SAN ANTONIO – (March 18, 2026) – Senior leaders across the Department of War (DoW), federal government, academia, and industry attended the 2026 Annual Operational Medicine Symposium (OpMed) & Technology Showcase held at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, March 17 – 18.OpMed is one of the...

It was a lifetime ago lost of Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class David R. Ray.The Congressional Medal of Honor recipient (posthumously) and namesake of Branch Health Clinic Everett was killed in action, March 19, 1969, at Phu Loc 6 near An Hoa in Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam.From that...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), in partnership with Armata Pharmaceuticals, has completed a phase 2 clinical trial on a Staphylococcus aureus (Staph A) bacteriophage therapy.The therapy, AP-SA02, used for the treatment of complicated bacteremia caused by S. aureus,...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – To enhance life-saving capabilities in combat, 2nd Medical Battalion hosted its inaugural Joint Trauma System Valkyrie Prehospital Transfusion course on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from February 23-27, 2026.This course implements a new,...

The Navy Bloodborne Infection Management Center (NBIMC), a subordinate element of the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC), manages the bloodborne pathogen screening program for the Department of the Navy (DoN), ensuring force-wide testing and management of HIV, Hepatitis...

As Naval Hospital Bremerton reaches the halfway point in the 2026 Crews Into Shape Challenge, 11 teams and nearly 100 active duty, civil service staff and supporting family members continue their commitment to building healthier habits through daily physical activity, nutrition tracking and...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held a graduation ceremony for the second 2026 Medical Service Corps Inservice Procurement Program cohort on March 13, 2026, in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Wings of Hope.The first cohort graduated six participants on Feb. 13, 2026,...

LEMOORE, Calif. – Dentists and hygienists from Naval Health Clinic Lemoore visited two elementary schools on Naval Air Station Lemoore to teach children the importance of dental hygiene.Lt. Hannah Mills, Lt. Tri Nguyen, Lt. Dikran Diarian and dental hygienist Brenda Guerzon presented oral health...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms completed National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-certified spirometry training on Feb. 26, expanding the command’s ability to detect occupational lung disease...

When Dr. Audra McCoy explained fiscal oversight importance for prescribed medications, the Defense Health Agency responsibility to operational readiness as a combat support agency became further defined.McCoy, on behalf of Branch Health Clinic Everett Pharmacy and their ‘Pharmacy Best Practices:...