SIGONELLA, Italy – Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU)EURAFCENT joined a base-wide “Keep Sigonella Beautiful” campaign on September 5.The initiative, sponsored by Naval Air Station Sigonella, is aimed at promoting environmental compliance and strengthening ties with Italy, the base’s host nation and...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) held a reenlistment and change of office ceremony Sept. 3, in which Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Phillip Jean-Gilles turned over his role as command master chief (CMC) to Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Christopher Cariss.Lt. Sara Tuck, a...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Yoann Le Breton, with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), and Evelina Angov, with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), submitted a provisional patent application for an antimicrobial, non-antibiotic solution to wound care on July 17.Le Breton and Angov, both...

Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) is a partner with the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP). The naval internship program places college and university students pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers in U.S. Navy laboratories across the country,...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 26, 2025) – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication standard 1910.1200 requires Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) to be readily accessible during each work shift for all hazardous chemicals in the workplace.Naval Medical...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 14, 2025) – During a visit to the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute, flight nurses from the Royal Thai Air Force received an education on the Preparatory Iraqi Nursing Course (PINC) by Dr. Darrin Frye, chief science director, Naval...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Student interns with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) presented findings from their summer research at a STEM expo on Aug. 14.The expo featured poster presentations by NMRC high school interns with the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP), and college...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) held a Change of Command ceremony in the Daniel K. Inouye building on the Forest Glen Annex on 13 Aug.Capt. Franca Jones was relieved as commander of NMRC, and of all Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D), by Capt. Eric Welsh in an...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Alvin Ciasico, from Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on August 11th at an all-hands call and awards ceremony for actions he took in administering emergency medical aid.On July 12th, while...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The eight Navy Medicine Research and Development (NMR&D) commands wrapped up attendance at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium (MHSRS), which began on August 04 and concluded on August 07.MHSRS, a four-day event which takes place annually at the Gaylord Palms Resort &...