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...

CHINA LAKE, Calif. — Over the past couple months, Lt. j.g. Christian Woodie, a physician assistant assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU) China Lake, led twice‑weekly medical readiness training sessions designed to strengthen clinical reasoning and reinforce core medical...

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...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Hospitalman Apprentice Skylar L. Foote, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during an awards ceremony Nov. 19, 2025, for her decisive actions that helped save a passenger’s life aboard a commercial flight.Foote, a native of...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – Dr. Jeremy Pamplin, program manager, Biological Technologies Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), visited with leadership and research scientists assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio at the Battlefield Health &...

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune nurses are recognized for their dedicated, compassionate care through The DAISY Foundation. Seventeen nurses were recognized for their DAISY Award nominations in a ceremony on Nov. 24. The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is a national recognition that honors...

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND – Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) leadership convened for their 2025 Off-Site Strategic Planning Meeting 21-22 Oct., tackling critical issues of staffing, patient care, and securing resources for future growth.Capt. Elizabeth Adriano, NMCSD director, set the...