For 75 years, the Navy Medical Service Corps has long been regarded as the most diverse corps, comprised of health care administrators, clinicians and scientists.These medical professionals are trained and focused as a ready medical force for the Navy surgeon general priority of ensuring the...

Puerto Princesa, Philippines, August 4, 2022 – Pacific Partnership 2022 kicked off in Puerto Princesa, Philippines, July 27.Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.In...

(July 28, 2022) - U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kenneth Leonard, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24), is shown participating in a contact patrol with other Corpsmen and Marines on July 22, 2022, during training on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis.The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of...

(July 28, 2022) Ever hear of “snake on a stick”?Navy Lt. Claudia Mondragon, a Class of 2022 graduate from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ (USU) F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine (SOM), saw one up close and personal during her infectious disease rotation in Lima, Peru, as...

June 6, 2022 - The healing power of a miniature horse is often unknown to the broader public, but at Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTCSD), these fury friends have become a welcome presence.“Being able to visit NMRTC San Diego on a monthly basis to build morale for...

July 20, 2022 - PACIFIC OCEAN – Royal Australian Navy Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Canberra welcomed United States Navy Physician Lieutenant Commander Hillary Smalley onboard with the medical team for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Her role as part of mobile unit Fleet Surgical Team five means...

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...

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,...

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...

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...