In year 1904, the Society that you know today as the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) was incorporated by hand full of Naval Officers, their wives, and civilian friends, who saw a need for formal support in the Sailor and Maine-Corps community. The funds to support this community in 1904...

While elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) deployed to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and participated in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23), Nov. 10-19, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) took a whole Navy Medicine approach in the medical planning and set the conditions that enabled...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONO-FORT SAM HOUSTON - (Nov. 8, 2022) - Dr. Sean Biggerstaff, acting deputy assistant director, Research & Engineering, Defense Health Agency (DHA), and team visited with the leadership and staff of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio to discussed medical research and...

The Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command's (NMLPDC) Expanded Operational Stress Control (E-OSC) team visited Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) this week.The NMLPDC E-OSC team leaders, Lieutenant Commander Sierra...

(Nov. 15, 2022) CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – In combat when a casualty occurs it’s an overload to the system. There often is smoke, gunfire, screaming and the person you’ve often shared years of experiences with is down. To sum it up in a word, chaos. How do you prepare for that chaos in a classroom?...

The Academic Programs Directorate (APD) at Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), Bethesda, in coordination with Defense Health Agency (DHA), and Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC), completed a business re-engineering project focused on optimizing the course...

On November 20, 2022, the greatest sporting event in the world will begin and soccer (football) teams representing 32 nations will compete, vying for a chance to capture the coveted FIFA World Cup trophy.For HMCM (SW/AW) José Alonso of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), the FIFA World Cup...

(Mar. 2, 2022) In coordination with the DHA Virtual Medical Center Europe (VMC-E) and operational units with Operation Atlantic Resolve in USEUCOM, Active Duty physical therapists from U.S. Naval Readiness and Training Commands (US NMRTC) Sigonella and Naples have developed a Virtual Physical...

BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC)’s Clinical Trials Center is looking for 200 volunteer test subjects for a new clinical study that investigates the immune response to seasonal flu vaccination.Clinical staff will look at different aspects of participants’ immune systems before and...

Diane Hebert couldn’t make it when her son, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Joshua Hebert, was being recognized as Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton’s Junior Sailor of the Quarter.Not because she was like many parents who are several time zones or states away from their children serving...