03 March 2023 Navy Medical Corps 152nd Anniversary celebrated at NMRTC Bremerton It was on March 3, 1871, that 153 U.S. Navy physicians was officially recognized as a staff corps to parallel their professional status with other naval officers.That date was readily acknowledged 152 years later, March 3, 2023, at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton with an...
24 February 2023 Naval Special Warfare, Naval Medical Center San Diego Enhance Partnership Story by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chelsea D. Meiller, Naval Special Warfare Group 1 Public AffairsCORONADO, Calif. (Feb. 16, 2023) – Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 1 hosted Naval Medical Center San Diego’s (Balboa) Executive Steering Committee – a collection of key leaders and...
24 February 2023 NMRC Participates in Elementary School Career Day SILVER SPRING, Md. - Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) research scientists visited Sargent Shriver Elementary School on Feb. 23 to speak and interact with students during the school’s annual Career Day event.Lt. Yuliya Johnson, an active-duty researcher and Jennetta Green, a Navy civilian...
23 February 2023 Essay competition highlights Naval Medical Forces Pacific’s Continuous Process Improvement program Naval Medical Forces Pacific recently announced its Capt. Cheryl C. Ringer Annual Memorial Award winner for the Continuous Process Improvement essay competition during the Defense Health Agency San Diego Market Strategic Session at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Naval Base San Diego, California,...
22 February 2023 WRNMMC Recognizes Navy’s Civilian Pharmacist of the Year, Electronic Medical Records Innovator By Aisha LomaxWalter Reed National Military Medical CenterMylan Tran and retired Army Lt. Col. Johnnie Jackson received special recognitions during Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s monthly town hall meeting on Feb. 14.Tran received her award for being named the U.S. Navy’s Civilian...
22 February 2023 NMRC Observes Prolonged Casualty Care Training Junior officers from Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) traveled to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to observe Navy hospital corpsmen assigned to the 1st Marine Division (MARDIV) conduct tactical combat casualty care during a Combat Trauma Management course on January 30th.NMRC sent four...
17 February 2023 The Hospital Corpsmen of Iwo Jima: Stories of Valor and Sacrifice At 0900 on February 19th, 1945, the first assault waves from the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions hit the beaches of Iwo Jima. Embedded within these units were corpsmen like Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Stanley Dabrowski, of New Britain, Conn., who remembered the “tremendous noise,” concussion of...
16 February 2023 Drilling to the Tooth Truth at NMRTC Bremerton Lets drill to the tooth truth.Try not to gnash, grind, or grate your teeth that Feb. 9, 2023, was National Toothache Day. As uncomfortable as it might be for some to acknowledge that such a date actually exists, dental health and hygiene are imperative and directly linked to every command’s...
15 February 2023 Medical Forces Atlantic Welcomes New Ombudsman Assuring a crucial link between Sailors, families and Navy leaders, Emily Summers was appointed as the new ombudsman for Commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) on board Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex, Feb. 9, 2023...
14 February 2023 Makin Island conducts Medical Operations with CSG11 Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) of Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG 11), conducted integrated medical operations Feb. 11, 2023, in the South China Sea.Makin Island and Nimitz, with over 100 Corpsman, conducted movement of a litter-bound simulated patient with...