It's 6:15 a.m. when Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (HM3) Allaiha Carrasquillo arrives at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), a specialized center for traumatic brain injury (TBI) care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Fifteen minutes later, she joins a team of 10 Navy...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Naval Medical Forces Development Command is mission driven and most importantly people powered! Today, we highlight Ionie Pollard, a Navy Medicine quota manager, who ensures every prospective Corpsman has a seat to attend Hospital Corpsman Basic...

His journey took him from chasing championships to chasing vital signs, as Chief Hospital Corpsman Adrian Paschal shifted from athlete to servicemember, finding a new way to compete, this time against time itself.From the time Paschal could first dribble a ball, he saw basketball as his ticket to...

A time-honored naval tradition unfolded at the historic Bluejacket Memorial Chapel on board Naval Station Great Lakes as Cmdr. Katherine Dozier relieved Cmdr. Jason Schmittschmitt as commanding officer of Navy Drug Screening Lab Great Lakes (NDSL GL) August 12, 2025, Great Lakes, Illinois.The...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ─ For the second year in a row, numerous staff and clinics were on the list of Defense Health Network (DHN) Atlantic’s Joint Patient Experience Survey (JOES) “Best of the Best.” The results were for surveys taken for the 1st and 2nd quarters of calendar year 2025 and the entire...

SIGONELLA, Italy — U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Sigonella has completed a critical renovation of its medical logistics warehouse, strengthening safe and compliant healthcare delivery and ensuring uninterrupted support to U.S. and allied forces across the Fifth and Sixth Fleet.The updated facility...

SIGONELLA, Italy (August 5, 2025) – When every second counts, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brenden Sherrill is ready. As one of the 33 certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella—and one of 20 assigned to the hospital’s Emergency...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Student interns with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) presented findings from their summer research at a STEM expo on Aug. 14.The expo featured poster presentations by NMRC high school interns with the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP), and college...

SAN DIEGO (Aug. 5, 2025) – Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTC SD) Sailors assigned to Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ship (CRTS) Teams 2, 8, and 9 participated in an amphibious familiarization training evolution aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Surgical and respiratory technicians demonstrated their vital role as team members in providing life-saving care in austere battlefield environments during an Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) course conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter...