A midweek morning suddenly exploded into a training drill at Naval Hospital Bremerton.As part of a full scale exercise to test the military treatment facility response to a mass casualty scenario, a mock blast went off near the radiology and laboratory area, resulting in a number of faux wounded,...

“You guys are the Marines’ doctors; there’s no better in the business than Navy corpsmen,” U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lewis B. ‘Chesty’ Puller told his corpsmen during the Korean War.This enduring trust highlights the critical role Navy corpsmen play on the battlefield, a role that continually...

When command approval was timely needed for a Sailor, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Eric Morgan went and got it.Even it took traveling a long distance to get the signature.Such a scenario – and others similar - help exemplify Morgan’s commitment to his Sailors. That dedication did not go unnoticed,...

SAN DIEGO, CA - On Thursday, May 16, Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) welcomed 100 students to its Operational Readiness, Warfighter Performance laboratories where NHRC staff organized five different interactive stations, moving each group of students through the exhibits in a round-robin...

When Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Gunnar Haskill was asked to sum up his Navy Medicine career in one word, he replied, “Fulfilling.”Haskill is a behavioral health technician assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton. He assists psychologists and psychiatrists by performing...

The doctor is in, the old saying goes.As is the patient.Naval Hospital Bremerton is advocating both.Instead of having patients reliant just on their doc, the Defense Health Agency military treatment facility recommends those seeking care to become an active partner in the healthcare relationship.The...

For Lt. j.g. Hannah Phillips, managing the recognition for National Nurses Week and the Navy Nurse Corps birthday, along with her normal duties, simply exemplified her Nurse Corps calling.Phillips guided the orchestration of National Nurses Week, May 6-10, 2024, at Naval Hospital Bremerton, which...

Navy Nurse Corps feted at NHB/NMRTC BremertonBy Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer - National Nurses Week at Naval Hospital/Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton not only culminated with celebrating the Navy Nurse Corps 116th birthday from their initial date May...

When U.S. Navy Ensign David Tegtmeyer openly expressed that his promotion would happen sooner than later with his department head at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton, the initial assessment was his promotion, certainly highly deserving, would take place in another month or so.There...

Just midway through the work week, there’s been time set aside to break bread, heal hands and even share ice cream sundaes for nurses at Naval Hospital Bremerton.As well as continue to provide caring, compassion and competence to patients in need.For the approximately 95 nurses assigned – including...