Resolutely standing its post at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) 7 provides theatre-wide preventive medicine support to Navy and Marine Corps forces, joint and combined military operations, and allied governments when directed including...

Across the U.S. Navy many service personnel speak of having two families. There is the personal family—the people who you are bonded to through blood ties and marriage. And then, of course, there is the “Navy Family”—those shipmates you work besides, united through shared mission and career...

NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 21, 2022) – The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, concluding Continuing Promise, Dec. 21, 2022.The Continuing Promise 2022 team worked collectively with participating host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability...

JEREMIE, Haiti (Dec. 17, 2022) U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) completed its fifth and final mission stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Jeremie, Haiti, Dec. 17, 2022.During the 7-day mission stop, the medical team, comprised of professionals from the U.S., Haiti, the Dominican...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Researchers with Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC)’s Enteric Diseases Department have partnered with the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to begin phase 1 testing of a new Campylobacter jejuni vaccine.Campylobacter jejuni, a...

(Nov. 29, 2022) - Gathered in the ‘Warehouse of Life,’ surrounded by containers filled with deployable medical materiel staged for shipment and delivery to deployed forces or forces afloat, a time honored tradition of publicly promoting a naval officer was performed at Naval Medical Readiness...

(JEREMIE, HAITI) – Continuing Promise 2022 (CP 22) personnel will return to Wharf de Jeremie Dec. 14 to continue providing medical care following a one-day pause in operations to re-plan the mission to ensure we provide the best care to the great people of Haiti.Medical providers will continue their...

JEREMIE, Haiti (Dec. 11, 2022) – Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived off the coast of Jeremie, Haiti, in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, Dec. 11.This visit marks the final mission stop of CP22 and the sixth time the...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Dec.6, 2022) U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) completed its fourth mission stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Dec. 6, 2022.For the duration of the 10-day visit to the Dominican Republic, the Comfort team, comprised...

(Nov. 17, 2022) Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is currently conducting Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian and goodwill mission that is part of U.S. South Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. Comfort houses a large workforce of Sailors and Non-Governmental Organizations with diverse...