(Oct. 31, 2022) It was another humid day in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, and there was the smell of a rainstorm brewing in the air. The light beige and aged building of the Japan-Guatemala Friendship Hospital became more prominent as Chief Hospital Corpsman Shawn Burnette, from Pittsburgh,...

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Nov. 11, 2022) – Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Cartagena, Colombia, in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, Nov. 11.This visit marks the third of five mission stops as part of CP22 and the...

Each year on November 11th we honor generations of Veterans that have courageously defended our freedom. Past and present servicemembers will have different answers about what serving in the military means to them. However, what unifies all who wear the uniform of the United States is they answered...

SEATTLE – Staff from the Naval Medical Research & Development enterprise took part in the 2022 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting earlier this month, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3.Enterprise attendees, comprised of military and civilian research, medical and support...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Jacksonville, and its training units, have earned the Navy Surgeon General's Blue H — Health Promotion and Wellness Award for 2021.“Receiving the Blue H award is an honor and a testament to the hard work and dedication of our active duty and...

How can we have open-minded talks about guns and safety? A new podcast, launched this week by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS), hopes to address this question. Through a series of interviews and stories, the podcast,...

PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 30, 2022) The orange tiger toy danced and fell across the white sheets of the hospital bed, as two-year-old Thiago Palencia played while waiting impatiently for something to happen. He spent half an hour surrounded by the tan walls and dark red floor of the...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Oct. 31, 2022) – Possessing an object that has been to space is no easy feat. For Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, that is now a reality.During a presentation held at the Brooke Army Medical Center’s Putnam Auditorium, NASA Astronaut, U.S...

Some patients need an ear full about an earful.Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class John Ong can provide any such helpful cautioning.As the lead hearing conservation technician and general duty corpsman for Naval Hospital Bremerton Otorhinolaryngology [better known as Ears, Nose and Throat] department, Ong...

CARIBBEAN SEA (Nov. 1, 2022) Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) postpones its scheduled visit to Honduras on Nov. 1, 2022, in response to Tropical Storm Lisa currently strengthening in the Caribbean Sea.“For the safety of the Honduran patients who would otherwise be exposed to the elements, and of...