Yorktown, Va. – The U.S. Navy is optimizing its services of "Providing the Site to Fight by realigning workload to the appropriate geographic Optical Fabrication Labs (OFLs)." The Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity (NORA) is the largest OFL within the DOD Optical Fabrication Enterprise (OFE),...

Sailors serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point received training from Army veterinary specialists to administer first aid to four-pawed warfighters in late February, 2026.Corpsmen from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point partnered with Soldiers from the Veterinary...

KITTERY, Maine.– In the high-stakes environment of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, a medical emergency can happen in an instant. Whether it’s an industrial accident or an incident aboard a submarine, the first response must be fast and decisive. For the Sailors at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training...

KITTERY, Maine – The recent, successful return of the USS Cheyenne (SSN 773), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, to the fleet from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) marks a major milestone in naval readiness. After an extensive refueling overhaul, the Los Angeles-class submarine’s departure for...

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alec R. KramerBETHESDA, Md. – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Mark Nevers, command career counselor (CCC) assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bethesda and a native of Panama City Beach, Fla., was recently named the 2025 Senior...

ROTA, Spain (February 2, 2026). U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Rotahas become the first military treatment facility in the Defense Health Network–Europe to perform computer-assisted hip and knee replacement surgery, marking a significant milestone in advancing musculoskeletal readiness for service...