NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga – Cmdr. Christina Carter, a public health nurse currently serving as Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, recently returned from a temporary assignment to the Kingdom of Tonga in...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms held a change of command and retirement ceremony on July 18, 2025, marking a transition in leadership and honoring decades of dedicated service in the Navy.During the ceremony, Capt. Janiese Cleckley...

The crisp lines of her Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Dress Blue uniform mirrored the determination in Staff Sgt. Geraldine Corbita’s eyes as she held her certificate of completion. It was a small gesture, but one laden with history.On July 11, Corbita became the first Philippine Navy Marine corpsman...

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga -- During their stop in the Kingdom of Tonga, the Pacific Partnership 2025 (PP-25) medical team, consisting of U.S. Navy, Army, Public Health Service and Tongan Ministry of Health personnel, conducted over 30 community health engagements in the fields of One Health, cardiology,...

Whether handling to a faux patient reporting body aches, sore throat and chills or being informed on the sugar tong method to stabilize a fracture, Naval Hospital Bremerton staff members honed their medical response abilities during the recently held July Skills Fair.Navy Nurse Corps officers and...

Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Urgent Care Clinic daily hours of operation are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., seven days a week, open on weekends and all holidays except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.For those patients in need of urgent care outside of the 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. window, they can contact our...

For Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton and other local commands who ever wondered about progressing into a Hospital Corps field of expertise, they were recently afforded that opportunity.They learned firsthand on a number of specialty jobs at a NEC [Navy...

The Pacific Northwest wildfire season began as it usually does, by threatening lives, property, flora and fauna.With wildfires raging in the area – close to the home of some – the need to be prepared in safeguarding life and limb is paramount.According to Terry Lerma, Naval Hospital Bremerton...

There’s one primary difference between a Defense Health Agency military treatment facility such as Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) and any civilian equivalent in healthcare delivery.“We go to war,” said Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, to a packed...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Jessica Hernandez, the Physical Evaluation Board Liaison (PEBLO) at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, was recognized for her exceptional contributions to medical readiness and disability case management across the command. In May, she...