ROTA, Spain (December 1, 2025). Hospital Corpsman Third Class Aspen Eby, assigned to the Directorate of Surgical Services at U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, supports warfighter readiness through her role as a General Duty Corpsman in the OB/GYN clinic.Eby works closely with providers to deliver...

ROTA, Spain (Oct. 15, 2025) — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota conducted its annual influenza mass vaccination campaign in October. The campaign targeted service members, families, and civilian personnel across the installation to protect the force during the flu season...

SIGONELLA, Italy – At Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella, mission readiness begins long before a service member steps into the operating room or deploys forward. Behind every lifesaving procedure, every assessment, and every code response, Sailors like Hospital Corpsman...

CAMP FOSTER, Japan — Providing health care to the nearly 55,000-person beneficiary population and the 188,768-person Western Pacific-eligible referral population in Okinawa presents unique challenges.One challenge for an overseas medical treatment facility (MTF) is staffing medical specialties that...

HONOLULU, Hawaii – Naval Health Clinic Hawaii has implemented a new E-Correspondence system that replaces the long-standing paper-based routing process, improving speed, accountability, and visibility across all levels of the command. The transition marks a significant step in NHCH’s ongoing efforts...

Agana, Guam – U.S. Naval Hospital Guam announced today that it received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2025, demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement in providing high-quality care to its patients.Capt. Joel Schofer, director of U.S. Naval Hospital Guam said, “this is the...

Part of the Hospital Corps pledge states, ‘I shall do all within my power to show in myself an example of all that is honorable and good throughout my naval career.’ Which is precisely what Junior Enlisted Association hospital corpsmen from Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton did by...

One hundred seventy members of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) along with Marines from the Expeditionary Medical Facility, 4th Marine Medical Battalion and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, participated in a mass casualty...

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...

Sailors and civilians serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point celebrated four Sailors who received “Of the Year” accolades.Hospitalman Gabriella Tellez was honored as the 2025 Blue Jacket of the Year, Hospital Corpsman Third Class Eleanor Garza as the 2025 Junior Sailor of the Year, Hospital...