04 October 2021 Chief Selectees announced at NMRTC Bremerton A handful of Sailors currently assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton, were informed of a name change quite unlike any other.All five will now be known as ‘chief.’The U.S. Navy’s senior enlisted ranks welcomed Chief Hospital Corpsman (selectee) Benjamin Chapin,...
28 September 2021 I Am Navy Medicine – and Navy Surgical Tech – HM2 Stephanie Manamon From the Sterile Processing department to the Main Operating Room - and all places in between - there’s a group of Navy hospital corpsmen like Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Stephanie Manamon providing timely and continuous surgical support.Manamon, a Falmouth, Massachusetts native and Falmouth High...
16 September 2021 Navy Medicine supportive care for Alabama hospital caregivers There’s a hand-painted sign announcing ‘Heroes Work Here’ outside of Dale Medical Center in Ozark, Alabama.The personalized statement is as much a reference to the over-worked staff as it is to the U.S. Navy Medicine team who deployed there in early September, 2021.A active duty team of nurses,...