U.S. Navy Capt. Lydia Doye, like many military brats, has called countless places home over her lifetime, but Troy, Ohio, and Vienna, Virginia remain closest in her heart for what they mean to her and her family as she looks back on 27 years of service to her country and Navy.“Troy was a close-knit...

Defining spirituality can be difficult, according to Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) Chaplain, Capt. William Hlavin. This is because he said, everyone defines it differently. As a result, understanding and applying spiritual readiness at the command level can be inconsistent.In 2023 the Navy...

As the last days of April dawned at Naval Hospital Bremerton, several exhortations could be heard echoing through the halls.“It’s game day!” “You know we got this!” “Time to bring it on!”Bringing it on – and then some - is exactly what NHB staff did, reflected in shared results from The Joint...

The 374th Medical Group hosted Sailors from the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet for two iterations of tactical combat casualty care training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 30 - April 4 and April 13 - 18.Twenty medical professionals participated in a six-day course that included briefings, didactic and...

The list is long of various – yet similar - respiratory illnesses which have historically plagued operational readiness.Naval Hospital Bremerton population health and preventive medicine experts continually strive to limit the highly infectious ailments which impact active duty, retirees and...

SAN DIEGO (May 1, 2025) - Members of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) – San Diego Chapter gathered aboard the USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for a special event titled "Exploring Military Medicine and Global Health: An Educational Tour of the USNS Mercy, the U.S. Navy's West Coast Hospital...

FORT MCCOY, WI – Expeditionary Medical Facility Kilo, the readiness command embedded at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, completes an operational readiness exercise on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. The five-day training exercise which began April 25, 2025, covered multiple areas of patient care in a...

The Defense Health Agency Revenue Cycle Performance Dashboard Digest devoted the April monthly newsletter on timely trends and updated data points across the entire enterprise of military treatment facilities.Yet beyond the balance sheets, billing, and coding overviews was a brief personality...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Hawaii has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for its programs across its Branch Health Clinics, Behavioral Health Programs, and Primary Care Medical Home, demonstrating a commitment to safe and high-quality patient care. The Gold...

AGANA HEIGHTS, Guam — U.S. Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command Guam partnered with Joint Region Marianas to conduct a trauma team integration training for chaplains at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam on April 17, 2025.Religious Ministry Teams (RMTs) stationed across Guam share area-wide duty...