25 March 2025 Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit Boosts Readiness at Camp Lemonnier CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – The Navy’s Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit’s (FDPMU) play a vital role in sustaining mission readiness across the globe.Last year, Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit (FDPMU) Industrial Hygiene (IH) component team conducted a survey at an indoor...
17 January 2025 Navy Bloodborne Infection Management Center Supports Force Health Protection Through Managing HIV Testing Contract SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Leadership staff with the Navy Bloodborne Infection Management Center (NBIMC) visited the Center for Disease Detection (CDD) laboratory in San Antonio, Texas, for a quarterly inspection on Dec. 11, 2024. The team from NBIMC, which manages the HIV testing contract for the...
23 September 2024 Navy Bloodborne Infection Management Center Officer in Charge Maximizes Contributions of Service members Living with HIV and Viral Hepatitis The Navy Bloodborne Infection Management Center (NBIMC) held a change of charge ceremony, at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, Maryland, where Cmdr. Marshall Hoffman relieved Capt. Nimfa Teneza-Mora as Officer in Charge (OIC) Aug. 23, 2024...
17 September 2024 Ready at a Moment's Notice: Two of the Navy's Frontline Public Health Teams Will Take the Watch Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Units (FDPMUs) are essential components of the Navy's public health and medical readiness and Navy Medicine’s only Public Health expeditionary platform...
26 August 2024 Enhancing Risk Communication: Force Health Protection Command Workshop Equips Participants with Essential Skills for Effective Stakeholder Engagement Staff from the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) hosted a Risk Communication Workshop at the Rivers Edge Community Center, Aug. 13 – 15, 2024, on Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia...
18 July 2024 Protecting warfighters: Navy hosts summit on blast overpressure safety The Navy hosted a critical summit focused on blast overpressure (BOP) safety, aiming to highlight ongoing efforts to protect service members and civilians, at River’s Edge Community Center onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex, July 15...
18 July 2024 Navy Entomology Center of Excellence Change of Charge Cmdr. Ian Sutherland transferred responsibility as the officer in charge (OIC) of the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) to Cmdr. Michael Kavanaugh in a change of charge ceremony, June 21, 2024, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida...
16 July 2024 Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six and Singapore Armed Forces Biodefense Team conduct Expeditionary Public Health Subject Matter Exchange during RIMPAC 2024 U.S. Navy Preventive Medicine professionals assigned to Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six (NEPMU-6) hosted a Singapore Armed Forces Expeditionary Public Health Team (SAF) to exchange knowledge about U.S. Navy Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit’s (FDPMU) and their...
25 June 2024 Enhancing Force Health Protection: NECE and Rattlesnake Conservancy Conduct Venomous Snake Handling Training at Naval Air Station Jacksonville The Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) in partnership with the Rattlesnake Conservancy held a venomous snake handling training course aboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville, June 5-7.NECE is the premier training site for Hospital Corpsman in the field of pest control. While their primary...
13 June 2024 Navy Medicine Advances Strategic Readiness with Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit Two Participation in Trident 2024 Virginia Beach, VA – Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit Two (FDPMU 2) demonstrated Navy Medicines commitment to readiness by participating in the annual Trident exercise from June 3-7, 2024, at Joint Expeditionary Base – Little Creek.Trident is a joint-maritime exercise designed to certify...