01 August 2022 New Zealand: Friends, Neighbours and Part of Team Canberra July 20, 2022 - PACIFIC OCEAN – It’s a long way from a field hospital in the waters off the coast of Hawaii for New Zealand Army Medical Officer, Major Louise Speedy, who joined HMAS Canberra during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.The ability to integrate members from coalition forces onboard an...
01 August 2022 U.S. 4th Fleet Announces USNS Comfort Deployment The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations this fall as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 mission.Detailed planning is currently underway for the Comfort to visit Dominican Republic,...
28 July 2022 NMCCL’s newest fellowship program will help keep operational forces ready CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – How does Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune help keep the warfighter in the fight? For NMCCL, the answer means adding sports medicine to the list of graduate medical education opportunities.NMCCL recently received initial accreditation as a fellowship site for Primary Care Sports...
28 July 2022 NAMRU-D joins Dayton Navy Week, honors WWII-era hero Naval Medical Research Unit – Dayton (NAMRU-D) participated in the U.S. Navy’s “Navy Week Dayton” with a ceremony July 26 on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, honoring the life and sacrifice of a World War II-era medical researcher who gave his life while conducting aeromedical research in...
28 July 2022 Naval Dosimetry Center Changes Charge Cmdr. Jeffrey A. Delzer relieved Capt. Gerald F. Burke as officer-in-charge of the Naval Dosimetry Center (NDC) during a change of charge ceremony held at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., July 22.Capt. Brian Feldman, commander, Navy and Marine Corps Public Health...
28 July 2022 Navy Region Hawaii’s Federal Fire Department renders mutual aid to Oahu communities The DoD’s presence in Hawaii has deep historical roots and adds to the overall security of the state and the nation. Hawaii’s ideal location in the Pacific hosts a strategic headquarters for military activities in the Asia-Pacific region.At the same time, this presence in Hawaii has had a...
27 July 2022 Pacific Partnership Concludes in Palau KOROR, PALAU, July 27, 2022 – The Palau phase of Pacific Partnership concluded in Koror, Palau, on July 23.In Palau, the Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) team included representatives from the host nation, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.During the mission stop, the PP22...
26 July 2022 Remembering Rear Adm. Mary Hall – Visionary, Trailblazer and Consummate Leader of the Navy Nurse Corps On July 21, 2022, Rear Adm. Mary Fields Hall, the former Director of the Nurse Corps and the first Navy nurse to command a hospital died. She was 88.The Clear Ridge, Pennsylvania native joined the Navy in November 1958 and reported to the Naval Hospital St. Albans, Long Island, N.Y. At the time...
25 July 2022 BUMED Announces Independent Duty Corpsman Awards at Medical Symposium SAN ANTONIO, Texas (July 25, 2022) – Rear Adm. Darin K. Via, Navy Deputy Surgeon General, and Hospital Corps Force Master Chief Michael J. Roberts, presented the Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) of the Year awards today during the opening ceremony of the Armed Forces Operational Medicine Symposium...
22 July 2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Availability for Children Ages 6 months & above at NHB Naval Hospital Bremerton will begin walk-in availability of COVID-19 vaccination for children age six months and above, August 1, 2022.Based upon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to expand COVID-19 vaccination, the decision now universally endorses that everyone from six...