Sailors from Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha provided the Role 3 medical capability during the 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation from Feb. 26 through March 1, 2024, aboard Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute.Per Office of...

In an effort to recognizing the versatile and multi-talented aspect of dental assistants, Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) celebrates Dental Assistant Recognition Week, March 3-9. One dental assistant at NMCSD, Hospitalman Ariel Sherwood, from Saint Paul, Minn., and daughter of an active-duty...

The Navy physicians and surgeons assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton took a brief respite to recognize their Navy Medical Corps 153rd birthday, March 4, 2024.“We’re more than 4,200 members strong and there is no place in which we do not serve, from our clinics and hospitals to austere operational...

Calm seas do not a Sailor make.Nor when roiled by a national network outage.Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Pharmacy team has actually weathered a few storms over the past handful of years, yet still continues – then as now - to safely process prescriptions for those in need.Whether during an extensive...

Navy MedicineU.S. Navy Medicine Readiness andTraining Command OkinawaOkinawa, Japan Recently, leadership from the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO), Japan, met with leaders from the University of the Ryukyus. Captain Kathleen Cooperman, Commanding Officer of USNHO, met with Dr. Yusuke Ohya,...

Although Patrick W. Graves has never been a quitter, he staunchly advocates that others should consider doing just that.At least for a day.Graves, Naval Hospital Bremerton Tobacco Cessation Facilitator and NHB’s Health Promotion and Wellness team were at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Liberty Center to...

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...