16 August 2022 HN Kilmer Honored by NMTSC, VFW (Aug. 13, 2022) SAN ANTONIO, Texas – "I owe 70 years of my life to a 21-year-old Navy corpsman who died days short of his 22nd birthday" hung in the air during a ceremony honoring the 70th anniversary of Hospitalman John Edward "Jackie" Kilmer's heroic actions on a mountain top in Korea.As the...
05 August 2022 NMTSC Hosts NPC Leaders for Fleet Engagement SAN ANTONIO (July 13, 2022) – The fleet engagement team at Navy Personnel Command (NPC) in Millington, Tenn. visited Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) at Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston, July 7-8.The purpose of the visit was to educate Sailors on detailing, community...
05 August 2022 Naval Flight Surgery Celebrates 100 years of Excellence NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. – Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI) personnel commemorated the 100th anniversary of aeromedical officers (AMOs), commonly referred to as “flight surgeons,” at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Fla.“This community exemplifies everything about the Navy’s...
06 July 2022 NAMI Recompression Chamber Supports Area Training Missions, Operations In the Gulf Coast region, naval training missions and operations involving scuba diving are common, with many units and agencies frequently diving in the area.Scuba diving can be extremely dangerous, and it’s possible for divers to develop adverse medical conditions and injuries while performing...
21 June 2022 NR-EMF Bethesda Completes Operational Readiness Evaluation CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Naval Reserve Expeditionary Medical Facility (NR-EMF) Bethesda completed their operational readiness evaluation (ORE) at Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) on June 19-21.NR-EMF Bethesda is comprised of Reservists from around the country that came together...
20 June 2022 NEMTI’s Operation Firebreak Exercise Expands Level of Care CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) continues Operation Firebreak during the Navy Reserve-Expeditionary Medical Facility-Bethesda operational readiness evaluation on Jun 19-20.Operation Firebreak, sponsored and run by NEMTI, provides realistic training for...
08 June 2022 NMFSC Leadership Views Joint medical Exercise FORT HOOD, Texas – Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, commander of Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC), and NMFSC Command Master Chief Jason Reynolds attended a distinguished visitor day held for a Joint Emergency Medical Exercise (JEMX) on June 8.The exercise ran from June 6-10 and included 2,000...
02 June 2022 NMTSC Remembers Fallen Corpsman During Commemoration Ceremony at Namesake SAN ANTONIO (June 2, 2022) – Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) Sailors hosted a commemoration ceremony honoring Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jaime S. Jaenke at Jaenke Hall, June 2.Jaenke was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa, where she later joined the Navy Reserves in 2002. In January of 2006,...
26 May 2022 NMTSC Pins 4 New Senior Chiefs SAN ANTONIO (May 26, 2022) – Four chief petty officers assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) were promoted during the time-honored tradition of the frocking ceremony, at the Medical Education and Training Campus, May 26.Family members and friends watched as Chief Culinary...
20 May 2022 NMTSC Sponsors First Recruit Division at RTC SAN ANTONIO (May 20, 2022) – Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) sponsored its first boot camp division as part of the recruit division sponsorship program at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, Mar 11.–May 20.The division sponsorship program gives commands the opportunity to...