BETHESDA, Md. — “I’m here because I didn’t give up,” said Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Davonte Mccraven, who will soon be meritoriously promoted to Chief Petty Officer after winning Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Sailor of the Year, for Fiscal Year 2024. “I am proof that if you don’t give up,...

U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Guam hosted a “Nurse Corps Takeover” event as part of its Sailor 360 program in February, aiming to empower enlisted personnel to pursue commissioning as Navy Nurse Corps officers.The event drew 70 participants from four commands across Joint...

Courtesy story by Ashley Craig, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adalberto Pantojas, a native of New York City, made an impact while temporarily serving alongside sailors at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Pantojas, a 2011 graduate of Urban Assembly...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (July 28, 2025) -- U.S. Navy Reserve medical personnel applied their life-saving skills during a battlefield stress test July 24 at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC).The culminating exercise of Operation Commanding Force 2025 required hospital...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – June 24, 2025 – The Comprehensive Integrative Musculoskeletal Care Team from Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Annapolis, embedded at the United States Naval Academy (USNA), has earned top honors from the National Capital Region (NCR) Transitional Year Internship...

LIMÓN, Costa Rica - The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Limón, Costa Rica, July 24, 2025, for the fifth mission stop of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25).“The Continuing Promise team is excited to be here in Costa Rica and ready to bring medical aid and participate in...