SAN DIEGO (April 15, 2026) — As NASA’s Artemis II crew returned to Earth following their historic mission around the moon, a team of Navy Medicine professionals stood ready in the Pacific Ocean to receive them—prepared for anything from a routine recovery to a life-threatening emergency.Among them...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (April 13, 2026) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) kicked-off its second Corpsman Residency Program (HMRP) April 13, 2026, with a class of six corpsmen ready to receive training. This marks the second class of corpsmen to go through HMRP, with the program’s first class of...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) announced the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Region Sailor of the Year (SOY) during an all-hands ceremony at the headquarters building, March 26, 2026.The NMFDC region SOY finalists were Hospital Corpsman 1st...

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen spend months in "A" school undergoing training so that they can provide quality medical care to their fellow service members as well as their families. Now, thanks to advocation and efforts from staff members at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, corpsmen have the...

Five Sailors, attached to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) New England were advanced to the rank of Hospital Corpsman Third Class, March 2026.Advancement in rank reflects a Sailor’s growing expertise and leadership, strengthening Navy Medicine’s ability to deliver trained and...

Sailors and civilians of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point gathered Wednesday April 1 at Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point to celebrate the 133rd birthday of the U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer.During the celebration, Chiefs and fellow Sailors and civilians heard a reading of the Chief of Naval...

Staff serving at Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point bid Fair Winds and Following Seas to three Corpsmen on Tuesday, March 31 as they departed for their next assignment in the U.S. Navy.Hospital Corpsman Second Class Holly Bew was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for her service as...

It was a lifetime ago lost of Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class David R. Ray.The Congressional Medal of Honor recipient (posthumously) and namesake of Branch Health Clinic Everett was killed in action, March 19, 1969, at Phu Loc 6 near An Hoa in Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam.From that...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO- FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - The Navy Medicine Training Support Command (NMTSC) honored Medal of Honor recipient, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class John T. Fralish during a memorial ceremony held here on Feb. 6, 2026. The ceremony, attended by the command’s leadership, Chief Petty...

Courtesy story by Alvin Plexico, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. - Every sailor’s story of naval service is unique. For Petty Officer 2nd Class Connor Cameron, this story began in Hollywood, Florida, where skills and values learned there would be foundational to success in the...