OAK HARBOR, Wash. — Medical personnel at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training  Command Oak Harbor(NMRTCOH) recently completed training associated with  advanced Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training aimed at strengthening both  day-to-day patient care and readiness for potential operational...

The U.S. Navy Tactical Combat Casualty Care course has long prepared hospital corpsmen for deploying to such locales as an isolated forward operating base to perilous stretch of littoral.Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton also provided crucial TCCC Tier III to U.S. Air Force 315th...

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...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Cmdr. Thomas Sather, Director for the Naval Medical Forces Development Command’s (NMFDC) Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) program, has been recognized with two prestigious awards for his pivotal role in revolutionizing life support and medical...

Teaching the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course is a labor of love.So insists Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (Fleet Marine Force qualified) Austin Santistevan, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton TCCC course instructor.“I love being a TCCC instructor. I can teach a course and know I’m...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River [Patuxent River, MD]Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Andrew Conklin, HM3 McKellen Jaramillo, and HM3 Rickey Samuels recently led a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course for fellow sailors at NMRTC Patuxent River. TCCC is a...

The sound of explosions tore through the morning calm and shredded a squad on patrol.Man down meant corpsman up.The faux firefight was proving ground for hospital corpsmen assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton to hone their Tactical Combat Casualty Care abilities in an...

Did you know the role of a Dental officer extends far beyond maintaining oral health? Dental officers also serve as triage officers in times of crisis. They practice trauma evaluation skills by classifying patients into triage categories, performing triage and surgical support duties at battalion...

Two Sailors from Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) joined other commands in the Hampton Roads area to attend a “Train the Trainer” Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Tier 3 pilot course on board Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads – Portsmouth Annex, Jan. 26.The enhanced course provides...

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Travis Billow, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, supported a 65-day temporary assigned duty (TAD) aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)...