27 March 2023 Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Retires as Navy’s 39th Surgeon General Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, the Navy’s 39th Surgeon General, celebrated the culmination of 40 years of active-duty service at a retirement ceremony at the Uniformed Services University, Mar. 27th.During his tenure as Surgeon General, Gillingham led approximately 44,000 Navy medical personnel through...
25 March 2023 Medical Forces Atlantic Announces 2022 Regional Sailor of the Year Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Travis S. Hunter was named the Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) 2022 Regional Sailor of the Year (SOY) at a ceremony onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Portsmouth-Annex, March 24...
25 March 2023 Walter Reed ‘flips the switch’ and welcomes MHS GENESIS Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, welcoming MHS GENESIS, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) new electronic health record (EHR) for the Military Health System.MHS GENESIS is being implemented across the Military Health System, replacing the...
24 March 2023 Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Recognizes Medal of Honor Day 2023 BETHESDA, Md. (March 24, 2023) – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) joins the nation in commemorating Medal of Honor Day 2023, a day set aside to honor the courageous men and women who have received the nation's highest military honor. This day is celebrated annually on March 25...
20 March 2023 Navy Medicine Senior Enlisted Leadership Symposium Focuses on Expeditionary Future SAN ANTONIO – Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Force Master Chief Michael Roberts, director of Navy Medicine’s Hospital Corps hosted the Navy Medicine Senior Enlisted Leadership Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, March 14-16.Representatives from 78 commands and activities gathered for the three-day...
17 March 2023 Cherry Point Sailors Refine Battlefield Medicine Skills Sailors in Eastern North Carolina refined their battlefield medicine skills through realistic, stressful training March 17, 2023 on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.Sailors assigned to Naval Medical Clinic Cherry Point conducted Tactical Combat Casualty Care; a program of instruction designed...