Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan – Lt. Cmdr. Ki Chang, a Navy Medical Corps Officer and Staff Neurosurgeon at Naval Medical Center San Diego performed the first uniportal endoscopic spine surgery at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) this week.Lt. Cmdr. Ki Chang, a staff neurosurgeon at Naval Medical...

SAN DIEGO -- The first face the Artemis II crew will see upon their return to Earth will be the face of a U.S. Navy Sailor.Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Wang, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Laddy Aldridge, Chief Hospital Corpsman Vlad Link, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Steve Kapala make up the dive medical...

Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) New England gained a rare, firsthand look at the future of naval warfare during a tour of the future Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) while the ship was ported in Newport, R.I.,...

SAN DIEGO — Navy medical experts at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) hosted a two-day training course on advanced osseointegration surgery, providing military and civilian surgeons with hands-on experience in a procedure that is transforming amputee care for wounded warfighters, at NMCSD, Feb...

A Sailor or Marine serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point can only be as ready for deployment as their family. One medical team aboard the installation ensures the family is as ready for the fight as their warfighter is.The Patient Centered Medical Home aboard Navy Medicine Readiness...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Lt. Cmdr. Brandon DuGar, a radiologist assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, was selected as Navy Medicine’s Junior Radiologist of the Year on March 24, 2026, recognizing his clinical excellence, leadership and contributions to...

U.S. Navy researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are looking for volunteers to help support a study directly supporting one of the United States’ biggest space exploration goals: returning American astronauts to the Moon.The Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Dayton researchers, working...

In honor of National Public Health Week 2026, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command celebrates our Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine teams.Both play integral roles in “Keeping the Warfighter in the Fight” by ensuring the operational readiness of units assigned to Marine Corps Air...

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...