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,...

Courtesy story by Ensign Han Fiori-Puyu, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. — Lt. Jyl Bean, a native of Niskayuna, New York, was recently selected for Junior Environmental Health Officer of the Year while serving at U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC)...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held a graduation ceremony for the 2026 Medical Service Corps Inservice Procurement Program cohort on Feb. 13, 2026, in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton galley meeting room.The cohort and graduation ceremony were coordinated by Lt. Nnika...

Paperwork and spreadsheets essential to mission accomplishment fill United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Edward Abgevey-Tamakloe’s physical folders and digital files. Perhaps not the immediate imagery when one thinks of readiness, but Agbevey’s duties are.Agbevey currently serves as the director...

Courtesy story by Lt. j.g. Taylor Worley, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. — Lt. Trey Ketchum, a native of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was recently named the Stanley H. Freed Navy Junior Optometrist of the Year for 2025 while serving with U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training...

From the pitcher’s mound to the front lines of naval science, Lt. Cmdr. Elih M. Velazquez-Delgado’s unconventional path has culminated in one of Navy Medicine’s highest honors.Velazquez-Delgado, a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) chemistry division military deputy and acting division head for...