On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha conducted a change of charge ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.Master Chief Petty Officer Mario L. Lyons was relieved by Master Chief Petty Officer Robert E. Flowers as the EMF command master chief in an indoor...

There was a heightened sense – and scent – of collaborative operational readiness training for U.S. Navy and U.S. Army personnel recently.Navy hospital corpsmen, along with Navy Medical Corps, Medical Service Corps and Nurse Corps officers assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Bangor,...

For the second week of March, Naval Hospital Bremerton, in conjunction with, continues to promote the development of healthful eating and making informed food choices.National Nutrition Month was established in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as an annual campaign throughout the month...

Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha (EMF 150 Alpha) recently got a dose of realism, testing its ability to provide forward-deployed health service support to operational units across a full range of military operations in a series of real-world scenarios.At the forefront of preparing...

When it comes to putting the bite in the fight at Naval Hospital Bremerton, there’s a dental assistant helping every Navy Dental Corps officer do just that.That specialized support is tailored to assist dentists in diagnosing, treating, and caring for patient’s oral health and is being acknowledged...

Assemblyman Tom Lackey of California’s 34th Assembly District visited Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms on March 1, 2025, to present a certificate honoring Elijah Goolsby as the first baby born at the hospital in 2025 and the second baby born in the entire High Desert region this year.Elijah, born at...

By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer -- Risk communication skills were pointedly providing recently at Naval Hospital Bremerton.NHB staff members were emphatically directed on risk communication principles and practices in a recent workshop from Navy and Marine Corps Force...

Sailors from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms gathered for a team building, morale, and marksmanship event on Feb. 26, 2025, reinforcing weapons proficiency and strengthening unit cohesion. The event provided Sailors across various rates with the opportunity to...

Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan Last year, 2024, saw the deaths and serious injuries of several service members from motorcycle accidents in Japan. This increase in accidents is not typical, and it caught the attention of Lt. Keegan Marcantel, department head for physical therapy at USNHO. He also...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka and the 374th Medical Group from Yokota Air Base successfully conducted a joint mass casualty (MASCAL) drill, reinforcing medical readiness and interoperability between the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy in Japan Feb. 20.The exercise included the...