Eight local high school students spent a week at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville participating in its annual Science, Service, Medicine and Mentoring (S2M2) internship at the hospital, June 8-12. The Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts students got a taste of military medicine while working...

NEWPORT, Rhode Island – Capt. Rona Green, commanding officer of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Center New England and director, Naval Health Clinic New England, passed the helm to Capt. Kevin J. Lyle during a change of command and retirement ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island, June 10.Rear Adm...

Corpsmen assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point competed to win the annual “Corpsman Cup” on Thursday, June 18, 2026. The competition celebrated the 128th birthday of the Navy Hospital Corps and included events stressing the physical and mental grit of the Sailors...

Navy Cmdr. Carlton Bennett III served as an enlisted Sailor during a time when nearly every department on a Navy ship had a VCR, typewriters were used to draft official correspondence and paper letters were the only way to send correspondence home to loved ones.During his time as an officer, he...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The hospital corps, signed into action by former President of the United States William McKinley, June 17, 1898, was the solution to the need for well-trained enlisted medical personnel, a need which was emphasized by the Spanish-American War. Hospital corpsmen were meant to be...

ROTA, Spain– For Hospitalman Rigel Kent Quimbao Villaruel, serving in Navy Medicine is an opportunity to care for those who serve their country and make a meaningful impact on their lives.Assigned to Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command Rota, Spain, Villaruel works in Medical Homeport, at...

ROTA, Spain (May 20, 2026)— Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Emergency Department (ED) staff assigned to Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota participated in Naval Station Rota’s Annual Air Mishap exercise, strengthening the command’s emergency response capabilities and...

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) conducted Mercy Exercise (MERCEX) 26-3 in San Diego, June 15-18. The quarterly exercise strengthened integration and readiness between reduced operating status (ROS) and full operating status (FOS) Sailors through...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — For Hospitalman Chloe Gerimonte, the journey to becoming a Navy corpsman began in the same clinic where she now serves as an active-duty Sailor. After working as a civilian contractor at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms' Adult Medical...

Courtesy story by Ashley Craig, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – Petty Officer 2nd Class Victoria Teixeira, a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, serves aboard U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and braining Command (USNMRTC) Guantanamo Bay at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay,...