20 February 2026 Niskayuna Native Serving with Navy Medicine in Cuba Earns Personal Award Courtesy story by Ensign Han Fiori-Puyu, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. — Lt. Jyl Bean, a native of Niskayuna, New York, was recently selected for Junior Environmental Health Officer of the Year while serving at U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC)...
20 February 2026 When the classroom dissolves: Four Navy corpsmen and a life on the line WAUKEGAN, Ill – On the morning of Feb. 3, 2026, four Sailors from the Hospital Corpsman Trauma Training (HMTT) program put practical skills to the test to help save an unexpected patient.The situation began with Field House employees asking if anyone knew CPR. The four corpsmen; Hospitalman Joseph...
19 February 2026 Profile in Readiness – Lt. Jill Becker – at NMRTC Bremerton It’s not easy to catch up with a Navy Nurse Corps officer helping run half a dozen clinics, oversee over a hundred staff and coordinate healthcare for nearly 14,000 eligible beneficiaries.Even when such efforts have resulted in being recognized as Junior Officer of the Quarter for Fourth Quarter of...
19 February 2026 A mission of honor: From the Philippines to San Diego, NMFP Civilian of the Year finds purpose in promise Being named civilian of the year is a significant professional milestone. For Paula Curielabreu, the Naval Medical Forces Pacific’s (NMFP) Fiscal Year 2025 Civilian of the Year, it is more than an accomplishment. In a command whose core mission is the health and readiness of the nation’s...
18 February 2026 NMFDC Establishes Online Blended Learning Training Pipeline for Navy Medicine Providers JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) launched a new Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Tier 4 Combat Paramedics/Providers (TCCC CP/P) bridge training course for Navy Medicine providers, now available through Joint Knowledge Online (JKO)...
17 February 2026 Go Clear Award Received by NHB Main Operating Room The old adage of where there’s smoke must mean there’s fire is not always the [surgical] case.The Association of perioperative Nurses has formally recognized Naval Hospital Bremerton Main Operating Room with the AORN Go Clear Award for successfully eliminating surgical smoke in all operating...
16 February 2026 Faces of Readiness: LT Mackenna Smith Supporting the Warfighter in Rota ROTA, Spain (Jan. 3, 2026) — Lt. Mackenna Smith, a native of Los Angeles, isassigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, where she serves as a registered nurse in the Multi-Service Ward Department, providing inpatient medical care to a wide spectrum of patient populations...
13 February 2026 NMRTC Camp Pendleton graduates six from MSC IPP cohort Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held a graduation ceremony for the 2026 Medical Service Corps Inservice Procurement Program cohort on Feb. 13, 2026, in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton galley meeting room.The cohort and graduation ceremony were coordinated by Lt. Nnika...
13 February 2026 ERSS training emphasizes supply management in austere environments for Expeditionary Medicine CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — An Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) course held Jan. 19-30, 2026 where Sailors trained at the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC), showcased how Expeditionary Medicine demands not only clinical expertise, but also the ability...
11 February 2026 Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms Appoints New Pediatric Advanced Life Support Program Director TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms has appointed Lt. Cmdr. Jasette Marian M. Fong as its new Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Program Director, strengthening the hospital’s pediatric emergency readiness and reinforcing its commitment to high-quality healthcare...