SAN DIEGO - Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) Millennium Cohort Study, the largest prospective health study of U.S. service members and veterans, celebrates its 25th anniversary in July.Launched in 2001 as a result of the 1999 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Section 743, which...

AGANA HEIGHTS, Guam (Feb. 20, 2026) Lt. Nakpane Nbohn, a medical-surgical nurse assigned to U.S. Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command Guam and U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, has been selected to serve as the first-ever nurse aboard the amphibious warfare ship USS Somerset (LPD 25).With 11 years...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan– Cmdr. Vince Deguzman, a Navy Medical Service Corps officer and the Director for Clinical Support Services at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, was recently recognized as one of two healthcare leaders to receive the 2026 Federal Healthcare Executive Award. The American College...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (March 16, 2026) – Leadership from U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka recognized Mr. Katsuo Konno, a master labor contract employee and galley supervisor, for his leadership and sustained contributions during an informal ceremony, March 16.During the ceremony, Tomokazu Watanabe, a galley...

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Students from W.T. Sampson Elementary and High School stepped beyond the classroom and into a clinical environment during a field trip to U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, where Sailors assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay provided...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms hosted its annual command process improvement fair on March 13, 2026, highlighting innovation, collaboration and a shared commitment to improving care for warfighters and beneficiaries.The event brought together...

AGANA HEIGHTS, Guam (Dec. 17, 2025) - U.S. Navy Sailors completed Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Guam on Dec. 17, strengthening the command’s ability to respond to combat-related mass casualty events in support of warfighting...

SAN ANTONIO – (March 18, 2026) – Senior leaders across the Department of War (DoW), federal government, academia, and industry attended the 2026 Annual Operational Medicine Symposium (OpMed) & Technology Showcase held at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, March 17 – 18.OpMed is one of the...

It was a lifetime ago lost of Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class David R. Ray.The Congressional Medal of Honor recipient (posthumously) and namesake of Branch Health Clinic Everett was killed in action, March 19, 1969, at Phu Loc 6 near An Hoa in Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam.From that...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), in partnership with Armata Pharmaceuticals, has completed a phase 2 clinical trial on a Staphylococcus aureus (Staph A) bacteriophage therapy.The therapy, AP-SA02, used for the treatment of complicated bacteremia caused by S. aureus,...