“You guys are the Marines’ doctors; there’s no better in the business than Navy corpsmen,” U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lewis B. ‘Chesty’ Puller told his corpsmen during the Korean War.This enduring trust highlights the critical role Navy corpsmen play on the battlefield, a role that continually...

When command approval was timely needed for a Sailor, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Eric Morgan went and got it.Even it took traveling a long distance to get the signature.Such a scenario – and others similar - help exemplify Morgan’s commitment to his Sailors. That dedication did not go unnoticed,...

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) James Honea traveled to Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity (NORA), Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, VA, to see the Navy optical fabrication process and to meet with Sailors, Soldiers and Civilians, May 20, 2024.NORA is a directorate of the Naval Medical...

SAN DIEGO, CA - On Thursday, May 16, Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) welcomed 100 students to its Operational Readiness, Warfighter Performance laboratories where NHRC staff organized five different interactive stations, moving each group of students through the exhibits in a round-robin...

Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Dayton hosted the annual Navy Medicine Research and Development (NMR&D) enterprise Science Directors meeting from May 21-23 at the Wright Brothers Institute in downtown Dayton.The event brought together scientific and technical directors from across the NMR&D...

When Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Gunnar Haskill was asked to sum up his Navy Medicine career in one word, he replied, “Fulfilling.”Haskill is a behavioral health technician assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton. He assists psychologists and psychiatrists by performing...

GROTON, Conn. - Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL)’s Regional Hearing Conservation Program (RHCP) was selected as a 2024 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Team awardee on May 6.Following the example set by Etter, this award recognizes Navy scientists and engineers...

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) hosted a Change of Command and Directorship ceremony on May 21, 2024, at Marston Pavilion aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The ceremony is a formal tradition symbolizing the transfer of total responsibility, authority, and...

Dr. Michael Reddix, a senior research psychologist at Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Dayton, was named a winner of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) 2024 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientist and Engineer Award on May 15.This award, named for the former...

Volunteers continuing their dedication to the to the wellbeing of service members in eastern North Carolina were celebrated at a ceremony Monday, May 13 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, with one receiving Presidential-level recognition.American Red Cross volunteers serving aboard Naval...