A corpsman serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is part of a team integral to the medical readiness of multiple organizations and units headquartered at the base.Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Zalette Mendez serves as an aerospace medical technician in the Readiness Department at Navy...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - At Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP), in a Naval Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) dental treatment room sized for a single patient, a vacant space on the wall lies exposed wires and an empty plastic mold that seems as if it were meant to hold an object. This space marks the spot where...

ROTA, Spain –Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ramon A. Diaz, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, delivers specialized orthopedic care that helps Sailors and Marines recover from injuries and return to duty.A native of East Brunswick, New Jersey, Diaz serves as an orthopedic...

ROTA, Spain — Navy Lt. Kathleen Carter was working as a labor and delivery nurse in the multiservice ward at U.S. Naval Hospital Rota (USNH Rota) when an ordinary shift became a life-changing emergency.Expectant mother Brianna Abney arrived at the hospital in active labor, accompanied by her...

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – A United States Navy nurse at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is being honored for her research and process improvement efforts in pediatric trauma care.Cdr. Emily Latimer, an emergency clinical nurse specialist, was recently awarded the Defense Health Agency Nursing Award for...

Rear Adm. Matthew Case, acting Navy Surgeon General and acting chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visited Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) to highlight the command’s vital role in delivering, equipping and sustaining ready naval medical forces, July 14.The visit...