CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan – A U.S. Navy corpsman received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his heroic actions saving a longtime Camp Rodriguez firefighter after he suffered a cardiac arrest in Pohang, South Korea during Korean Marine Exercise Program 25.2 on July 25, 2025.U.S Navy...

Courtesy story by Lt. j.g. Taylor Worley, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – Petty Officer 3rd Class Maya Pinter, a native of White Lake, Michigan, was recently named Motivator of the Month while serving aboard U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Guantanamo...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune is enhancing Expeditionary Medical Unit capabilities by equipping hospital corpsmen with advance trauma and pre-hospital care skills through an accelerated paramedic training program offered by Navy Medicine.These paramedic-qualified corpsmen...

SIGONELLA, Italy – Every day, inside the operating room at U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella, a team of Sailors work quietly but powerfully behind the scenes . These Sailors, assigned to Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella, are known as Surgical Technologists, or Surg Techs...

The National Capital Region held its Fiscal Year 2026 Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on September 16, 2025.15 selectees completed six weeks of rigorous training and team building exercises in preparation for upcoming challenges as they don their anchors. The ceremony...

After 84 years of treating service members, Naval Hospital Jacksonville has been the first of many endeavors. This past year, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville became home to the very first enroute care paramedic with her very own Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC).“I am the...

The Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point community gathered Tuesday, September 16, 2025, to honor the service and achievement of Sailors and Marines serving aboard the base as they reached a career milestone.Seven Sailors advanced to the rank of Chief Petty Officer and two Marines earned the...

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alec R. Kramer, NMRTC Bethesda Public AffairsFORT BELVOIR, Va. (Sept. 16, 2025) – Family, friends and shipmates gathered at Fort Belvoir to celebrate as U.S. Navy Sailors were promoted to the rank of E-7 with U.S. Army “Navy Chief Honoree” Soldiers during a...

The Chiefs Mess at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton was deemed incomplete.Permission was requested – and approved - from Capt. Karla Lepore, NMRTC Bremerton commanding officer to make the mess whole.Joining the ranks of U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officers September 16, 2025, were newly...

Courtesy story by Ashley Craig, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – Hospitalman Apprentice Jullian Tran, a native of San Diego, California, recently reported aboard U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Guantanamo Bay at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay,...