SIGONELLA, Italy — U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Sigonella’s Emergency Department was a topic of the most recent installment of Armed Forces Network (AFN) Sigonella’s, Patient Informational Minute.Capt. TaRail Vernon, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brenden Sherrill, who are assigned to Navy Medical...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma – The Navy Reserve is sharpening its ability to mobilize at scale through its ongoing summer Mobilization Exercise (MOBEX), a critical readiness event taking place in Corpus Christi, Oklahoma City, and New Orleans. A key innovation in this cycle is the Adaptive Mobilization...

BETHESDA, Md. — “I’m here because I didn’t give up,” said Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Davonte Mccraven, who will soon be meritoriously promoted to Chief Petty Officer after winning Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Sailor of the Year, for Fiscal Year 2024. “I am proof that if you don’t give up,...

U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Guam hosted a “Nurse Corps Takeover” event as part of its Sailor 360 program in February, aiming to empower enlisted personnel to pursue commissioning as Navy Nurse Corps officers.The event drew 70 participants from four commands across Joint...

Whether a personal financial problem, permanent change of station issue or even a family pet concern, the Navy has an accessible service center to resolve such predicaments.So explained Rear Adm. Stuart Satterwhite, MyNavy Career Center commander explained on available MNCC support to Navy...

Courtesy story by Ashley Craig, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adalberto Pantojas, a native of New York City, made an impact while temporarily serving alongside sailors at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Pantojas, a 2011 graduate of Urban Assembly...

It was nighttime on the I-805 north when a motorcycle went over a median between the H Street and Bonita Road exits, July 12. The crash left Silverio Gurrola injured on the pavement and his wife, Melinda Gurrola, with a traumatic leg amputation. Amid the chaos and speeding cars, U.S. Navy Hospital...

The South Pacific Island nation of Fiji might seem a world away for a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman from Queens, New York.Pacific Partnership 2025 made such a unique opportunity possible.Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shane Durand recently took part in the Pacific Partnership mission stop which focused...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (July 28, 2025) -- U.S. Navy Reserve medical personnel applied their life-saving skills during a battlefield stress test July 24 at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC).The culminating exercise of Operation Commanding Force 2025 required hospital...

SAN DIEGO, CA – July 25, 2025 – Rear Adm. Guido Valdes relinquished command to Rear Adm. Kevin Brown as commander of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) and director of the Defense Health Network – Pacific Rim (DHN-PR) during a change of command ceremony at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD)...