02 May 2022 Angels of the Airfields: Navy Nurses of Iwo Jima and Okinawa When the Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) Douglas R4D broke through the clouds of volcanic dust and smoke to land on Iwo Jima on March 6 1945, it carried more than whole blood and medical supplies for the wounded. On board this inaugural air evacuation flight was a 22-year old nurse named Jane...
29 April 2022 Health Professions Scholarship Program MILLINGTON, Tenn. – For those interested in a career in the medical field, the Navy has the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) to help fund graduate-level professional schooling—all the way through residency. After graduation, scholarship recipients will become officers and professionals...
28 April 2022 NMCP HELPS SHAPE THE FUTURE PORTSMOUTH, Va. (April 28, 2022) –Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) staff used their expertise as care providers in a unique way on April 28. Instead of caring for the sick and wounded, they were educating and inspiring the future of our country.NMCP has partnered with Manor High School in...
28 April 2022 Cherry Point Clinic Celebrates Dr. Daniel Tuckey As April, the Month of the Military Child, ends, Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point celebrates Dr. Daniel Tuckey, our staff Pediatrician.Tuckey, a 1996 graduate of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, has over 13 years of service at the clinic providing medical care for our...
27 April 2022 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Family Medicine Residency Program earns national award Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is being honored on a national level once again. The Family Medicine Program was recently presented with the 2022 Research Competition “Outstanding Achievement in Scholarly Activity Award” from the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians.“This award is a...
26 April 2022 Occupational Therapists ensure empowerment of everyone in need at NHB What happens when holistic healthcare is combined with empowering education?With April designated as Occupation Therapy Month, merging those two concepts helps describe OT and this year’s theme of ‘empowering everyday living.’Occupational Therapists readily assert they are the answer to many a...
26 April 2022 Navy Public Health Providing Support to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Entomologists and preventive medicine technicians from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) traveled to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) to provide technical assistance with pest management operations, April 01-08, 2022.NECE personnel provided training on how to set up surveillance...
26 April 2022 Navy Entomology Expertise On Display At Florida Workshop Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) staff attended the 17th Arbovirus Surveillance and Control Workshop, held at the Anastasia Mosquito Control District (AMCD) headquarters, St. Augustine, Fla., March 29-31, 2022.NECE personnel learned the latest updates on innovations in mosquito...
25 April 2022 Revived Mannequins Breathe New Life Into Training Hospital Corpsman Ethan Church departed US Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay (US NMRTC GB) several weeks ago, but the contributions he made during his 18-month tour live on in the life-like mannequins that are helping medical staff keep their life-saving emergency medicine...
23 April 2022 Pearl Harbor Hospital Corpsman is The Navy Reserve Force Shore Sailor of The Year JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jessica Smith, assigned to Navy Reserve Center (NRC) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was named the 2021 Navy Reserve Force Shore Sailor of the Year.On April 1, Smith was selected among three finalists from Navy Reserve shore activities...