GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (April 24, 2026) – At U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, patient safety is built into every process, reinforced through leadership engagement, and driven by staff at every level.During Patient Safety Awareness Week, staff across U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training...

In his book “What It Is Like to Go to War”, American author and Vietnam War veteran Karl Marlantes reflects on the lasting moral and spiritual impact of combat. “Combat is a lot of things, but one of them is that it puts you in a different relationship with eternity … it changes … your sense of what...

Since the commencement of the partnership between Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) late last summer, a groundbreaking milestone took place. For the first time ever, a VA surgeon operated on a patient in NH Jacksonville, which has been a military treatment...

ROTA, Spain (May 10, 2026) —Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Martin E. Romero Alvarez, a native of Dalton, Ga., is assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, where he works in telemedicine, supporting remote patient care and medical coordination for Sailors and Marines across...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (May 8, 2026) The Blessing of the Hands is a sacred tradition atNaval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), the Navy’s oldest continuously operating hospital.Falling annually during the kickoff ofNational Nurses Week (May 6–12), the event serves as a poignant reminder of the spiritual...

PORTSMOUTH, Va – Navy Medicine is modernizing expeditionary medical (EXMED) logistics to support the Fleet and Marine Corps in contested environments. During the 2026 Navy Medicine Logistics Symposium, leaders focused on sustaining scalable, modular systems designed to handle prolonged care and...