21 November 2023 NMRTC San Diego Nurse participates in Marine Corps Marathon Navy Medical Readiness and Training Center San Diego’s Lt. Jg. Kristen Donohue, keeps pace of managing active duty life while making sure to enjoy the life experiences along the way.Donohue, a nurse in NMRTC San Diego’s Emergency Department, joined thousands from across the country for the 48th...
21 November 2023 I Am Navy Medicine – and Nurse Practitioner – Lt. Cmdr. Samantha Jennings at NHB Although National Nurse Practitioner Week was just held November 12-18, 2023, the theme “recognizing heroes in health care” still resonates at Naval Hospital Bremerton.For one Navy Nurse Corps officer assigned to NHB, being a nurse practitioner has led to a winding career path as an unsung hero in...
21 November 2023 Naval Health Clinic Lemoore directly provides vaccines to the warfighter Naval Health Clinic Lemoore (NHCL) and the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 medical team provided typhoid and seasonal influenza shots in a mass vaccination effort called a shot exercise or SHOTEX held on Nov. 8 and 9, 2023 along the flightline at Naval Air Station Lemoore’s (NAS) Hangar 3.“The tremendous...
18 November 2023 USNS Mercy’s visit to Solomon Islands marks 2nd stop of Pacific Partnership 24-1 Pacific Partnership has returned to the Solomon Islands to continue the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific region, Nov. 18.The arrival of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) to...
17 November 2023 Butting out with Cold Turkey Trot for the Great American Smoke Out It was a designated date to ruffle the feathers of smokers to butt out.Even just for the day.It was 46 years ago that the American Cancer Association inaugurated the nationwide Great American Smoke Out to encourage Americans to quit smoking. The event is held on the third Thursday of November every...
17 November 2023 NMCSD celebrates Perioperative Nurses Week Naval Medical Center San Diego celebrates Perioperative Nurses Week by acknowledging the amazing work our outstanding nurses continually provide to our patients.Perioperative nurses play an integral role in the operating room making sure logistics are cared for and provide much needed assistance to...
17 November 2023 Naval Hospital Bremerton staff hone skills in mass casualty training drill Following a challenging exercise to test Naval Hospital Bremerton staff response to an active shooter, they were again immersed in a training environment to handle the consequences wrought by the armed intruder.A mass casualty drill dubbed Operation Gray Dawn held Nov. 14, 2023, helped to identify...
17 November 2023 Pacific Partnership-24 sees Sailors helping Ebeye residents “This is incredible,” said U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mary Beth Linnell, an optometrist from the USNS Mercy docked in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. “This is the whole reason that I decided to stay in the Navy after my initial three-year obligation. This is what I always hoped to do.”Linnell and her...
16 November 2023 United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (USNMRTU) Diego Garcia opens new dental clinic with a ribbon cutting ceremony DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory—On November 15 United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTU) Yokosuka and the island of Diego Garcia celebrated a significant achievement with the completion and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training...
16 November 2023 Pacific Partnership 2024-1; U.S. and Marshallese Medical Team Eradicate Tuberculosis in Outer Islands MARSHALL ISLANDS — U.S. Navy and Marshallese medical personnel delivered collaborative efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in Aur Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), during Pacific Partnership 2024-1 Nov. 7-11, 2023.The U.S. and Marshallese providers united in support of the Marshall...