KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sailors with the Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery joined the Navy Office of Community Outreach and 11 other commands for Navy Week Kansas City, Nov. 11-15.Throughout the week, BUMED representatives met with directors and students from local universities, spoke at local high...

Courtesy story by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah M. Williams, Navy Office of Community OutreachMillington, Tenn. - Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew McDowell, a native of Brooklyn, New York, serves the U.S. Navy and is assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command,...

Compiled by NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs – With Christmas Eve officially declared as a federal holiday, the following adjustments will be in place at Naval Hospital Bremerton.NHB Urgent Care Clinic will be closed on the federal holidays of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Dec. 24 and 25,...

Captain Joseph Ford: A Lifelong Commitment to Service and Mental HealthFor most service members the path from accession to retirement is pretty straight forward. That is definitely not the course charted by this once enlisted Soldier turned Navy clinician.Born on May 23, 1968, in Camden, New Jersey,...

Navy Capt. Karen Belcar has assumed the role of chief nursing officer for Defense Health Network Pacific Rim (DHN Pacific Rim) and Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), bringing 25 years of military nursing experience to oversee nursing operations across nine military treatment facilities and 10...

During this holiday season, a number of Naval Hospital Bremerton staff members reminisced on years past, whether forward deployed, pulling a clinical rotation for another, or doing their duty best to put service before self for those in need.Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Rose Ann Lumoljo, NHB Primary...

Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) announced the launch of the Android version of its mobile application on Dec. 13, 2024, expanding accessibility for service members, veterans, and their families. This initiative bridges warfighter readiness with superior customer service by providing a...

17 December Naha-City, Okinawa, Japan Staff from USNHO comprised active-duty civilians and MLCs joined Capt. Kathleen Cooperman will deliver toys to the Okinawan children. Community Relations Specialist Sachiko Medoruma coordinated a toy drive benefiting local Okinawan children in the Nambu...

Courtesy story by Megan Lemly, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – Lt. Jose MendezAmbriz, a native of Fresno, California, was recently selected as Junior Officer of the Quarter (JOQ), third quarter, while serving with U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC)...

BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC)’s Clinical Trials Center (CTC) is seeking volunteers to participate in a phase 1 clinical trial for a vaccine aimed at reducing frequency and severity of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a leading cause of skin and soft tissue...