MCAS MIRAMAR, Calif. – More than 110 Medical Service Corps healthcare administrators, clinicians, scientists and military leaders from across Southern California gathered at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Officers’ Club Aug. 7, for the 2026 Southern California Medical Service Corps Officers’...

Courtesy story by Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Antoine C. Duplessis, Jr.SAN DIEGO – U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Guido Valdez, the medical officer of the Marine Corps, visited Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego to observe the comprehensive healthcare services provided to recruits, permanent...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Behind nearly every diagnosis, treatment decision and assessment of a service member’s medical readiness is laboratory work that patients rarely see.For Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Meosha P. Williams of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms,...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Austin Peevey, Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) instructor, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Pensacola, credits his medical training for his ability to provide critical care in combat emergencies. Those hard-earned experiences shaped...

Capt. Cindi Palacios assumed leadership of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Jacksonville and Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville from Capt. Craig Malloy during a Change of Command ceremony at the All Saints Chapel aboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Aug. 13.The dual-hatted...

SOUTH CAMP, Sinai, Egypt - Representatives from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT met with leaders of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) during a July visit to the Sinai Peninsula.The engagement introduced Col. Matthew Westhoff, the incoming MFO Force Surgeon following the...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Deep in the Mojave Desert, where Marines train for some of the military’s most demanding operational environments, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Raphael R. Claxton is helping prepare Navy Medicine personnel for a mission of their own: protecting the health of the force...

A Sailor serving at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point who joined the U.S. Navy became a Corpsman to give back in the best way she can.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Emmanuella Gbogbo is a radiologic technologist and the leading petty officer for the facility’s radiology...

ROTA, Spain– Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Pongmon Tunbuth, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, supports patient care as a certified surgical technologist assisting surgical teams during a variety of medical procedures.Tunbuth, a native of Bangkok, Thailand, joined the Navy...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Industrial Hygiene headquarters at Naval Support Facility Indian Head launched a multi-site command visit by Rear Adm. Robert Hawkins, commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL). The visit to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC)...