22 June 2022 “At Times, We all Need Someone Trustworthy to Help Us through the Road Bumps of Life” Serving the Behavioral Health needs of Marines and Sailors in eastern North Carolina is an honor for Lieutenant Mike Krage, Psy. D., a Clinical Psychologist serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point.“Patients come to me confused, in distress and many times share concerns they are unable to...
21 June 2022 NR-EMF Bethesda Completes Operational Readiness Evaluation CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Naval Reserve Expeditionary Medical Facility (NR-EMF) Bethesda completed their operational readiness evaluation (ORE) at Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) on June 19-21.NR-EMF Bethesda is comprised of Reservists from around the country that came together...
20 June 2022 NEMTI’s Operation Firebreak Exercise Expands Level of Care CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) continues Operation Firebreak during the Navy Reserve-Expeditionary Medical Facility-Bethesda operational readiness evaluation on Jun 19-20.Operation Firebreak, sponsored and run by NEMTI, provides realistic training for...
17 June 2022 Hospital Corps 124th Birthday celebrated at NMRTC Bremerton After a two-year pandemic pause, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton Hospital Corps ball was back in full festival fettle for their 124th birthday celebration.“It does seem like a long time to come together and congregate,” Capt. Patrick Fitzpatrick, Naval Hospital Bremerton director...
17 June 2022 New clinics bringing health care closer to Marines, Sailors CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Active duty service members aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune will soon have closer options for their health care needs. Since 2013, the Defense Health Agency has worked closely with Navy and Marine Corps counterparts to visualize and build Marine Centered Medical Homes...
17 June 2022 USS Gerald R. Ford Celebrates 124th Birthday of Hospital Corpsman Rate ATLANTIC OCEAN — The hospital corpsman (HM) rate was established 124 years ago and has been saving lives and maintaining the well-being of service members ever since.On June 17, 1898, President William McKinley signed a bill that established the U.S. Navy HM rate. Since the Spanish American War, HMs...
15 June 2022 Corpsman and Medic overlapping comparisons and differences There’s 58 names affixed on Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Heroes Wall of Honor.Everyone is a Navy hospital corpsman who lost their life after 9/11.There are no medics listed, which is not in any way to disparage or lessen the tremendous care, compassion and courage of any U.S. Army combat medic or U.S...
14 June 2022 NAVFAC Washington Celebrates Topping Out of Walter Reed Medical Center Addition BETHESDA, MD – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Washington celebrated the completion of structural concrete on the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Addition and Alteration project during a topping out ceremony on Friday, July 10, in Bethesda Maryland.Leadership from...
10 June 2022 NAMRU San Antonio Researcher earns Award for Authored Work SAN ANTONIO – (June 10, 2022) – U.S. Navy Lt. Rachel Robeck, of Atlanta, a medical researcher assigned to Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was awarded 1st place in the Commanders’ Awards for Original Medical Research and Quality...
10 June 2022 NMRC Hosts Meeting of the Fleet Health Integration Panel SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) hosted senior medical personnel across the Navy at a meeting of the Fleet Health Integration Panel (FHIP), Jun. 8-9.FHIP is a coordination forum for stakeholders in Navy Medicine, with members including fleet force surgeons, fleet senior...