Aug. 3, 2025, GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- Navy Medicine and the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) enterprise play a critical role in ensuring the health and readiness of forces stationed across the globe, and nowhere is this more evident than at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay...

January 26, 2026, marks the start of Radon Awareness Week, designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to raise awareness of radon exposure risks and encourage testing to reduce potential health impacts. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas produced by the breakdown of...

August 22, 2025, BETHESDA, Md. – The Navy Bloodborne Infection Management Center (NBIMC) held a change of charge ceremony at the United Service Organization (USO) Bethesda, marking the transfer of leadership from Cmdr. Marshall Hoffman to Capt. Joel Sklar. The event honored Hoffman’s accomplishments...

September 4, 2025 -- In a significant advancement for Navy public health, epidemiologists with the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) are revolutionizing how the fleet monitors illnesses at sea.The initiative harnesses the power of a biosurveillance tool known as the...

A time-honored naval tradition unfolded at the historic Bluejacket Memorial Chapel on board Naval Station Great Lakes as Cmdr. Katherine Dozier relieved Cmdr. Jason Schmittschmitt as commanding officer of Navy Drug Screening Lab Great Lakes (NDSL GL) August 12, 2025, Great Lakes, Illinois.The...

CRANE, Ind. -- Industrial hygienists from the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) returned to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane July 22-24, 2025, to assess and support ongoing efforts to mitigate blast overpressure (BOP) exposure risk during weapons testing.The...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (July 29, 2025) – Thirteen students from Navy Medicine commands across the Pacific attended the Industrial Hygiene Techniques/Exposure Monitor Course (EMC), hosted by the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC), in San Diego, California, July 14–25, 2025.The...

While BALTOPS 25 brought the noise, jets roaring overhead, ships maneuvering through the Baltic Sea, a quieter mission unfolded behind the scenes.Navy preventive medicine teams, deployed across Latvia and Sweden, focused on something less visible but just as critical: ensuring nothing stopped the...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (June 6, 2025) – The Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) and Defense Centers for Public Health – Portsmouth (DCPH-P) marked a pivotal leadership transition as Capt. Darryl Arfsten assumed command from Capt. Marion Gregg during a time-honored change of...

Recognizing a hazard that needs to be monitored is nothing new to those in the public health field because that’s what they do--identify, assess and control risks to protect population health, from infectious diseases and environmental exposures to occupational threats. The goal? To make operations...