03 May 2024 Navy beats Army in annual Best Warrior Competition JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Michael O’Connell took first place in the noncommissioned officer category at this year’s U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, April 2024.O’Connell, a special...
02 May 2024 U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa and Educational & Developmental Intervention Services (EDIS) Know: It Takes a Village Okinawa, Japan Friday, 26 April, EDIS held a developmental screening event on Camp Kinser. Educational and Developmental Intervention Services is a department of the U.S. Naval Hospital that provides services to children with special needs, independently or in conjunction with Department of Defense...
30 April 2024 Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit completes seven-month deployment supporting Middle East operations Expeditionary Medical Unit 10 Gulf (EMU 10G) recently concluded a vital seven-month deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) in the Middle East.The 31 personnel from EMU 10G returned from their deployment in Iraq April 26, 2024. This deployment marked the first time in nearly a...
30 April 2024 Crewsin’ in 2024 Challenge a success at NMRTC Bremerton It was a friendly competition designed to individually motivate and collectively encourage. It was an event which once concluded involved almost 20 percent of the command who crunched their way through the Crews Into Shape Challenge at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton.Whether...
26 April 2024 Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Brigade Visits NMCSD Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Brigade leadership visited Naval Medical Center San Diego to connect with NMCSD leadership and tour the campus, April 24, 2024,During the visit, the USUHS Brigade, including Col. Albert Kinkead, USUHS brigade commander, Lt. Col. Angela Yarnell, USUHS...
25 April 2024 NMCSD Sailor Commissions as Ensign A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego commissions as an officer through the Medical Service Corps Inservice Procurement Program (MSC IPP) at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Apr. 24, 2024.Ens. James Owens, a native of San Diego, took the oath of office...
25 April 2024 Making Every Drop Count at Naval Hospital Bremerton Twenty-three vitally needed units were collected in a blood drive held at Naval Hospital Bremerton, in coordination with Madigan Army Medical Center and the Armed Services Blood Program.“My main concern is getting as much participation from my command as possible,” explained Hospital Corpsman 3rd...
25 April 2024 I am Navy Medicine – HM1 (FMF) Oscar J. Torres Ruiz – stationed at NMRTC Bremerton “I am Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (Fleet Marine Force qualified) Oscar J. Torres Ruiz, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton.”Torres Ruiz, from Ponce, Puerto Rico, graduated from Academia Santa Maria in 2007. He enlisted in 2014, and always liked medicine. So, when...
25 April 2024 SAPR Month and Denim Day: NHC Lemoore and its branch health clinics join to bring awareness to sexual assault and harassment Lemoore -- The month of April is Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) month, and teal is the color for sexual assault awareness. It is also to show support for survivors of sexual violence and to bring awareness about sexual assault and educating people about how to prevent sexual violence...
24 April 2024 Navy Medicine Announces FY23 Sailor of the Year Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Peter Munoz from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, California was announced as Navy Medicine's 2023 Sailor of the Year (SOY), on April 24, 2024.Munoz, originally from El Paso, Texas, received the recognition at a ceremony hosted by U.S. Navy...