The door is always open to meet with Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Joshua Vidito.Vidito, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Bangor leading petty officer, is a volunteer unit victim advocate for Naval Base Kitsap’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program.“I want everyone to know they can come...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (March 11, 2026) – Medical personnel from U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka participated in an annual bilateral mass casualty drill March 11 to enhance joint medical response capabilities and lifesaving procedures.Speaking to...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) announced the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Region Sailor of the Year (SOY) during an all-hands ceremony at the headquarters building, March 26, 2026.The NMFDC region SOY finalists were Hospital Corpsman 1st...

Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) is mission driven and people powered.Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Arthur Frazier, instructor supervisor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Command's (NMTSC) Directorate for Academic Support, answered a few questions about his vital support to...

Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Dayton held a change of command ceremony April 10, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, where Capt. William Howard formally relinquished command to Capt. J. Russell Linderman. The ceremony was officiated by Capt. Eric Welsh, commander of Naval Medical...

Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan – Lt. Cmdr. Ki Chang, a Navy Medical Corps Officer and Staff Neurosurgeon at Naval Medical Center San Diego performed the first uniportal endoscopic spine surgery at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) this week.Lt. Cmdr. Ki Chang, a staff neurosurgeon at Naval Medical...

SAN DIEGO -- The first face the Artemis II crew will see upon their return to Earth will be the face of a U.S. Navy Sailor.Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Wang, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Laddy Aldridge, Chief Hospital Corpsman Vlad Link, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Steve Kapala make up the dive medical...

Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) New England gained a rare, firsthand look at the future of naval warfare during a tour of the future Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) while the ship was ported in Newport, R.I.,...

SAN DIEGO — Navy medical experts at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) hosted a two-day training course on advanced osseointegration surgery, providing military and civilian surgeons with hands-on experience in a procedure that is transforming amputee care for wounded warfighters, at NMCSD, Feb...

A Sailor or Marine serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point can only be as ready for deployment as their family. One medical team aboard the installation ensures the family is as ready for the fight as their warfighter is.The Patient Centered Medical Home aboard Navy Medicine Readiness...