15 September 2023 Pacific Partnership 2023 Concludes Third Stop in Malaysia KUANTAN, Malaysia – Pacific Partnership 2023 has concluded its mission stop in Kuantan during a closing ceremony hosted aboard the Harpers-Ferry class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor, Sept. 15.The largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission...
14 September 2023 International Medical Conference Shares Perspective, Builds Partnership CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (August 24, 2023) – Medical providers and technicians across Camp Lemonnier and from partner nations who are deployed and located in Djibouti gathered during a monthly international medical conference hosted by CLDJ’s Expeditionary Medical Facility, August 24.Japanese,...
14 September 2023 Health Affairs Secretary Visits San Diego Facilities; Discusses Importance of Readiness, Quality Health Care SAN DIEGO (Sept. 14, 2023) —The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez, visited the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) San Diego Market from Sept. 13-14, touring research and medical facilities and meeting with staff to discuss the unique challenges facing Southern...
13 September 2023 MCED-P 23.2 Medical Staff Conducts Ultrasound Training Sailors from the medical team supporting Marine Corps Engineering Detachment – Palau conducted ultrasound training with the Belau National Hospital in Koror, Republic of Palau, Sept. 9, 2023.“I think this training is extremely beneficial for a lot of the physicians that serve here,” said Dr. Myra...
11 September 2023 Ground Zero recognized from the ground up at Naval Hospital Bremerton Ground zero was recognized from the ground up at Naval Hospital Bremerton.Staff members took part in a stair climb challenge in a step-by-step homage to those 343 firefighters, eight emergency medical services personnel, 72 law enforcement officers and other first responders who lost their lives...
10 September 2023 Continuing Promise 2023 Concludes in Trinidad and Tobago PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago -- The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10), completed its third stop in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Sept. 10, 2023 in support of the Continuing Promise 2023 (CP23) mission.The Continuing Promise 2023 team worked...
06 September 2023 PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2023 ARRIVES IN MALAYSIA KUANTAN, Malaysia – Pacific Partnership 2023 has arrived in Kuantan, Malaysia to conduct the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific, Sept. 6.Returning to Malaysia since 2019’s visit to Kuching, Sarawak, Pacific...
06 September 2023 Why the Wait? Pharmacy ScriptCenter becoming a timely preference More Naval Hospital Bremerton patients are realizing there’s a ready preference available for picking up prescribed medications than waiting in the Main Pharmacy.It’s a time-saving asset for everyone who takes a minute to save an hour.The ScriptCenter is an automated – and secure - prescription...
05 September 2023 NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER OPERATIONAL READINESS TEAM SUPPORTS US NAVAL SURFACE FORCES DURING EXERCISE TALISMAN SABRE Naval Heath Research Center’s (NHRC) Operational Readiness (OR) team conducted a shipboard wearables demonstration onboard the USS Green Bay (LPD 20) as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 (TS23), from 22 July and 4 Aug. 2023.TS23 was a combined arms exercise conducted in Australia and was...
04 September 2023 “Harry Bluff” and the Curious Origin of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED): August 31, 1842 (Aug. 30, 2023) August 31st remains a less well-known anniversary in the U.S. Navy. On this date in 1842, Congress passed a Navy appropriations bill establishing five bureaus to oversee Navy Yards and Docks; Construction, Equipment, and Repair; Provisions and Clothing; Ordnance and Hydrography; and...