With the announcement that four Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton were selected for advancement to the rank of chief petty officer for Fiscal Year 2024, we asked each to reflect on their designation.Weldekiros Aregawi has reached a point during his Navy career...

Twenty-four Sailors achieved a major milestone in their enlisted career as they were advanced to the rank of a chief petty officer during a ceremony on board Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads – Portsmouth Annex, Sep. 29, 2023...

LONDON, UK - 16 scientists from Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) Warfighter Performance Department presented research on the effects in extreme environments at the International Congress on Soldiers’ Physical Performance (ICSPP), held in London, UK from September 12-14.The scientists presented...

Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), in partnership with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, hosted the 2023 Warrior Care Summit, Sept. 25. Advanced and pioneering surgical capabilities were showcased and collaboration was fostered amongst more than 200...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A U.S. Navy corpsman is being hailed as a hero after saving someone's life while on liberty.On September 15, 2023, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Clay Campbell, a corpsman with 2d battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, and a Clearwater, Florida...

Editor's Note: This article has been updated. The sculpture near the clinic entrance is an incomplete circle. The art piece is the first thing a patient sees as they approach the Intrepid Spirit Center at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The imperfect circle is a symbol of the Intrepid Spirit Centers,...

This past Summer, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) SOUTH welcomed nine U.S. military students to a field exercise in Peru for the Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) course.This year’s exercise was part of an MTM course coordinated by the Uniformed Services University and NAMRU SOUTH and was...

ROTA, Spain – A call goes out across the two-way radio system in the Emergency Department (ED) at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, an aircraft is in-coming on approach, and the landing gear has failed. This was a drill scenario that put the department and hospital on full...

A physical therapy technician assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha has been selected to attend the US Army - Baylor University Doctor of Physical Therapy program beginning in January 2024.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Kevin Wilson, who serves as a PT tech, learned of his acceptance to...

From Navy Hospital Corpsman to Commanding Officer, Capt. Romeo T. Tizon, Jr. turned over command of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Lemoore (NMRTCL) to Capt. Aaron D. Werbel, in a ceremony held on Sept. 8, 2023, at the Naval Air Station Lemoore chapel.Tizon, a native of the Philippines,...