WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Navy Medicine commands and partners responded to an urgent requirement request from U.S. Naval Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sept. 19, delivering critical surgical equipment and expertise that bolstered medical readiness across the Fleet and Joint Force.When GTMO reported a...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 23, 2025) – U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka conducted a large-scale mass casualty drill Sept. 23, testing its ability to triage, treat, and transport multiple simulated patients during a crisis.The exercise included 10 casualty injects,...

FORT DETRICK, Md. – Subject matter experts (SMEs) from across Navy Medicine assembled at NMRLC Detachment Fort Detrick to conduct an Authorized Medical Allowance List (AMAL) review in support of large deck amphibious ships, Sept. 22-25.This collaborative effort brought together logistics...

ACCRA, Ghana – Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT, in partnership with the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), hosted a two-week field mission as part of Navy Medicine’s annual Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) course for 15 U.S. military physicians and...

Brain injury poses a serious health threat to U.S. service members across the world. Cognitive impairment resulting from brain injury can negatively impact individual health, unit readiness and the lethal capacity of the nation’s forces.In defense of U.S. service members, Navy Medicine Research &...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune is enhancing Expeditionary Medical Unit capabilities by equipping hospital corpsmen with advance trauma and pre-hospital care skills through an accelerated paramedic training program offered by Navy Medicine.These paramedic-qualified corpsmen...

Courtesy story by Lt. j.g. Taylor Worley, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Wagner, a native of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, was recently named Motivator of the Month while serving aboard U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC)...

SIGONELLA, Italy – Every day, inside the operating room at U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella, a team of Sailors work quietly but powerfully behind the scenes . These Sailors, assigned to Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella, are known as Surgical Technologists, or Surg Techs...

NAPLES, Italy — Service members and families at U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, at Naval Support Activity Naples, marked the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with a morning ceremony featuring the raising of colors, prayers and the tolling of bells by chief selects. Remarks were delivered...

A child’s astonished look gave added weight to a vexing issue openly addressed at Naval Hospital Bremerton, September 18, 2025.As a mother brought her young daughter to Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Pediatric Clinic for an appointment, they happened upon Health Promotion’s Health Fair focus on National...