Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) has been successfully executing Trident Arch operations onboard Naval Weapons Station Yorktown-Cheatham Annex and forward deployment sites over its 40-year history. Operation Trident Arch Nordic 2023 integrated military and commercial resources to...

Eight second-year medical students from the Army, Air Force and Navy enrolled at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) spent two weeks onboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) training in operational medicine (OPMED).Based in Bethesda, Maryland, USU is the nation’s federal health...

Capt. Eric R. Welsh relieved Capt. Dennis J. Faix as commanding officer of the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) during a change of command ceremony on the morning of July 28th. Capt. William M. Denniston, Presiding Official and Commander of Naval Medical Research Command, along with honored guest...

The Havelock Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee recognized U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Madison Harper, assigned to Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, as the Service Person of the Quarter at the Hancock Lodge, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, July 25, 2023.Harper, a...

By Bernard S. LittleWRNMMC Command CommunicationsJuly is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month, observed to improve understanding of orofacial clefts and other conditions of the head and face.Cleft lip and cleft palate happen when a baby’s lip or mouth does not form properly...

“Filariasis in the personnel of our Armed Forces is a problem which has arisen since operations were started in the South and Central Pacific area.”~Vice Adm. Ross McIntire, Navy Surgeon General, to Hon. William Stigler (D-OK), June 20, 1944.***Tutuila Island, Samoa, 1880. After conducting a...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (July 26, 2023) Elementary school students attending Starbase Victory MedBase summer camp, hosted by Portsmouth City School District, toured Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) July 26, as part of an effort by the district to expose children to the world of STEM.The students...

(July 14, 2023) This week Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville began performing a new type of corrective eye surgery. Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2016. The procedure involves using a femtosecond laser to create a small corneal lenticule...

A Sailor serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point felt a calling to enter the Radiology field the very first day of his Advanced Individual Training class.Hospitalman Miguel Rodriguez, A Radiologic Technologist serving aboard Navy Health Clinic Cherry Point, serves with a team providing...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (July 25, 2023) – Capt. William Brafford, commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC), joined by Command Master Chief Veronica Brittenum, visited and toured facilities of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio at the Battlefield Health...