Paperwork and spreadsheets essential to mission accomplishment fill United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Edward Abgevey-Tamakloe’s physical folders and digital files. Perhaps not the immediate imagery when one thinks of readiness, but Agbevey’s duties are.Agbevey currently serves as the director...

A Sailor serving aboard Naval Health Cherry Point feels that the Navy has called her to serve and become a part of something greater than herself.Hospitalman Emily Williams, a native of Jacksonville, North Carolina, serves aboard the clinic as a Hospital Corpsman in the facility’s Radiology...

Courtesy story by Lt. j.g. Taylor Worley, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. — Lt. Trey Ketchum, a native of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was recently named the Stanley H. Freed Navy Junior Optometrist of the Year for 2025 while serving with U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training...

NMRTC Bethesda Tests Sailors’ Expeditionary Medical Readiness During TCCC Training U.S. Navy story by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alec Kramer BETHESDA, Md. (Feb. 2, 2026) — Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) is the Department of Defense standard for battlefield trauma care and a...

It was an informal – and informative – medical mingling meeting as Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton hosted speed mentoring for U.S. Navy officers, February 6, 2026.“The event put a professional spin on the speed dating concept to foster career growth and connection among its...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. — Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Borst, a native of Toledo, Ohio, was recently selected for the Medical Enlisted Commissioning Program (MECP) for academic year 2026 while serving at U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.MECP is a Navy...

Strengthening Navy Medicine’s operational readiness and advancing standardized, joint trauma capability for future combat, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Fort Belvoir hosted the Joint Trauma System (JTS) Valkyrie Course to operate Emergency Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion (EFWBT)...

From the pitcher’s mound to the front lines of naval science, Lt. Cmdr. Elih M. Velazquez-Delgado’s unconventional path has culminated in one of Navy Medicine’s highest honors.Velazquez-Delgado, a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) chemistry division military deputy and acting division head for...

U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam hosted the first approved mobile Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examiner (SAMFE) course to provide training and certification for joint medical personnel across the Indo-Pacific Region, Jan. 5, 2026.Cmdr. Michelle McCormick and Lt. Cmdr. Amy Zabel, SAMFE instructors...

Medical records are an essential part of your healthcare to ensure everything that happens when you receive care, whether during a routine outpatient visit or a hospital stay, is documented accurately. Understanding what medical records are, what they include, and how you can access and manage them...