CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is celebrating a successful year of advanced medical training through several Graduate Medical Education programs. On June 27, 2025, the GME Directorate graduated 11 residents and 10 interns from the Family Medicine Residency Program, two sports...

In the second year of the Defense Health Agency’s Annual Nursing Awards, Cmdr. Crystal Saraceni was honored with the 2025 award for Healthy Work Environment, a recognition reserved for those who define excellence in military nursing.The award included civilians and nurses from the Army, Navy, and...

JACKSONVILLE, NC – A psychiatry resident in the Combined Military-Civilian Psychiatry Residency Program (CMCPRP) at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is making the move from civilian to military personnel, commissioning as a Naval officer on June 6, 2025.Dr. Andrea Karsten is the first civilian in...

COLÓN, Panama - The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Colón, Panama as part of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25), June 25, 2025.“The bond between our nations is built on mutual respect and shared values,” said Capt. Ryan Kendall, commodore, Destroyer Squadron 40 and CP25...

Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command, Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, VA, welcomed an NMRLC spouse who successfully complete the Navy mandated 11 module Ombudsman Basic Training course on June 12.Mrs. Rachel Wilkinson, wife of Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Wilkinson of NMRLC’s Expeditionary Medical Logistics...

Christopher Grace, of New Port Richey, Florida, was recently named Navy Medicine’s Civilian Acquisition Professional of the Year while serving at Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC), Williamsburg, Virginia.Grace is a 2002 graduate of Ridgewood High School.The skills and values needed...