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,...

HA TINH PROVINCE, Vietnam – A U.S. Navy hospital corpsman deployed as a short-term individual augmentee to support a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovery mission in Vietnam from May 28 to July 7, 2025, found himself in the right place at the right time for mission success.U.S. Navy Hospital...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Naval Medical Forces Development Command is mission driven and most importantly people powered! Today, we highlight Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer Bernardo Figueroa, leading chief petty officer for the command’s Future Operations...

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (Aug. 25, 2025) — Hospital Corpsman Chief Select Kazia Marecheau, a Midcoast Maine native, has been selected for advancement to chief petty officer and for a direct commission into the Medical Service Corps after 15 years of naval service.While forward-deployed to Camp...

A Sailor serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point was recently honored for her service to the communities surrounding the installation.Hospitalman Cyerra Yazzie, a Sailor assigned to Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, was recognized by the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce Military...