The Human Research Protection Program of the Navy (DON HRPP) held its first-ever in-person meeting of stakeholders at the Defense Health Headquarters outside Washington, DC this week.The program, in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is formally responsible for overseeing the...

The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center changed its name in accordance with section 711 of John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY19 to the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC), effective January 01, 2023, emphasizing its operational mission...

An innovative idea, born out of necessity, implemented by hospital corpsmen under expert tutelage, has received LEAPS recognition from afar.The 2023 Rear Adm. Lewis E. Angelo Professional Symposium [LEAPS] High Reliability Organization poster competition winner in the non-clinical category was...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ─ Naval Hospital Jacksonville was one of 10 medical facilities chosen to join in the Defense Health Agency’s Targeted Health Care Pilot program, which began in May. The program is in response to the growing need for behavioral health treatment, which has nearly tripled in the last...

Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), named Operations Specialist 1st Class Kandace Tomkin, of Commander, Task Force 80, as the 2022 USFFC Sea Sailor of the Year (SOY) and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Heather Rufohuse, of United States Marine Corps Forces Command, as the...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (June 1, 2023) – Military and support personal assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio gathered to commemorate the 81st Anniversary of the Battle of Midway at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory.The Battle of Midway, one of the most...

Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Wesley Campbell recently became the new director for Education, Training and Research (DETR) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.A former Marine, Campbell previously served as chief of the Department of Research Programs and chief of the Division of Infectious Disease in...

The uniform that Roland Alferos arrived wearing at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Everett was significantly altered by the time he departed that day.Alferos was the sole chief petty officer selected to advance to the rank of senior chief hospital corpsman at Navy Medicine Readiness Training...

CAPT Walter D. Brafford relieved Rear Adm. Cynthia A. Kuehner as commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC), in a ceremony at the Historic Quadrangle, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, May 25, 2023.Rear Adm. Anne Swap, Director, National Capital Region Market, presided over the ceremony,...

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD (May 26, 2023) – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NiCOE) hosted a Dance Movement Therapy class Friday, May 26. The class, a pioneering blend of rehabilitative treatment and Pacific Island dances provides a unique therapeutic...