20 May 2022 NMTSC Sponsors First Recruit Division at RTC SAN ANTONIO (May 20, 2022) – Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) sponsored its first boot camp division as part of the recruit division sponsorship program at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, Mar 11.–May 20.The division sponsorship program gives commands the opportunity to...
20 May 2022 Naval Medical Forces Pacific changes command, San Diego Medical Market welcomes new director Rear Adm. Guido F. Valdes relieved Rear Adm. Timothy H. Weber as commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific, during a change of command ceremony at the Admiral Kidd Catering and Conference Center, Naval Base Point Loma, Harbor Drive Annex, San Diego, May 20.Valdes also assumed the reins of director of...
19 May 2022 Public Health Center Scientists Lend Their Expertise to a Tri-Service STEM Event Public health professionals with the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) participated in the 60th National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) event held in Albuquerque New Mexico April 20-23.JSHS is a Tri-Service program that encourages high school students to conduct...
18 May 2022 NAVAL MEDICAL LEADER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMAND NMLPDC located at NSA, Bethesda, Maryland is one of the Navy’s premiere platforms for medical training. Its mission is to maintain the operational health of the warfighter by developing highly trained medical leaders and personnel to maximize medical operational readiness. The command evolved out of...
16 May 2022 Public Health Center Provides Drinking Water Course for Far East Region The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) hosted a drinking water course for Navy and Marine Corps representatives from the Far East Region at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Okinawa April 18-21.The Navy Medicine course is offered annually and focuses on Department...
14 May 2022 A Family Affair: Father Enlists Daughter into Naval Service NAVAL STATION NORFOLK – Rear Adm. Dennis Velez, commander, Carrier Strike Group 10 (CSG-10), George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWCSG) enlisted his daughter Madeline Velez into the U.S. Navy’s Nurse Candidate Program (NCP) aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), May 14.“In my...
13 May 2022 NEMSCOM changes Name and Fleets up, NOSTRA to be disestablished The Chief of Naval Operation office published the notice authorizing an Organizational Change Request (OCR), which realigned Navy Medicine logistics commands and disestablished Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity, Yorktown, VA, on May 13.This realignment swapped organizational echelon...
13 May 2022 When others are Weak, They are Strong – Navy Nurse Corps at 114 Over the past two years, almost half of Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton staff who deployed on COVID Medical Response Teams were from one distinctive group; Navy Nurse Corps.“When others are weak, they are strong,” stated Lt. Cmdr. John Tarr, Navy Chaplain Corps, in offering a...
12 May 2022 NMTSC Celebrates Nurses Week 2022 SAN ANTONIO (May 12, 2022) – Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) Navy Nurse Corps officers celebrated the 114th Navy Nurse Corps Birthday with a cake-cutting ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston, May 13.Leading up to the event, San Antonio Navy Nurse Corps officers...
12 May 2022 NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SCIENTISTS HAVE BIG IMPACT ON MARINE CORPS TRAINING SAN DIEGO -- After a 2018 Marine Corps Rifle Marksmanship Lethality Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA), the Marines identified deficiencies related to their marksmanship programs. These gaps included issues such as availability of relevant live-fire data, technology required to capture data at...