AGANA HEIGHTS, Guam - The U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery has announced that Lt. Jacob King of U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam has been selected as the Navy Pharmacy Junior Officer of the Year for fiscal year 2025. The award recognizes his exceptional leadership, clinical expertise, and...

A U.S. Navy occupational therapist is improving access to care, strengthening inpatient services, and advancing joint medical readiness through hands-on training and clinical excellence.Lt. j.g.Karl Cormier, an occupational therapist assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam, has played a key role...

NAVY MEDICINE READINESS AND TRAINING COMMAND PATUXENT RIVER, Md.– The highly specialized aviation and test missions at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River rely on a unique level of medical and scientific support, delivered directly by the Navy’s Medical Service Corps (MSC). Spanning 31 diverse...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Lt. Andrew Crane, Psy.D., a Navy clinical psychologist formerly assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, received the Navy Psychology CDR Erin Simmons Award on Dec. 22, 2025, for leading impactful process improvements that expanded access...

The Naval Medical Leadership and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC) recently concluded a 15-day Patient Administration Course (PAC), equipping Navy Medicine personnel with the critical skills needed to manage the administrative systems that enable operational medical care across the Military...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan– Cmdr. Vince Deguzman, a Navy Medical Service Corps officer and the Director for Clinical Support Services at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, was recently recognized as one of two healthcare leaders to receive the 2026 Federal Healthcare Executive Award. The American College...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held a graduation ceremony for the second 2026 Medical Service Corps Inservice Procurement Program cohort on March 13, 2026, in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Wings of Hope.The first cohort graduated six participants on Feb. 13, 2026,...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Military medicine’s newest physician assistants received their diplomas and commissioned as officers during a ceremony on March 6, 2026, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.The eight service members completed the second phase of Navy Medicine’s Interservice Physician Assistant...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — When Lt. Christopher Barajas arrived at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, which supports Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, in December 2024, he quickly recognized a challenge facing the installation’s hearing conservation program:...

ROTA, Spain (Feb. 1, 2026) —Cmdr. Frank Cornejo, a native of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., is assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, where he serves as a physician assistant, providing comprehensive medical care to Sailors and Marines in support of force health,...