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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jessica Wright, with Headquarters Company, 3d Marine Division, provides combat casualty care to a simulated casualty during the culminating event of a Combat Medical Course (CMC) at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 21, 2025. CMC is key to improving tactical combat casualty care skills and building the confidence and resilience needed to perform lifesaving trauma medicine under intense physical and mental pressure. Wright is a native of Arkansas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kindsey Calvert)

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class, Samuel Souba, a hospital corpsman with 3rd Littoral Logistics Battalion, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, prepares fluids for a simulated casualty during a training evolution on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Nov. 12, 2025. The training enhanced medical evacuation skills using support vehicles, strengthened proficiency across evacuation methods, and integrated in-transit medical care. Souba is a native of Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jonathan Beauchamp)

Camp Pendleton, CA

Lt. Hannah Cunningham (right), Joint En-Route Care Course (JECC) critical care nurse, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Paramedic Daniel Rodriguez (left) from ERCS 52, assess a simulated casualty during an En-Route Care System (ERCS) training scenario conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC), Aug. 12-19, 2025. The team collaborated with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) to integrate an MV-22 Osprey into the exercise, creating a highly realistic training environment that allowed the team to practice patient loading procedures, coordinate with aircrew, and engage in expeditionary medical evacuation operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Plantikow)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Samantha Robinson with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrates how to draw a patient’s blood during a transfusion demonstration as part of combat medical training on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 8, 2025. This training enhances battlefield medical care skills and patient stabilization techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nicole Stuart)

Okinawa, Japan

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Seaman John Wortham, left, with 1st Low Altitude Air Defense, forward deployed in direct support of 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, pins to the rank of Hospital Corpman 3rd Class on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 19, 2025. The promotion to the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class marks the Sailors’ entrance into the Noncommissioned Officer ranks of the U.S. Navy, signifying increased expectations of responsibility and leadership. Wortham is a native of Florida (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tucker Mocan)

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 23, 2025) – A Sailor receives an influenza vaccine during a mass vaccination event at the Fleet Recreation Center Gym on Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka. Over the course of the 2025 flu shot events, USNH Yokosuka’s vaccination teams administered more than 6,800 doses, efficiently protecting thousands across the installation. The hospital’s annual campaign strengthens medical readiness and protects the health of Sailors, families, and civilian staff. (U.S. Navy photo by USNMRTC Yokosuka Public Affairs/Daniel Taylor)

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 23, 2025) – Service members, families, and civilians line up inside the Fleet Recreation Center Gym on Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka during a mass vaccination event supporting USNH Yokosuka’s 2025 influenza vaccination campaign. Over the course of the 2025 flu shot events, USNH Yokosuka’s vaccination teams administered more than 6,800 doses, efficiently protecting thousands across the installation. The hospital’s annual campaign strengthens medical readiness and protects the health of Sailors, families, and civilian staff. (U.S. Navy photo by USNMRTC Yokosuka Public Affairs/Daniel Taylor)

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 3, 2025) – A Hospital Corpsman administers an influenza vaccine to a USNH Yokosuka staff member in the Command Auditorium during the start of the hospital’s 2025 influenza vaccination season. Over the course of the 2025 flu shot events, USNH Yokosuka’s vaccination teams administered more than 6,800 doses, efficiently protecting thousands across the installation. The hospital’s annual campaign strengthens medical readiness and protects the health of Sailors, families, and civilian staff. (U.S. Navy photo by USNMRTC Yokosuka Public Affairs/Daniel Taylor)

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 3, 2025) – USNH Yokosuka personnel coordinate patient check-in using the hospital’s automated registration system inside the Command Auditorium during staff influenza vaccinations. Over the course of the 2025 flu shot events, vaccination teams administered more than 6,800 doses, efficiently protecting thousands across the installation. First introduced in 2024, the system streamlined workflow, reduced wait times, and improved documentation accuracy. (U.S. Navy photo by USNMRTC Yokosuka Public Affairs/Daniel Taylor)

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 3, 2025) – A U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka Hospital Corpsman receives an influenza vaccine in the hospital’s Command Auditorium as part of the 2025 influenza vaccination season. Over the course of the 2025 flu shot events, USNH Yokosuka’s vaccination teams administered more than 6,800 doses, efficiently protecting thousands across the installation. The hospital’s annual campaign strengthens medical readiness and protects the health of Sailors, families, and civilian staff. (U.S. Navy photo by USNMRTC Yokosuka Public Affairs/Daniel Taylor)

Bremerton, WA

Addressing Awareness for All…during Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton Holiday Safety Standdown Chief Yeoman Andrew Turner, Suicide Prevention Program coordinator, acknowledged that there are unique holiday stressors which active duty – and their family – can experience, such as being away from home and family, feeling isolated, financial burden from travel, gifts, and more, even work and personal relationships and dealing with seasonal winter weather conditions. “Remember, you are not alone. You matter,” Turner told the packed auditorium, reminding those in attendance to A.C.T. “Ask [someone]. Are you thinking about suicide? Care. Listen without judgement. Treat. Get the person to a professional. We have local resources, such as our Suicide Prevention Program manager at 360-475-5120, assistant Suicide Prevention Program manager, Chief Hospital Corpsman Robert O'Bryant, 360-475-5265, command chaplain, Lt. Cmdr. Solomon Han, 360-475-4863, Mental Health Front Desk, 360-475-4219, and Fleet and Family Support Center, 360-396-4118 and 360-315-5028. There are also national 24/7 resources with the Military Crisis Line, 988, press 1 and Military OneSource, 1-800-342-9647. Additional local resources include ‘Drop-in Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.’ office hours for active duty servicemembers at Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Mental Health Directorate, specifically designed to handle questions, consultations, resources, information and connection to care needs. The Holiday Safety Standdown also provided presentations on sexual assault prevention response, from Kitsap County Traffic Safety Council, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

MANATA, Ecuador

250706-N-N1574-1001 MANATA, Ecuador (July 6, 2025) During Continuing Promise 2025, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dennis Begley and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Thai Nguyen, assigned to the Mercy-Class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) from a medical site in Manata, Ecuador, July 6, 2025. The patient required a CT exam from the hospital ship’s radiology department. Continuing Promise, a U.S. Southern Command and 4th Fleet deployment provides humanitarian assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical and dental support, and disaster response to partner nations in Central and South America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo)

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