SAN DIEGO, CA –Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) announced the winners of the Captain Cheryl R. Ringer Memorial Award today, an annual recognition of excellence in process improvement.The award, established in 2018, honors individuals who exemplify leadership, professionalism, and dedication to...

SAN DIEGO, Ca – Ms. Lisa M. Truesdale, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (military manpower and personnel) and assistant secretary of the Navy (manpower and reserve affairs) visited Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit FIVE (NEPMU-5) on Wednesday, February 14.During her visit,...

SAN DIEGO – Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Military Manpower and Personnel Ms. Lisa Truesdale visited Naval Medical Center San Diego, Feb. 14, to meet with staff who manage and support the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) process at the medical center.Truesdale is...

As if the annual cold and flu season isn’t taking the breath away of many across the U.S., there’s another highly contagious respiratory virus out there dotting the landscape.Once considered eradicated, measles is now escalating.Like the public health experts at the national, state, and local...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Andres Santamaria, assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), was recognized with the Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) of the Year Award, Feb. 2.IDCs are hospital corpsmen who have undergone...

Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) played host to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro yesterday onboard the ship in San Diego.Del Toro toured the ship and spoke with senior members of the crew including Capt. Peter Nolan, Mercy’s civilian master, and Capt. Jeffery...

LEMOORE, Calif. (Feb. 15, 2024) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class ReiCharles Quioco from Cavite, Philippines provides care in the public health directorate at Naval Health Clinic Lemoore. He graduated high school in 2009 and joined the Navy in 2013.Quioco is the leading petty officer and takes care of all...

The namesake of Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Everett’s clinic has a gravitational pull readily visible to every staff, patient and visitor who enters onto the quarterdeck of the military treatment facility.Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro was drawn to the hallowed remembrance of...

Pacific Partnership 24-1 personnel assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returned home today as the ship pulled in to Naval Air Station North Island, concluding the four-month humanitarian and disaster relief mission.More than 800 service members and civilian mariners returned to San...

LEMOORE, Calif. (Feb. 8, 2024) Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore trained for real-world events during the Commander Naval Installation Command (CNIC) Citadel Shield/Solid Curtain (CS/SC) 2024 exercise held on Feb. 7, aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore.CS/SC is a yearly force protection exercise...