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Silver Spring, MD

SILVER SPRING, Md. (April 4, 2025) Sgt. Victoria Albanese, an animal care specialist with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), engages with students at Weller Road Elementary School’s STEM Career Day. Representatives from NMRC spent the day with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders answering questions, discussing careers within Navy Medicine and demonstrating laboratory equipment. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activities, from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. For 250 years, Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals, has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Sidney Hinds) Share

Silver Spring, MD

SILVER SPRING, Md. (April 4, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Catherine Estrada, A medical laboratory technician with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), engages with students at Weller Road Elementary School’s STEM Career Day. Representatives from NMRC spent the day with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders answering questions, discussing careers within Navy Medicine and demonstrating laboratory equipment. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activities, from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. For 250 years, Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals, has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Sidney Hinds /Released) Share

Silver Spring, MD

SILVER SPRING, Md. (April 4, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Catherine Estrada, a medical laboratory technician with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), engages with students at Weller Road Elementary School’s STEM Career Day. Representatives from NMRC spent the day with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders answering questions, discussing careers within Navy Medicine and demonstrating laboratory equipment. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activities, from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. For 250 years, Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals, has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Sidney Hinds /Released) Share

Silver Spring, MD

SILVER SPRING, Md. (April 4, 2025) Cmdr. Rhonda Lizewski, deputy science director with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), engages with students at Weller Road Elementary School’s STEM Career Day. Representatives from NMRC spent the day with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders answering questions, discussing careers within Navy Medicine and demonstrating laboratory equipment. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activities, from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. For 250 years, Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals, has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Elliott Page /Released) Share

Silver Spring, MD

SILVER SPRING, Md. (April 4, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Catherine Estrada, a medical laboratory technician with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), engages with students at Weller Road Elementary School’s STEM Career Day. Representatives from NMRC spent the day with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders answering questions, discussing careers within Navy Medicine and demonstrating laboratory equipment. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activities, from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. For 250 years, Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals, has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Elliott Page /Released) Share

Silver Spring, MD

SILVER SPRING, Md. (April 4, 2025) Cmdr. Rhonda Lizewski, deputy science director with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) (right), and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Catherine Estrada, a medical laboratory technician with NMRC, engage with students at Weller Road Elementary School’s STEM Career Day. Representatives from NMRC spent the day with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders answering questions, discussing careers within Navy Medicine and demonstrating laboratory equipment. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activities, from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. For 250 years, Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals, has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Elliott Page /Released) Share

Sigonella, Italy

SIGONELLA, Italy. (April 2, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Siobhann Houston, assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Sigonella, teaches a group of young children how to help an injured friend during a recent Stop the Bleed course, April 2, 2025. Stop the Bleed is a Department of Defense (DoD) program that arms anyone who might see someone get injured with the life-saving skills to control hemorrhage while waiting for help to arrive. With these skills, the students can feel confident helping a friend out after cat bites, playground injuries, or zombie attacks! (U.S. Navy photo by courtesy photo). Share

Sigonella, Italy

SIGONELLA, Italy. (April 2, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Connor Hepker, assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Sigonella, teaches a group of young children how to help an injured friend during a recent Stop the Bleed course, April 2, 2025. Stop the Bleed is a Department of Defense (DoD) program that arms anyone who might see someone get injured with the life-saving skills to control hemorrhage while waiting for help to arrive. With these skills, the students can feel confident helping a friend out after cat bites, playground injuries, or zombie attacks! (U.S. Navy courtesy photo). Share

Sigonella, Italy

SIGONELLA, Italy. (April 2, 2025) Lieutenant Kristin Shafer, Emergency Medicine Physician, assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Sigonella, teaches a group of young children how to help an injured friend during a recent Stop the Bleed course, April 2, 2025. Stop the Bleed is a Department of Defense (DoD) program that arms anyone who might see someone get injured with the life-saving skills to control hemorrhage while waiting for help to arrive. With these skills, the students can feel confident helping a friend out after cat bites, playground injuries, or zombie attacks! (U.S. Navy courtesy photo). Share

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (April 4, 2025) - Lt. Donte Brackett, a registered dietitian assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Guantanamo Bay, is recognized as the U.S. Navy Dietitian of the Year. Brackett works at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay supporting the nutritional health and operational readiness of service members and residents of U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (U.S. Navy photo by Emily McCamy/released) Share

Camp Pendleton, CA

Lt. Cmdr. Emily Lipsky, a family medicine physician with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, receives her award certificate from NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room. Lipsky and Lt. Koren Schroeder, a family medicine resident with NMRTC Camp Pendleton, presented “Uterine Incarceration Case Series” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore. Share

Camp Pendleton, CA

Lt. Cmdr. Eric Rosson, a sports medicine fellow with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, receives his award certificate from NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room. Rosson presented “When You Find a Giant in the Knee” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore. Share