JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Oct. 27, 2025) — Two classes of the Hospital Corpsman Basic (HCB) program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) completed an updated pilot curriculum integrating Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) principles into entry-level training,...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomed Capt. Laurie Chavez to the team as director of the Education and Training Directorate Sept. 12, 2025.The Parkersburg, West Virginia, native enjoys family time and making the most of her deployments...

A team from the Naval Medical Forces Development Command’s (NMFDC) Navy Medical Modeling and Simulation Training (NMMAST) program attended the Joint Trauma System Combat Casualty Care Simulation Expo at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Nov. 13-14, 2025.Located within the Navy Medicine enterprise,...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – A deep-rooted family tradition in Navy medicine gained another chapter recently at the graduation of the Navy Medicine Training Support Command’s (NMTSC) Hospital Corpsman Basic Course (HCB) Class 190-25.Hospitalman Jaylen Rico is now the fourth...

ACCRA, Ghana – Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT, in partnership with the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), hosted a two-week field mission as part of Navy Medicine’s annual Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) course for 15 U.S. military physicians and...

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...

Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command inaugurated the new Orofacial Pain Clinic located in Bldg. 39 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on August 22, 2025.This ceremony marked a new chapter for NMLPDC, in providing a...

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 Landry Overton, a Financial Management Career Program (FMCP) trainee with the command’s Resources and Management...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomed Jarrel “Nathan” Coy to the team as the command’s comptroller and director of the Resource Management directorate on Sept. 8, 2025.Coy joins the team with more than 22 years of experience as a...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomed Anjanette McRae to the team as financial management analyst with the command’s Resource Management directorate on Sept. 8, 2025.The Newport News, Virginia, native loves old martial arts movies and...