In a ceremony rich with tradition and profound significance, Captain Anthony L. LaCourse was promoted to Rear Admiral (Lower Half), a historic first for the Navy’s Physician Assistant (PA) community. The milestone marks the first time a PA has been promoted to admiral, underscoring the expanding...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — October is National Physical Therapy Month, and Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) is highlighting the role its physical therapy team plays in restoring function, preventing injury, and sustaining readiness among active-duty Sailors and Marines.Each October, the American...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 23, 2025) – U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka conducted a large-scale mass casualty drill Sept. 23, testing its ability to triage, treat, and transport multiple simulated patients during a crisis.The exercise included 10 casualty injects,...

BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) staff recruited 129 volunteers to participate in a phase 1, first-in-human, FDA clinical trial for a Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) treatment at the command’s Clinical Trials Center (CTC).The trial, consisting of military and civilian volunteer...

CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan – A U.S. Navy corpsman received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his heroic actions saving a longtime Camp Rodriguez firefighter after he suffered a cardiac arrest in Pohang, South Korea during Korean Marine Exercise Program 25.2 on July 25, 2025.U.S Navy...

The Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. Darin K. Via, recently recognized Walter Reed and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bethesda as a 2024 Navy Surgeon General’s (SG) Blue H Gold Star Award Winner for Health Promotion and Wellness, earning the Blue H flag and...

GROTON, Conn. – The Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) Dive Department has completed an expansion of its dive locker, a project that began in summer 2022.The term “dive locker” refers to a dedicated team of highly trained Navy divers, who are attached to a Navy command and whose...

Courtesy story by Lt. j.g. Taylor Worley, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – Petty Officer 3rd Class Maya Pinter, a native of White Lake, Michigan, was recently named Motivator of the Month while serving aboard U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Guantanamo...

Sailors and civilians serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point spent September 2025 learning to support their peers, family members and the local community through a series of events aimed at building their mental and emotional resilience.September was designated in 2008 as National Suicide...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Navy Medicine commands and partners responded to an urgent requirement request from U.S. Naval Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sept. 19, delivering critical surgical equipment and expertise that bolstered medical readiness across the Fleet and Joint Force.When GTMO reported a...