On May 9, 2023, as part of Nurses Week celebrations, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune leaders and staff gathered to host a Daisy Award Recognition Ceremony.Ms. Renae Vessov, a registered nurse in NMCCL’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is this year's recipient. The winning nomination, was one of 17...

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s Nurse’s Week Committee hosted a Blessing of the Hands ceremony at Walter Reed as a part of the ongoing National Nurses Week celebration, May 8, 2023.“We ask the chaplains to bless our hands because we take care of our patients...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (May 3, 2023) – Military and support personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio attended the fifth edition of “Mission Possible,” an information-sharing event held at the Battlefield Health and Trauma (BHT) Research Institute.The...

SAN ANTONIO - (May 2, 2023) - VelocityTX, a subsidiary of Texas Research & Technology Foundation (TRTF), the City of San Antonio, and Bexar County hosted the 4th Military Medical Industry Day (MMID) at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.This year’s MMID featured numerous military and civilian...

Sailors from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Portsmouth M+1 augments of Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship (CRTS) 5 and amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) conducted a three-day CRTS certification exercise as part of a continued commitment to mission readiness, March 21...

Following the fall of Corregidor and Singapore, the Imperial Japanese Navy shifted their focus to Port Moresby, the strategically important capital of Papua New Guinea. Their goal: to cut off allied supply lines to Australia. Standing in their way were two Navy U.S. Carrier Task Forces and an...

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Axel Narvaez was awarded the U.S. Navy Pistol Excellence-In-Competition Badge (Bronze) after a match in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in which he scored a 90.87 percent. As a result, he took second place in the Carry Optics division, where shooters possess a pistol without...

Staff from Walter Reed who care for patients with polytrauma injuries and limb loss participated in the Science Café hosted by the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) in Silver Spring, Maryland on April 27.NMHM regularly hosts the Science Café, which are talks that delve into a diverse...

To tally all the accumulated years for Navy Civilian Corps workers like Ray Howard, cook leader at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton, a calculator would make the addition process easier.Howard started his 47 years – and counting - federal service career 1974. Along with five years...

SAN ANTONIO – (May 1, 2023) – Personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, joined by senior leaders from throughout Joint Bases San Antonio, attended numerous events during Fiesta San Antonio, April 20 - 30.On April 24, NAMRU San Antonio Executive Officer Capt. Ewell Hollis...