16 January 2026 Physician assistant brings flexibility and clinical depth to ERSS training CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Lt. Cmdr. Rachel Robeck, a physician assistant (PA) assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) 15, based out of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Camp Pendleton, recently participated in an ERSS training conducted by the Naval...
12 January 2026 Logistics Department Earns Commander’s Cup for Behind-the-Scenes Work Essential to Patient Care The Medical Logistics (MEDLOG) department at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) has been awarded the Commander's Cup in recognition of its critical support services role in executing the hospital's mission of optimizing health and enhancing readiness.While frontline caregivers are often in the...
08 January 2026 Making the point with peripheral IV insertion training at NHB From bedside to battlefield, Navy hospital corpsmen need to stick it to a patient when required.In adhering to the Defense Health Agency Fiscal Year 2026 mission focused directive of prioritizing such lines of effort as providing tactical medical support to combat operations, hands-on peripheral IV...
30 December 2025 Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms recognized as Leapfrog Top Hospital for patient care TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms has been recognized as a Leapfrog Top Hospital, a national designation awarded to healthcare organizations that demonstrate exceptional performance in patient safety, quality of care and transparency, hospital officials announced.The award...
29 December 2025 U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa Offers New Spinal Procedure for Pain Relief CAMP FOSTER, Japan — Providing health care to the nearly 55,000-person beneficiary population and the 188,768-person Western Pacific-eligible referral population in Okinawa presents unique challenges.One challenge for an overseas medical treatment facility (MTF) is staffing medical specialties that...
29 December 2025 ERCS teams partner with 1st Medical Bn and 1st CEB in expeditionary patient movement training CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — En Route Care System (ERCS) course students teamed up with Sailors and Marines from 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and 1st Combat Engineer Battalion (1st CEB), 1st Marine Division, during an expeditionary patient movement training conducted by the Naval...
22 December 2025 Navy Chaplain Moonlights as Santa TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Each December, a decorated tree quietly appears inside Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, its ornaments carrying only a child’s age, gender and a few simple interests. There are no names, no ranks and no fanfare — just a promise that someone in the hospital community will...
21 December 2025 U.S. Navy and Japan participate in the 18th Annual Joint Drill YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 18, 2025) – The 18th iteration of U.S.-Japan Annual Joint Drill, involving the U.S. Navy, government of Japan, and the city of Yokosuka, took place on Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 18. This year’s drill, led by Commander, Submarine Group 7, simulated a medical...
18 December 2025 U.S., Japanese Forces Conduct Joint Diver-Injury Drill to Strengthen Medical Readiness YOKOSUKA, Japan — Commander, Submarine Group Seven; U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH)Yokosuka; Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka; Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Undersea Medical Center and the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center’s (SRF-JRMC) Navy...
18 December 2025 Battle Ready Boost at NMRTC Bremerton Navy Medicine operational readiness is predicated on the foundation it is built upon. Establishing that framework has been an ongoing developmental responsibility at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton. Welcome to Battle Ready Training Tuesday, a command-wide initiative focused on...