10 February 2023 Cherry Point Clinic Celebrates Life, Memory of Hospitalman Luigi Di Giovanni (Feb. 2, 2023) Sailors and civilians serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point honored the life and service of a Sailor who recently passed away.Sailors and civilians serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point gathered Thursday, February 2 at the MCAS Cherry Point Chapel to celebrate...
10 February 2023 Walter Reed to Close COVID-19 Vaccination Site on February 13 Bethesda, Maryland (February 10, 2023) – Due to decreased demand for both COVID-19 testing and vaccinations, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s (WRNMMC) COVID-19 Vaccine Site will be permanently closed effective Monday, Feb 13.As shared in a previous message regarding the COVID-19...
06 February 2023 Hospital corpsman named Naval Medical Forces Pacific headquarters 2022 Sailor of the Year A hospital corpsman at headquarters, Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), was named the winner of the Chief Yeoman Latoya Calvin Leadership Award and NMFP Headquarters Sailor of the Year (SOY) for 2022, during an all-hands meeting and awards presentation at NMFP, Naval Base San Diego, Jan. 13...
03 February 2023 NMCSD Honors Women Physicians At Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), there is a good chance that a beneficiary will be treated at some point by women physicians who have trained and aspired to be among the highest qualified providers Navy Medicine can offer. However, it wasn’t always like that. Feb. 3 is National Women...
02 February 2023 Military Panel Discusses Military Health System with Civilian Healthcare Executives SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, commander of Naval Medical Forces Support Command, was part of a panel that spoke before the South Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) during the Healthcare Landscape Conference held on Jan. 27. This year’s theme was...
31 January 2023 Remembering A Navy Legacy during the Tet Offensive He wasn’t a Navy doc, nor nurse, or hospital corpsman.Yet on the field of battle, his concern for others saved many a life.Long before retired Chief Boatswain Mate Jerry Irvine was delivering salty quips when receiving medical care at Naval Hospital Bremerton, the grizzled veteran was providing his...
31 January 2023 Naval Hospital Jacksonville American Red Cross volunteer program restarts after 2-year pause Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville is looking for volunteers for its American Red Cross program. The program was put on pause during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local Volunteer Program Representative Terry Miles explains how volunteers help the hospital complete its mission.“The most valuable resource is...
31 January 2023 Expeditionary Medical Facility Planning for NMRTC Bremerton They’re medical, maneuverable, and mission-essential.Based upon such historical lineage as mobile army surgical hospitals used in the Korean War and Navy fleet hospitals deployed at the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Navy Medicine’s expeditionary medical facility is an advanced platforms...
30 January 2023 Navy Medicine Shifts to Expeditionary Focus, Prepares for Future Fight The U.S. Navy Surgeon General has released Navy Medicine’s first-ever campaign order.The order directs actions across the enterprise and with key stakeholders to ensure trained, equipped, certified, maintained, and sustained medical forces and units capable of supporting the Joint and Naval...
26 January 2023 Navy HRPP visits NAMRU San Antonio JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 26, 2023) – Department of Defense (DoD)-related research typically requires additional compliance activities, documentation, and subject protections.To provide additional oversight of human-based research, members of the Department of the Navy (DON)...