Medical staff at Naval Medical Center San Diego participated in Commander, Navy Installations Command’s annual all-hazard exercise Citadel Rumble 2023 Aug 3. The exercise ensures Navy personnel’s continued ability to effectively respond to a disaster incident by simulating realistic scenarios...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 4, 2023) – A new commanding officer took command of Navy Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio during a Change of Command Ceremony held at the Fort Sam Houston Theatre.During the ceremony, Capt. Gerald DeLong, Medical Service Corps (MSC), of...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Navy Capt. Peter F. Roberts was relieved by Navy Capt. Jenny S. Burkett as Commander of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command and as Director of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton during a Change of Command Ceremony August 4, 2023.The ceremony was held outdoors in the...

Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) has been successfully executing Trident Arch operations onboard Naval Weapons Station Yorktown-Cheatham Annex and forward deployment sites over its 40-year history. Operation Trident Arch Nordic 2023 integrated military and commercial resources to...

Eight second-year medical students from the Army, Air Force and Navy enrolled at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) spent two weeks onboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) training in operational medicine (OPMED).Based in Bethesda, Maryland, USU is the nation’s federal health...

Capt. Eric R. Welsh relieved Capt. Dennis J. Faix as commanding officer of the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) during a change of command ceremony on the morning of July 28th. Capt. William M. Denniston, Presiding Official and Commander of Naval Medical Research Command, along with honored guest...

The Havelock Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee recognized U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Madison Harper, assigned to Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, as the Service Person of the Quarter at the Hancock Lodge, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, July 25, 2023.Harper, a...

By Bernard S. LittleWRNMMC Command CommunicationsJuly is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month, observed to improve understanding of orofacial clefts and other conditions of the head and face.Cleft lip and cleft palate happen when a baby’s lip or mouth does not form properly...

“Filariasis in the personnel of our Armed Forces is a problem which has arisen since operations were started in the South and Central Pacific area.”~Vice Adm. Ross McIntire, Navy Surgeon General, to Hon. William Stigler (D-OK), June 20, 1944.***Tutuila Island, Samoa, 1880. After conducting a...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (July 26, 2023) Elementary school students attending Starbase Victory MedBase summer camp, hosted by Portsmouth City School District, toured Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) July 26, as part of an effort by the district to expose children to the world of STEM.The students...