CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - At the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC), a steady cycle of high-fidelity training serves as the bedrock of readiness for Navy Medicine. Each month, the center puts multiple specialized medical teams through their paces, ensuring a...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (March 9, 2026) — U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka is increasing access to elective facial plastic and reconstructive procedures, offering beneficiaries specialized care while maintaining medical readiness in the Indo-Pacific region.Among the procedures performed is functional...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – FORT SAM HOUSTON – (May 30, 2026) – During the month of April, research engineers assigned to the Combat Casualty Care & Operational Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, visited with dental and veterinary science instructors to test the...

SAN DIEGO– The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) provided its lab facilities and personnel to support a NASA study from the Artemis II mission on April 11, 2026.Following the splashdown and recovery of the Orion spacecraft on April 10, a team of NASA, Harvard and Space Tango scientists and...

Three sailors serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point were recently selected as Sailors of the Quarter.The honorees are Hospitalman Alyson Cuff, Bluejacket of the Quarter; Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Naleni Castillo, Junior Sailor of the Quarter; and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Emmanuella...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan — The wardroom from U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) held a professional military education (PME) event to observe the start of the Battle of Okinawa.In a quote from then-Secretary of Defense and retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, in theSummary of the 2018...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) is mission driven and people powered. Ronald Clark Jr., material management department head assigned to Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), answered a few questions about...

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 29, 2026) --The Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center (ATAMMC) proudly announces that it has been awarded the prestigious Navy Surgeon General’s 2025 “Blue H” Health Promotion and Wellness Award, achieving the esteemed Gold Star level. This remarkable recognition, a...

FALLS CHURCH, Va.– In a landmark event to shape the future of military healthcare, Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, acting Surgeon General of the Navy and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, hosted the Inaugural Navy Medicine Educational Leadership Summit, April 8-9, 2026. The summit convened...

Staff serving aboard Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point observed Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month throughout April, 2026 with a series of events, education and an interactive display.This year’s theme, “STEP FORWARD: Prevent. Report. Advocate,” served as a...