(Oct. 27, 2022) The Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command’s Chief Mess in Bethesda visited the Tri-Service Optician School (TOPS) detachment at Yorktown, Virginia on October 27th.The mission of TOPS is to provide formal optical training to Army Optical Laboratory Specialist MOS...

(Mar. 21, 2022) DAKAR, Senegal -- Navy medical personnel provide training to service members on board the Senegalese navy patrol ship Fouladou, March 14, 2022, in Dakar, Senegal. The training was part of the multi-international exercise Obangame Express 2022 (OE22) hosted by Senegal and sponsored by...

HAYAMA, Japan—On October 16 United States Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka, Government of Japan, Japanese Self Defense Force (JSDF) Ground and Maritime branches and the United States Army participated in Big Rescue Kanagawa. This annual joint event, coordinated by the...

PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 28, 2022) – Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off the coast of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, Oct. 26.This visit marks the first of five mission stops as...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Staff of Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) hosted an 80th birthday celebration to recognize the past accomplishments and future mission of the command on Oct. 27.The celebration capped off NMRC’s Commander Leadership Conference, a three-day gathering of staff from across the...

SAN DIEGO – More than 70 medical professionals participated in-person and virtually in the Fleet Health Integration Panel (FHIP), Oct. 11-14, at U.S. 3rd Fleet Headquarters.The biannual medical panel identifies gaps in readiness, standardizes practices and organizes the delivery of capabilities to...

Now hear this!With October designated as Audiology Awareness Month, now is the time for everyone to listen up, heed the call, and harken to the need for healthy hearing.Amid the noisy industrial working environment of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, hearing conservation is considered mission essential...

MIAMI (Oct. 23, 2022) – Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Miami after commencing Continuing Promise 2022, Oct. 23, 2022.During Comfort’s time in Miami, the ship hosted over 200 guests, including distinguished visitors from more than 15 countries and local and national media outlets...

“I do not know what you have heard about NMRI as to its reputation among those who can evaluate research. From what I have heard it appears that it has already attained a stature in the scientific world and has made contributions to research in its short life of which a much older institution might...

ATLANTIC OCEAN — “My aunt passed away in 2008 from breast cancer,” said Lt. Nyasia Jenkins, from Unci, New York, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) medical department. “It was detected late so there was really no chance for us to see her.”One in eight women will face cancer in their life...