16 February 2024 Naval Hospital Bremerton keeping Military Families Safe from Measles As if the annual cold and flu season isn’t taking the breath away of many across the U.S., there’s another highly contagious respiratory virus out there dotting the landscape.Once considered eradicated, measles is now escalating.Like the public health experts at the national, state, and local...
16 February 2024 Curtis Wilbur Sailor Best Independent Duty Corpsman in Surface Navy YOKOSUKA, Japan – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Andres Santamaria, assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), was recognized with the Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) of the Year Award, Feb. 2.IDCs are hospital corpsmen who have undergone...
16 February 2024 Secretary of the Navy Visits MSC Hospital Ship USNS Mercy Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) played host to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro yesterday onboard the ship in San Diego.Del Toro toured the ship and spoke with senior members of the crew including Capt. Peter Nolan, Mercy’s civilian master, and Capt. Jeffery...