26 January 2024 U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales recognizes Navy Chiefs for taking Care of One of Their Own JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – “By experience, by performance, and by testing, you have been advanced to chief petty officer. In the United States Navy – and only in the United States Navy – the rank of E7 carries with it unique responsibilities and privileges you are...
25 January 2024 BUMED FORCM Mangaran visits Navy Hospital Corpsman "A" & "C" Schools JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), joined by Master Chiefs Hospital Corpsman Hansen LaFoucade, deputy director, Hospital Corps and Leslie Giuy, lead hospital...
24 January 2024 BUMED FORCM Mangaran visits Medical Education and Training Campus JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 24, 2024) – Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), joined by Master Chiefs Hospital Corpsman Hansen LaFoucade, deputy director, Hospital Corps and Leslie Giuy, lead hospital...
21 December 2023 NMTSC Sailor Wins Behavioral Health Technician of the Year SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 18, 2023) – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Richard Kidwell, a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) “C” school instructor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), received the Navy Clinical Psychology Behavioral Health Technician of the Year award in Smith Hall at Joint...
15 December 2023 Commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command promoted to Rear Admiral JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 15, 2023) – U.S. Navy Capt. Walter D. Brafford was promoted to the rank of rear admiral (lower half) by Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, U.S. Navy deputy surgeon general and deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) during a promotion ceremony held...
21 November 2023 First Ever Gator Dawn Field Exchange Spotlights Navy Partnerships with African Militaries The Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) successfully launched its very first Gator Dawn: a preventive medicine field exchange with participation from the armed forces of Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya. The event took place at NECE’s main facility on Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NASJAX),...