Five emergency medicine (EM) physician residents from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) embarked on the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in support of relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, as part of their residency training...

As the group of approximately 80 Sailors and Marines were divided into groups of six and loaded into a four-wheel drive vehicle, you could feel the mix of anticipation and uncertainty...

At approximately 4 a.m. on July 20, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Gloveis Wells, USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Sailor and native of Raleigh, Mississippi, was awakened by fellow shipmates to clear a flooded space...

For one U.S. Navy emergency room doctor, his upbringing and youth experiences were huge factors in determining what course he would take in his future...

The military has a rich history of inventing things to win our nation's wars. Those inventions often have commercial applications, so to help the inventors evaluate private sector use, Naval Surface Warfare Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)/Dam Neck Activity hosted "Innovation Discovery," October 5...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...