25 January 2022 NEPMU FIVE Sailor Wins NCAA Silver Anniversary Award Cmdr. Matthew Humphreys, a Preventive Medicine physician with Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit FIVE (NEPMU 5) was recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) with the Silver Anniversary Award Jan. 19, at the 2022 NCAA Convention.The Silver Anniversary Award is...
24 January 2022 An Appreciation for Every Drop at Naval Hospital Bremerton When Naval Hospital Bremerton’s (NHB) Labor and Delivery recently went on divert status due to a nation-wide shortage of blood products, the local outcry brought into focus a crucial service impacted by COVID-19: Blood drives.Despite the surge in COVID-19 cases from the delta and omicron variant(s),...
18 January 2022 Sailor Awarded Medal for Act of Heroism BETHESDA, Md. – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Wesley Middleton was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal on Jan. 18, 2022, for an act of bravery involving a possible life-saving heroic act at the scene of a terrible vehicle accident early in the morning on Jan. 3, 2022.Middleton, a surgical technician,...
18 January 2022 Lejeune medical personnel get ready for a new type of patient care: MHS GENESIS With the New Year comes a new electronic health record for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune beneficiaries. On March 19, 2022, NMCCL will officially transition to using MHS GENESIS, the Military Health System’s new structure for electronic health records, or EHR, for service members, retirees, and...
18 January 2022 What’s in a Name?: The “Chiefs” and “Directors” of Navy Medicine Chiefs and Directors are an essential part of Navy Medicine and have long represented the upper tiers of corps leadership. By why do some staff corps have a Director and others a Chief? And if there is a distinction between these titles, why are they often collectively referred to as “Corps Chiefs”?...
14 January 2022 NMRTC Bremerton staff reflect on Operation Allies Welcome Navy Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Hospital Corps personnel recently returned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton after helping to support those in need.Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ferrell Jenkins was deployed to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, to support Afghan...
13 January 2022 NMFP Sailor selected MSC ‘IT Senior Officer of the Year’ The Director of Navy Medical Service Corps (MSC) selected a Naval Medical Forces Pacific Sailor, from nominations across the Navy Medicine enterprise, for a senior information technology officer-of-the-year award, Dec. 16...
10 January 2022 Weathering COVID, Cold and Flu nothing to sneeze at It’s the viral “Triple Threat” of respiratory illnesses which public health experts grimly knew could happen.The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 outbreak, along with the annual winter cold and influenza season(s) are making it difficult for a number of people to weather the winter.Officials at Puget...
07 January 2022 Two BHC Oceana Hospital Corpsman Receive NAMs for Accident Assistance Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Branch Health Clinic Oceana petty officers receive Navy Achievement Medals (NAMs) for assisting a motorcycle-accident victim.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Petty Officer Nathaniel Bennet and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Petty Officer Taylor Scott were given the...
07 January 2022 In the Spotlight In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, first responders and those fighting on the medical battleground have earned well-deserved recognition for their efforts.Hospitalman (HN) Hector Conde, a San Antonio, Texas native, is one such hero, serving as an active duty Sailor in the immunization department...