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San Diego, CA
U.S. Navy Lt. Melissa Belle, certified registered nurse anesthetist, monitors and resuscitates an active duty service member during an orthopedic surgical procedure to restore the service member to a deployable status at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Jan. 23. NMCSD employs more than 5,000 active-duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in Southern California to deliver exceptional care afloat and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jason Afable)
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
250924-O-N1553-1193 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (July 30, 2025) -- Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joseph Oliver, a preventive medicine technician assigned to the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), prepares materials for mosquito insecticide resistance testing on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, July 30, 2025. Service members with NECE partnered with the preventive medicine team at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Guantanamo Bay to conduct insecticide resistance testing on a critical mosquito species known to transmit diseases to humans. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Corey Day)
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
250924-O-N1553-1195 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (July 30, 2025) Lt. j.g. Brittani Ciomperlik (left), an entomologist with the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), and Lt. Jyl Bean (right), an environmental health officer and head of Preventive Medicine at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Guantanamo Bay, raise mosquitoes collected on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay for insecticide resistance testing. Service members with the NECE partnered with the preventive medicine team at NMRTC Guantanamo Bay to conduct insecticide resistance testing on a key mosquito species known to transmit diseases to humans. (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Corey Day)
Cherry Point, NC
The Leapfrog Group recognized Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point on Monday, December 15, 2025 as a recipient of a Top Ambulatory Surgery Center Award, marking the first time a military clinic earned the honor. “This award recognizes the exceptional skill and knowledge of the staff aboard the clinic and our commitment to providing high-quality, safe patient care. Both are critical to our mission of ‘Keeping the Warfighter in the Fight,” said Navy Captain James Driscoll, the clinic’s commanding officer. “The core of that mission: the medical readiness of forces assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and the wellness of communities surrounding the base, is at the forefront of everything we do here.”
Cherry Point, NC
(Courtesy Asset) From right to left, Commander Carlton Bennett III and Mrs. Chelsea Mull, representing Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, accept The Leapfrog Group’s award for Top Ambulatory Surgery Center from Mrs. Leah Binder, President and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, left, during a ceremony held Monday, December 15, 2025. The recognition, according to a press announcement by the Leapfrog Group published December 15, 2025, “honors top hospitals and ASCs that demonstrate the highest performance in the nation on quality and patient safety, including ethical billing and informed patient consent procedures, lower infection rates, prevention of medication errors and surgical safety.”
Cherry Point, NC
Patients receiving care at Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point can now request a chaperone for any physical exam, medical visit or dental procedure in accordance with a recently published Defense Health Agency policy.
Camp Pendleton, CA
Lt. Cmdr. Rachael Robeck, physician assistant assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) 15, from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Camp Pendleton, provides simulated trauma care to a casualty during a realistic low-light medical training conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) at Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 16, 2025. The training emphasizes life-saving interventions under austere and confined conditions to prepare medical personnel for combat and expeditionary environments. The ERSS 15 team is currently assigned to the Naval Strategic Health Alliance for Readiness and Performance (SHARP), a partnership with Penn Medicine that embeds active-duty Navy trauma personnel into Penn Presbyterian’s Level I trauma center. This initiative sustains combat casualty care skills and provides hands-on experience with complex civilian trauma. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Trevin Perry)
Camp Pendleton, CA
Lt. Cmdr. Rachael Robeck, physician assistant assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) 15, from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Camp Pendleton, provides simulated trauma care to a casualty during an ERSS training conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) at Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 16, 2025. The training scenario reinforces critical decision-making, patient assessment, and trauma management skills in a controlled but realistic environment. The ERSS 15 team is currently assigned to the Naval Strategic Health Alliance for Readiness and Performance (SHARP), a partnership with Penn Medicine that embeds active-duty Navy trauma personnel into Penn Presbyterian’s Level I trauma center. This initiative sustains combat casualty care skills and provides hands-on experience with complex civilian trauma. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Trevin Perry)
Camp Pendleton, CA
Lt. Cmdr. Rachael Robeck, physician assistant assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) 15, based out of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Camp Pendleton, provides simulated trauma care to a casualty during an ERSS training conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) at Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 16, 2025. The scenario replicates penetrating chest trauma and requires coordinated team-based care in a field environment. “Scenarios like this reinforce the importance of rapid assessment and decisive intervention when managing penetrating chest trauma in a field environment,” said Robeck. The ERSS 15 team is currently assigned to the Naval Strategic Health Alliance for Readiness and Performance (SHARP), a partnership with Penn Medicine that embeds active-duty Navy trauma personnel into Penn Presbyterian’s Level I trauma center. This initiative sustains combat casualty care skills and provides hands-on experience with complex civilian trauma. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Trevin Perry)
Camp Pendleton, CA
Lt. Cmdr. Rachael Robeck, physician assistant assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) 15, based out of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Camp Pendleton, provides simulated trauma care to a casualty during an ERSS training conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) at Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 16, 2025. The scenario replicates penetrating chest trauma and requires coordinated team-based care in a field environment. “Scenarios like this reinforce the importance of rapid assessment and decisive intervention when managing penetrating chest trauma in a field environment,” said Robeck. The ERSS 15 team is currently assigned to the Naval Strategic Health Alliance for Readiness and Performance (SHARP), a partnership with Penn Medicine that embeds active-duty Navy trauma personnel into Penn Presbyterian’s Level I trauma center. This initiative sustains combat casualty care skills and provides hands-on experience with complex civilian trauma. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Trevin Perry)
Rota, Spain
251201-N-FT324-7322. ROTA, Spain (December 1, 2025). Pictured, future Commanders Guide to Operational Stress Control (CgOSC) instructors who participated in a multi-day Train-the-Trainer course. This training supports a prepared force capable of sustaining performance and mission effectiveness in high-stress operational environments and directly contributes to Navy Medicine’s mission of promoting force health protection equipping leaders with practical tools for dealing with stress and providing high-quality care. (U.S. Navy Released by Lt. Cmdr. Alicia Sacks)
Great Lakes, Il
Meet Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1) Ricky Bryant, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, the Navy’s only boot camp.
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