Leaders and peers celebrated the accomplishments of two Sailors serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point on Friday, October 8, 2021.A ceremony held outside Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point recognized the efforts and excellence of Hospital Corpsman Third Class Jesus Ayalalara, right, and...

SAN FRANCISCO — The 40th annual San Francisco Fleet Week hosted the annual medical exercise (MEDEX) Oct 7 to enhance the partnerships and cooperation for medical response in the wake of a natural disaster.The 2021 MEDEX unites the San Francisco Bay Area’s medical and first responder community with...

The first interaction for most patients of Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is not commonly with a nurse or doctor, it’s with a person on the other end of the phone.The 14 employees of the Call Center are often the very first encounter the beneficiary has with the medical center. One Call Center...

To recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the commanders from Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL), Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), and Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads (NSA HR) gave their signatures to proclaim October 2021 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, in NMPC’s historic...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Pearl Harbor is gearing up for Hawaii’s flu season, typically stretching from November to May. The command began administering flu vaccines to the active duty Navy and Marine Corps population beginning early October.“From the fourth of October all...

Naval Hospital Jacksonville now offers an innovative way for service members (sailors, Marines, or Coast Guard) to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and complete required periodic health assessments (PHA) at the same time.“Service members can now complete their annual periodic health assessments during...

When pregnant patients have an appointment with Lt. Cmdr. Megan Northup at Naval Hospital Bremerton, they get more than a qualified and caring OB/GYN physician.They also get someone who mirrors their own condition.As an expectant mother with a due date in early December, Northup has personally...

A handful of Sailors currently assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton, were informed of a name change quite unlike any other.All five will now be known as ‘chief.’The U.S. Navy’s senior enlisted ranks welcomed Chief Hospital Corpsman (selectee) Benjamin Chapin,...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Aviation Survival Training Center (ASTC) Norfolk, a training site under the Naval Survival Training Institute (NSTI), one of six detachments of the Navy Medicine Operational Training Command (NMOTC), won the Navy Surgeon General Power award for the month of August.The Surgeon...

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), visited Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 23-24, to see firsthand how the integrated Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) team and...