02 April 2026 Operation Spring Clean Strengthens Warfighter Readiness Through Logistics Reset in Cairo CAIRO — Staff from Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT’s logistics department recently concluded Operation Spring Clean, a mission-essential logistics reset aimed at improving accountability, efficiency and readiness at a critical supply hub supporting both United States Africa (AFRICOM)...
02 April 2026 NMR&D Junior Officer of the Year Lt. Cmdr. Dawn Weir: Overseeing Military Health from Malaysia to Maryland SINGAPORE — The Sailors of Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D) seek solutions to safeguard service member health from every corner of the globe. Their efforts span eight commands, six continents and over a dozen partner nations.Two years ago, Lt. Cmdr. Dawn Weir, a microbiologist with Naval...
24 March 2026 Millennium Cohort Study Marks 25 Years of Groundbreaking Military Health Research SAN DIEGO - Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) Millennium Cohort Study, the largest prospective health study of U.S. service members and veterans, celebrates its 25th anniversary in July.Launched in 2001 as a result of the 1999 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Section 743, which...
18 March 2026 Navy Medicine participates in OPMED 2026 SAN ANTONIO – (March 18, 2026) – Senior leaders across the Department of War (DoW), federal government, academia, and industry attended the 2026 Annual Operational Medicine Symposium (OpMed) & Technology Showcase held at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, March 17 – 18.OpMed is one of the...
18 March 2026 NMRC Advances Bacteriophage Therapy to Phase 3 Clinical Trial SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), in partnership with Armata Pharmaceuticals, has completed a phase 2 clinical trial on a Staphylococcus aureus (Staph A) bacteriophage therapy.The therapy, AP-SA02, used for the treatment of complicated bacteremia caused by S. aureus,...
16 March 2026 NAMRU San Antonio conducts Gap-Driven Research for Operations in Extreme Cold JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 16, 2026) – To support the future warfighter, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio researchers took part in Arctic Edge 2026 held in Alaska, Feb. 23 – March 13.Arctic Edge, a U.S homeland defense exercise demonstrating U.S. military extreme...