26 June 2023 Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Fort Belvoir Holds Second Change of Command Capt. Melissa Austin turned over command of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Fort Belvoir to Capt. Tracey Giles during a ceremony in the Woodlawn Chapel on board U.S. Army Base Fort Belvoir, June 23...
20 June 2023 125 Years of Hospital Corpsman The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) held a birthday ceremony celebrating the 125th birthday of the hospital corpsman rate June 17, 2023.The ceremony, which was held on the ship’s enlisted mess decks, featured a brief look into the history of hospital corpsmen (HM) as...
18 June 2023 125 Years of Medical Excellence – Ford Celebrates the Hospital Corpsman Birthday ‘I dedicate my heart, mind, and strength to the work before me. I shall do all within my power to show in myself an example of all that is honorable and good throughout my naval career.’ – The Hospital Corpsman Pledge.The world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) medical...
18 June 2023 A Legacy Remembered – Hospital Corps 125th Birthday at NMRTC Bremerton There was a singular place setting arranged at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton’s 125th Hospital Corps birthday for nine distinctive members of the Navy only enlisted corps.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cade Crenshaw, behavioral health technician and Hospitalmen Drew Echeverria and...
16 June 2023 Dr. Jeffrey Bolkhovsky Recognized with 2023 Navy Emergent Scientist of the Year Award GROTON, Conn. - Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) is proud to announce Dr. Jeffrey Bolkhovsky, a research physiologist with our Warfighter Performance department, has been selected as the sole Navy Medicine awardee of the 2023 Dr. Delores M. Etter Emergent Scientists of the Year...
16 June 2023 USNS Comfort Medical Treatment Facility holds Change of Command Ceremony The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, June 16.During the ceremony, Capt. Stephen Arles relieved Capt. Kathryn Elliot as Commanding Officer of USNS Comfort."Throughout history, hospital ships have been...
13 June 2023 Amputees benefit from innovative treatment by Navy surgeons Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) stands at the forefront of Navy Medicine innovation, being the first military hospital on the west coast to implement osseointegrated amputation surgery.“Osseointegration surgery is a technique whereby a metal implant is integrated into the patient’s bone and...
13 June 2023 Celebrating 100 Years of Future Smiles with Walter Reed’s Naval Postgraduate Dental School Class of 2023 Anchors aweigh for the Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS) Class of 2023, joining an esteemed corps of some of the world’s best trained dental surgeons and specialists.After 100 years of service, the NPDS remains a beacon for outstanding scientific and evidence-based instruction and innovative...
13 June 2023 DHA Director visits Naval Hospital Bremerton In conjunction with a visit to the Pacific Northwest, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, Defense Health Agency director, was hosted at Naval Hospital Bremerton for a familiarization tour, meet-and-greet with command leadership and the opportunity to address active duty, civil service and contractor...
13 June 2023 Neuropsychiatry/TBI Unit at Walter Reed unique in DoD By Bernard S. LittleWRNMMC Command CommunicationsWalter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) has the Department of Defense’s only Neuropsychiatry/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Unit. It serves as a referral program for Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries throughout the defense...