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Camp Lejeune, NC
Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), Detachment Camp Lejeune held a ceremony on July 23, 2026, honoring its latest students from the Surgical Technology Program (Phase II) graduates Hospital Corpsman Second Class Emely Betancourt (left) and Hospital Corpsman Second Class Caue Uemura (right) present civilian surgical technologist Azucena Naval with Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune the “Golden Scalpel Award.” The award honors the preceptor the surgical technology students feel most assisted with their development in the course.
Camp Lejeune, NC
Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), Detachment Camp Lejeune held a ceremony on July 23, 2026, honoring its latest students from the Surgical Technology Program (Phase II). Hospital Corpsman Second Class Emely Betancourt and Hospital Corpsman Second Class Caue Uemura received their certificates of completion, presented by Hospital Corpsmen First Class Christopher River, leading petty officer for NMTSC Detachment Camp Lejeune. Pictured left to right: Hospital Corpsman Second Class Emely Betancourt, Hospital Corpsman First Class Christopher Rivera, and Hospital Corpsman Second Class Caue Uemura.
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, HI
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (June 26, 2026) Lt. Cmdr. Brian Williams of Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) discusses wearable devices capabilities with USS Essex (LHD-2) operations officer, Cmdr. Julia Kranz. Roughly 200 sailors aboard the Essex have been provided with an Oura Ring to track physiological data in order to inform illness prediction algorithms while participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Thirty-one nations, 36 surface ships, 5 submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 206 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 26 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Danielle Cazarez/Released)
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, HI
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (June 26, 2026) John Garmon of Naval Surface Warfare Center demonstrates the first sample of wastewater aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2). Thirty-one nations, 36 surface ships, 5 submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 206 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 26 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Danielle Cazarez/Released)
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, HI
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (June 26, 2026) Arturo Barrientos Montano of Naval Sea Systems Command retrieves a wastewater sample aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). This research study is in collaboration with Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Naval Health Research Center, and Naval Surface Warfare Center during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2026. Thirty-one nations, 36 surface ships, 5 submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 206 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 26 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Danielle Cazarez/Released)
Virginia Beach, VA
Cmdr. Carmen Davis, evaluator, Navy Reserve-Naval Medical Forces Development Command, speaks to Sailors selected to serve as fleet subject matter experts for the first-of-its-kind Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) of an Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU), and first ever afloat ORE for an EMU, July 24, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shayla D. Hamilton)
Virginia Beach, VA
U.S. Navy Sailors tour the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Point Loma (T-EPF 15), ahead of the first ever Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) conducted for an Expeditionary Medical Unit, and the first afloat ORE for the Navy’s expeditionary medical capability, July 24, 2026. The event marked a critical step in validating deployable medical capabilities in support of maritime operations, distributed maritime operations, and warfighter readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shayla D. Hamilton)
Virginia Beach, VA
Cmdr. Christian Esquivel, officer-in-charge, Expeditionary Medical Unit Two, serves as the casualty receiving officer for a simulated casualty during the unit’s Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) aboard the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Point Loma (T-EPF 15), July 25, 2026. The event marked the U.S. Navy’s first ORE conducted for an EMU, and the first afloat ORE for the U.S. Navy’s expeditionary medical capability, a critical step in validating deployable medical capabilities in support of maritime operations, distributed maritime operations, and warfighter readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shayla D. Hamilton)
Virginia Beach, VA
Lt. Kyle Keeler, a subject matter expert supporting the U.S. Navy's first expeditionary medical unit (EMU) operational readiness evaluation (ORE) aboard the expeditionary fast ship USNS Point Loma (T-EPF 15), reads feedback to Sailors assigned to EMU-2, July 26, 2026. The EMU ORE marks a critical step in validating deployable medical capability in support of maritime operations, distributed maritime operations, and warfighter readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shayla D. Hamilton)
Twentynine Palms, CA
The Consolidated Aid Station (CAS) supports Marines and Sailors during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-26 at Camp Wilson aboard Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command/Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. A yellow heat condition flag flies outside the facility, indicating environmental conditions for personnel operating in the desert, while a dedicated emergency response vehicle remains staged to rapidly transport injured service members from the training area if needed. ITX is the Marine Forces Reserve's premier live-fire combined arms exercise, preparing Marine Air-Ground Task Forces for operational readiness in realistic combat environments. (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher Jones, NH/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer).
Twentynine Palms, CA
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class James C. Radecki (left), assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, demonstrates sick call procedures on a Sailor at the Consolidated Aid Station (CAS) during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-26 at Camp Wilson aboard Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command/Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Radecki helped train dozens of corpsmen from commands across the country to conduct sick call operations in support of the exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher Jones, NH/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer).
Twentynine Palms, CA
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class James C. Radecki (left), assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, treats Lance Cpl. Liam Jackson (center) at the Consolidated Aid Station (CAS) during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-26 at Camp Wilson aboard Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command/Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. ITX is the Marine Forces Reserve's premier live-fire combined arms exercise, preparing Marine Air-Ground Task Forces for operational readiness in realistic combat environments. (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher Jones, NH/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer).
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