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...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – To enhance life-saving capabilities in combat, 2nd Medical Battalion hosted its inaugural Joint Trauma System Valkyrie Prehospital Transfusion course on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from February 23-27, 2026.This course implements a new,...

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) is at the forefront of enhancing the physical readiness of military members in the Hampton Roads area with the launch of a new virtual physical therapy program called Sword Thrive. This initiative, part of a pilot program by the Defense Health Agency (DHA),...

Corpsmen serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point partnered with the base’s Fire and Emergency Services Department to complete an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic course in March, 2026.Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point completed the...

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Hospital Corpsmen from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River, joined by their counterparts from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU) Dahlgren and NMRTC Detachments Indian Head and Joint Base Andrews, recently participated in a...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Military medicine’s newest physician assistants received their diplomas and commissioned as officers during a ceremony on March 6, 2026, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.The eight service members completed the second phase of Navy Medicine’s Interservice Physician Assistant...