There’s one primary difference between a Defense Health Agency military treatment facility such as Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) and any civilian equivalent in healthcare delivery.“We go to war,” said Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, to a packed...

DAHLGREN, Va. – Cmdr. Jennifer L. Williams assumed leadership of Naval Medical Readiness Training Unit (NMRTU) Dahlgren and Naval Medical Readiness Training Center (NMRTC) Detachment Indian Head during a change of charge ceremony on Friday, July 11, 2025. Capt. Ken Radford, commanding officer of...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Jessica Hernandez, the Physical Evaluation Board Liaison (PEBLO) at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, was recognized for her exceptional contributions to medical readiness and disability case management across the command. In May, she...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton changed command on July 11, 2025, during a ceremony held in the Medal of Honor Promenade of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.Capt. Jenny S. Burkett was relieved by Capt. Virginia H. Damin as both...

MANTA, Ecuador – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Manta, Ecuador following the third mission stop of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25), July 10, 2025.Throughout the six-day visit to Ecuador, Comfort’s crew worked alongside Ecuador providing medical care to the people of...

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Robert McGill, a dental technician with 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and a native of Heidelberg, Mississippi, was selected as Warrior of the Week by his command for his unwavering commitment to mission readiness and excellence in patient...

BOSTON – Designing helicopter engines wasn’t the end of her story. It was just the beginning. Before becoming a trauma surgeon, Dr. Isabel M. Bernal worked as an aerospace engineer, contributing to aircraft such as the Blackhawk. Even while succeeding in a high-tech civilian career, she felt a...

ROTA, Spain (July 9, 2025)– U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Rota’s Surgical Services team received the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Go Clear Award, becoming the first Military Treatment Facility (MTF) in the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) to achieve this national certification for...

U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam's Forensic Healthcare Program (FHP) kicked off 2025 by hosting Allyson Cordoni, the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Indo-Pacific Command forensic healthcare lead, for a week of intensive simulations and training, starting Jan. 27.The visit, coordinated by Cmdr. Mary...

In a move to increase response time in providing life-saving treatment, automatic external defibrillators have been relocated throughout Naval Hospital Bremerton.The AEDs are no longer located within specific departments, but strategically placed throughout the military treatment facility in case of...