ROTA, Spain –Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ramon A. Diaz, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, delivers specialized orthopedic care that helps Sailors and Marines recover from injuries and return to duty.A native of East Brunswick, New Jersey, Diaz serves as an orthopedic...

ROTA, Spain — Navy Lt. Kathleen Carter was working as a labor and delivery nurse in the multiservice ward at U.S. Naval Hospital Rota (USNH Rota) when an ordinary shift became a life-changing emergency.Expectant mother Brianna Abney arrived at the hospital in active labor, accompanied by her...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Oak Harbor held a change of command ceremony July 9, 2026, on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, marking the transfer of leadership from Capt. Mark F. Lund to Capt. Teresita L. Alston during a ceremony attended by leadership,...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (July 23, 2026) — Capt. Joshua A. Miller relieved Capt. Torrin W. Velazquez as commanding officer of U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka and director of U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka during a change of command ceremony July 23 at Commander,...

In a historic medical first, a multi-service, multinational team of American and Canadian military medical professionals successfully bypassed decades of administrative red tape to deliver seamless, life-saving trauma care afloat. Operating aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2)...

Meet Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Blake Hollier, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC) and "C" School instructor at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, the Navy's only boot camp.A native of St. Amant, Louisiana, Hollier joined the Navy 13 years ago with a straightforward goal: advance his...

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – A United States Navy nurse at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is being honored for her research and process improvement efforts in pediatric trauma care.Cdr. Emily Latimer, an emergency clinical nurse specialist, was recently awarded the Defense Health Agency Nursing Award for...

SAN ANTONIO – Research directors from Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, and U.S. Air Force 59th Medical Wing met with representatives from the Houston-based TradeIL South-Midwest USA of Israel’s Foreign Trade Administration at VelocityTX...

SAN ANTONIO – Cmdr. Thomas Sather, director of the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) program, was honored with a fellowship for his exceptional contributions to aerospace medicine during the 2026 Aerospace Medical Association's 96th Annual Scientific Meeting.Sather’s elevation to...

Rear Adm. Matthew Case, acting Navy Surgeon General and acting chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visited Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) to highlight the command’s vital role in delivering, equipping and sustaining ready naval medical forces, July 14.The visit...