ATSUGI, Japan — U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka Sailors joined U.S. and Japanese military, government, medical and emergency-response organizations for Big Rescue Kanagawa 2026 on Sept. 1 at the Kanagawa Prefectural Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Center and...

Naval Medical Forces Pacific hosted a senior delegation of Japanese government and officials, clinical leaders and academic researchers Aug. 25, 2026, to deepen bilateral medical collaboration and examine the operational requirements of maritime healthcare across the vast Indo-Pacific region.Led by...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Capt. George Brand relieved Capt. Kevin Bailey as commanding officer of the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center during a change of command ceremony held aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Sept. 3, 2026.Rear Adm. Kevin Brown, commander of Naval...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms recently recognized Lt. Kino I. Anderson, Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms’ human resources department head, as Officer of the Quarter for the third quarter of 2026.A native of Portmore, Jamaica, Anderson...

ACCRA, Ghana – 16 military medical professionals completed a two-week 2026 Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) program in Ghana on August 14, gaining firsthand experience with tropical medicine and infectious disease challenges that threaten the operational readiness of U.S. forces.Supported by U.S...

Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville is a sought-after duty station where many begin and hope to continue their careers. Naval Branch Health Clinic Mayport’s newest OB-GYN provider carries on that legacy in many ways.Xiomara Lemmey began her journey as a hospital corpsman at NH Jacksonville in 1988...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 28, 2026) — Dennis Connell, a secretary with Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, retired from Civil Service after 41 years of combined military and federal civilian service, during a ceremony aboard Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, Aug. 28, 2026.His decades of dedicated mentorship...

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (Aug. 30, 2026) – What can a Sailor on one of Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota’s five homeported destroyers or visiting ships do when having a mental health or readiness issue? What about needing to report a sexual harassment or violence emergency? Many would need to wait for...

Lt. Cmdr. Stefen Petry head of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point’s Physical and Occupational Therapy departments, promoted to the rank during a ceremony on Monday, September 1, 2026.In his role, Petry leads a team of Sailors and civilians responsible for assisting in the...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point bid Fair Winds and Following Seas to Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Dru Calloway in early September 2026. Calloway served as the leading petty officer of the facility’s Laboratory Department.During his time at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry...