12 October 2017 Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay Lab Receives Accreditation From American Association of Blood Banks Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay recently received accreditation from the American Association of Blood Banks. Lt. Ashley Russell, laboratory department head, USHNGB deemed the achievement a gold star standard for facilities offering transfusion services...
12 October 2017 One in Eight: Raise Your Awareness of Breast Cancer October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Naval Hospital Pensacola is taking the opportunity to educate patients about the dangers of breast cancer and the importance of getting checked...
11 October 2017 Daddy on Duty: Lake Erie Sailors Become Dads during Deployment Five months ago, Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) waved goodbye to their family and friends and sailed west on deployment. Since then, five of those Sailors' families have grown by one...
11 October 2017 VP-5 Takes Flight Over Devastated Dominica Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 took part in the search and rescue efforts in Dominica after the island nation was devastated by Hurricane Maria in mid-September...
10 October 2017 Women's Health: Take Time to Care for Yourself Preventive services are your best defense against preventable diseases. Your care teams at Naval Hospital Jacksonville (hospital and branch health clinics) stand ready to provide those services...
10 October 2017 USS Chief Arrives in Busan Ahead of MN MIWEX Mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14) arrived in Busan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 10 for a routine port call as the ship makes final preparations for the Multinational Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MN MIWEX)...
10 October 2017 NAVFAC Southeast Puts Emphasis on Energy Action Month October is Energy Action Month and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast is putting an emphasis on energy conservation during the month-long observation...
10 October 2017 Puerto Rican Resident Experiences Life at Sea on Comfort The first patient treated aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), was accompanied by Wilma Santiago, who is one of the many Puerto Ricans whose life was shaken up by Hurricane Maria...
10 October 2017 NAVSUP FLC Bahrain Trains Champions Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Bahrain Sailors and staff participated in Lean Six Sigma Champion training, Sept. 17-18, to understand how continuous performance improvement (CPI) can help them "champion" strategic improvements for their command...
06 October 2017 Life on a Generator What happens when the lifelines of an island's lifelines fail? After Hurricane Maria passed over Puerto Rico, leaving behind the bare, broken bones of nature and an island without power, at least 51 hospitals were left running on generators...