The Tri-Service Optician School (TOPS), a directorate of the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), held its graduation ceremony for class 25-010 in Yorktown, Virginia on Dec. 16, 2025. The graduating class was comprised of 6 Sailors and Soldiers from both the U.S. Navy...

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Images of hot-shot aviators pushing the outer limits of aircraft performance have been popularized through Hollywood films and popular culture, and while there are many traits that hold true, there is a grounded aspect that many overlook. How does the U.S. Navy select and retain...

Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command held its annual 4-week in-person Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) didactic course, followed by a 2-week hands-on field experience throughout eight tropical infectious disease endemic locations around the globe during August 2025.  The MTM...

PENSACOLA, FL –The Hyperbaric Medicine Department of the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI), a detachment of Navy Medicine Operational Training Command (NMOTC) based in Pensacola, Florida, achieved another first for Navy Medicine, but this time has “sharpened the spear” for the Navy fleet at...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Joel Barnes was named the 2025 Military Citizen of the Year for Hampton Roads, an honor presented to service members or veterans who demonstrate exceptional community involvement and selfless service beyond their military...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) is mission driven and people powered. Today, we highlight Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Joel Barnes, the Lead Petty Officer for the Navy Medicine Training Support Command’s (NMTSC) Advanced...

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...