve such predicaments.So explained Rear Adm. Stuart Satterwhite, MyNavy Career Center commander explained on available MNCC support to Navy...