SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Sailors from Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) participated in the Big E festival during the inaugural Hartford-Springfield Navy Week portion of the event on Sept. 25.Navy Week volunteers set up booths near the main entertainment stage to engage with visitors...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Researchers at Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) submitted a provisional patent for a nanoparticle vaccine to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on September 9. This vaccine development method is intended to prevent malaria but can also be used to develop vaccines against...

NEW LONDON, Conn. – Navy Diver 1st Class John Ahnen with Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) was recognized by the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut as their 2024-2025 Serviceperson of the Year (SPOY).The SPOY award honors exceptional active-duty, reserve, or National Guard...

BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) staff recruited 129 volunteers to participate in a phase 1, first-in-human, FDA clinical trial for a Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) treatment at the command’s Clinical Trials Center (CTC).The trial, consisting of military and civilian volunteer...

GROTON, Conn. – The Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) Dive Department has completed an expansion of its dive locker, a project that began in summer 2022.The term “dive locker” refers to a dedicated team of highly trained Navy divers, who are attached to a Navy command and whose...

ACCRA, Ghana – Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT, in partnership with the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), hosted a two-week field mission as part of Navy Medicine’s annual Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) course for 15 U.S. military physicians and...

Brain injury poses a serious health threat to U.S. service members across the world. Cognitive impairment resulting from brain injury can negatively impact individual health, unit readiness and the lethal capacity of the nation’s forces.In defense of U.S. service members, Navy Medicine Research &...

NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy – As part of a regional visit to military medical assets across Europe, the Honorable Stephen Ferrara, Acting Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs visited Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT’s headquarters on September 15.During the visit,...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON - (Sept. 9, 2025) - Representatives of DesiCorp, Inc., met with leadership and research scientists assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute.The representatives traveled from Louisville,...

BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) leadership and staff took part in a three-day meeting of the Health Services Operational Advisory Group (HSOAG) from September 9-11.The meeting gave Marine Corps and Navy medical leadership a forum to share the latest resources, research findings...