The 2025 Military Health System (MHS) Nursing Leadership Excellence Award in the Mid-Grade Military category has been awarded to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune’s Lt. Cmdr. Larry Gunter.The MHS Nursing Leadership Excellence Award recognizes nurses who demonstrate...

AGANA HEIGHTS, Guam (Feb. 20, 2026) Lt. Nakpane Nbohn, a medical-surgical nurse assigned to U.S. Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command Guam and U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, has been selected to serve as the first-ever nurse aboard the amphibious warfare ship USS Somerset (LPD 25).With 11 years...

It’s not easy to catch up with a Navy Nurse Corps officer helping run half a dozen clinics, oversee over a hundred staff and coordinate healthcare for nearly 14,000 eligible beneficiaries.Even when such efforts have resulted in being recognized as Junior Officer of the Quarter for Fourth Quarter of...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms has appointed Lt. Cmdr. Jasette Marian M. Fong as its new Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Program Director, strengthening the hospital’s pediatric emergency readiness and reinforcing its commitment to high-quality healthcare...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 29, 2025) - Cmdr. Angelita Kisena and Cmdr. Cheryl Castro enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1998 as hospital corpsmen and were stationed at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, North Carolina, where they quickly became teammates and friends. Throughout the years of working there, they...

On Nov. 14, 2025, U.S. Naval (USNH) Hospital Guam hosted Republic of Korea (ROK) Military Nursing Academy cadets who met with their U.S. Navy counterparts. The 93 cadets were participants in the Joint Cruise Training Task Group, which includes the island of Guam as one of their training stops.The...

JACKSONVILLE, NC - On November 20, 2025, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's new Nurse Residency Program graduated its first cohort of nurses. The six-month program expounds upon the Nurse Internship Program, which was originally 6-weeks. The expansion of the program was accomplished through the...

For Lt. Cmdr. Pamela Resurreccion, the decision to join the Navy Reserve began with a desire for growth. After years working as an emergency trauma nurse, she realized she had reached a point of comfort. Her routine no longer pushed her skills, leadership, or sense of purpose. She wanted more. “I...

LUFILUFI, Samoa - A team of U.S. Navy nurses and hospital corpsmen spent the day at Lufilufi Health Center in Lufilufi, Samoa, assisting and training staff there as part of Pacific Partnership, Oct. 28.The team spent the morning assisting with patient intake and outpatient treatment alongside their...

The Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Portsmouth/Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Nurse Residency Program under the leadership of CAPT Meredith Croft, Chief Nursing Officer/Director of Nursing Services, has officially earned reaccreditation through the American Nurses...