30 September 2025 USNMRTC Yokosuka Conducts Mass Casualty Drill, Validates Patient Transport and Air Evacuation Readiness YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 23, 2025) – U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka conducted a large-scale mass casualty drill Sept. 23, testing its ability to triage, treat, and transport multiple simulated patients during a crisis.The exercise included 10 casualty injects,...
29 September 2025 2/23 Corpsman Saves Off Duty Camp Rodriguez Firefighter CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan – A U.S. Navy corpsman received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his heroic actions saving a longtime Camp Rodriguez firefighter after he suffered a cardiac arrest in Pohang, South Korea during Korean Marine Exercise Program 25.2 on July 25, 2025.U.S Navy...
25 September 2025 USNMRTC Yokosuka Conducts Mass Casualty Drill, Validates Patient Transport and Air Evacuation Readiness YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 23, 2025) – U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka conducted a large-scale mass casualty drill Sept. 23, testing its ability to triage, treat, and transport multiple simulated patients during a crisis.The exercise included 10 casualty injects,...
22 September 2025 Weighing in on Childhood Obesity Awareness Month A child’s astonished look gave added weight to a vexing issue openly addressed at Naval Hospital Bremerton, September 18, 2025.As a mother brought her young daughter to Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Pediatric Clinic for an appointment, they happened upon Health Promotion’s Health Fair focus on National...
22 September 2025 Gone To the Dogs at Naval Hospital Bremerton Gone To the Dogs at Naval Hospital BremertonBy Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer -- Naval Hospital Bremerton staff don’t really go to the dogs during National Dog Week.Many were already there as evidenced by their submissions:...
18 September 2025 NMCSD Emergency Medicine Physician Named Finalist in Fourth Annual Young Investigator Competition SAN DIEGO (April XX, 2025) – Lt. Erin N. Snyder, an emergency medicine physician at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), was selected as a finalist in the Fourth Annual Young Investigator Competition hosted by the Clinical Investigations Program Office under the Defense Health Agency (DHA)...
17 September 2025 NMCSD enhances orthopedic care with 3D-printed waterproof casts Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) has become one of the first Military Treatment Facilities (MTF) to adopt a cutting-edge new 3D-printing technology for producing waterproof casts. The technology, developed by ActivArmor, uses additive manufacturing to create breathable casts and splints that...
17 September 2025 U.S. Naval Hospital Guam Clinics Named “Best of the Best” for Patient Experience Patients have ranked the front desk staff at three U.S Naval Hospital Guam clinics as the “Best of the Best” in the Military Health System for patient experience and customer care, according to a recent Joint Outpatient Experience Survey (JOES) quarterly report.“I am so proud of our clerks and...
16 September 2025 Chiefs Mess made complete at NMRTC Bremerton The Chiefs Mess at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton was deemed incomplete.Permission was requested – and approved - from Capt. Karla Lepore, NMRTC Bremerton commanding officer to make the mess whole.Joining the ranks of U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officers September 16, 2025, were newly...
15 September 2025 Branch Health Clinic Makalapa streamlines care and access with front desk integration and PAD transition JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (August 7, 2025)In a major step toward improving efficiency and patient satisfaction, Branch Health Clinic Makalapa has successfully launched a new integrated front desk that consolidates four previously separate check-in locations: Optometry, PCMH Gold and Red...