Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Weed Army Community Hospital at Fort Irwin launched a new joint training partnership on April 27, 2026 designed to strengthen combat medical readiness, expand clinical training opportunities, and enhance interoperability between Army and Navy medical personnel...

NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy — Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella continued their long‑standing partnership with the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), effective on April 1.Under the five‑year...

PORTSMOUTH, VA (May 21, 2026) Thanks to the compassion and dedication of Girl Scout Troop 29, the halls of Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth are receiving small changes that make a big difference for children and families navigating developmental and sensory...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 21, 2026) — U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka and the American Red Cross celebrated the completion of the command’s revitalized Red Cross Dental Assistant Program during a ceremony recognizing five students who each completed more than 600 hours of combined coursework,...

Service members assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River marked the upcoming Memorial Day weekend by taking on the 'Murph' challenge during the monthly command physical training event at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Drill Hall Field this week.The...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Sailors, Marines, and civilian personnel aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms came together May 6, 2026, to support a record-breaking Armed Services Blood Program blood drive that collected more units than any previous single-event...

SAN ANTONIO – (May 19, 2026) – Leadership and research scientists assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, joined by the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR), and U.S. Air Force 59th Medical Wing (MDW), participated in the annual AIM Health R&D Summit held at the...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Leaders from Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, which is supported by Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, visited the 412th Medical Group at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) on May 14, 2026, to strengthen cross-service collaboration and identify new...

Lt. Cmdr. Alainna Crotty a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.Crotty graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School in 2007The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Harrisburg.“Growing...

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer Antares Zongo, leading chief petty officer of the material management equipment division at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), was named Defense Health Network Pacific Rim’s Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for fiscal year...