24 October 2023 Naval Health Clinic Lemoore participates in The Great ShakeOut More than 400 active duty and civilian staff from Naval Health Clinic Lemoore (NHCL) joined millions of others around the world on Oct. 19 when they participated in the annual earthquake drill – the Great ShakeOut.“NHCL practiced earthquake safety and other aspects of emergency planning to support...
20 October 2023 Increasing Awareness not Illness with Infection Prevention Week at NHB The essential principles of Infection Prevention Week rest in everyone’s hands.Such handiwork was emphasized during October 15-21, 2023, at Naval Hospital Bremerton.“The goal of International Infection Prevention Week is to raise awareness for best practices to assist in reducing the risks to our...
20 October 2023 Pacific Partnership 2023 Concludes Fourth Stop in Papua New Guinea WEWAK, Papua New Guinea – Pacific Partnership 2023 has concluded its mission stop in Papua New Guinea from a closing ceremony hosted at the Japanese Memorial Park on Wewak Hill, Oct. 20.The largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the...
19 October 2023 Shaken but not stirred at Naval Hospital Bremerton The 2023 Great Washington Shakeout drill at precisely 10:19 a.m. on 10/19 shook an active shaken but not stirred response from Naval Hospital Bremerton staff to drop, cover and hold.Such a recommendation during any sizable seismic trembler has shuddering significance at NHB.The Nisqually,...
19 October 2023 Acting Surgeon General Via visits USNMRTC Yokosuka to promote lines of effort for the Indo-Pacific YOKOSUKA, Japan—The Acting United States Navy Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Darin K. Via, visited United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka’s Naval Hospital Yokosuka and Branch Health Clinic Iwakuni to engage with the dedicated medical professionals serving in the...
13 October 2023 Naval Hospital Bremerton Ensures Seasonal Flu is Nothing to Sneeze at It’s time to roll up your sleeves for the annual flu shot from Naval Hospital Bremerton.The influenza vaccination shot exercise (SHOTEX) will be held October 15-21, 2023, at NHB’s Health and Education Center, 2850 Thresher Ave, Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, weekday hours from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and...
11 October 2023 Navy Hospital Ship Departs for Pacific Partnership 2024-1 SAN DIEGO – The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) departed San Diego, marking the beginning of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Oct. 10.The U.S. Navy will join allied and partner nation forces for the 19th iteration of Pacific Partnership, the largest annual multilateral...
10 October 2023 USNMRTC Yokosuka conducted largest joint-partner medical exercise in Japan YOKOSUKA, Japan—United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka conducted a Level 5, multi-day, joint-partner Mass Casualty Incident (MDI) training exercise in response to a simulated 8.0 magnitude earthquake. The exercise took place October 3-5 at United States Navy...
06 October 2023 Corpsman's perseverance leads to selection for commissioning into Navy Medical Service Corps The Leading Petty Officer for the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Pharmacy has been selected for commissioning into the Navy’s Medical Service Corps.Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Trayvious Wilson, a Physical Therapy Technician by trade, who is assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha and...
29 September 2023 Out with the old to make way for new MRI at Naval Hospital Bremerton -- It was out with the old to make way for the new for Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Radiology Department.The magnetic resonance imaging scanner– more commonly referred to as an MRI –has been removed after 13 years of use and is being replaced with an updated, enhanced MRI scanner.The removal process...