25 October 2023 Hinesville native recognized as Junior Sailor of the Year for Naval Medical Forces Atlantic Yeoman 3rd Class Ayanna Smalls, a native of Hinesville, Georgia, was named the 2023 Junior Sailor of the Year for Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) at a ceremony in Portsmouth, Virginia, on Oct. 3, 2023...
24 October 2023 Hear-ye, Hear-ye! Navy audiologists make a difference October is National Audiology Awareness Month, which is dedicated to sharing information about conditions that affect the ability to hear and the experts who work on treating those conditions. In the Navy, audiology can be a rewarding career since audiologists offer hearing loss prevention and...
23 October 2023 Navy Promotes First Woman Mortician to Senior Chief Amidst the storied past and service of the U.S. Navy’s hospital corpsman community, there lies a small contingent of dedicated individuals specifically trained to handle the Navy’s mortuary affairs.Until recently, only one Navy mortician had earned the rank of senior chief petty officer.Earlier this...
20 October 2023 Medical Forces Atlantic staff presented Department of Defense Financial Management Award Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) personnel were presented the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Financial Management team award for Contributions to End-to-End Business Environment Optimization during a Department of Defense (DoD) Financial Management Conference, Aug. 31...
20 October 2023 Acting Surgeon General Via emphasizes critical role for forward-deployed Okinawa medical personnel OKINAWA Japan—United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Okinawa hosted RDML Darin K. Via as he wrapped up his first tour to the Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) region as Acting Surgeon General. Accompanying Via is Navy Medicine’s highest ranking enlisted leader, Force...
19 October 2023 Navy Medicine marks milestone aboard Egyptian naval ship for Global Health Engagement Navy Medicine marked a milestone during a global health engagement (GHE) with Egyptian Naval Forces to achieve interoperability and increase patient survivability in a shipboard setting within U.S. Central Command area of operations in support of exercise Bright Star 2023, Sept. 9-13...