29 November 2023 Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Lemoore supports NAS Lemoore’s search and rescue and security units in Eastern Sierra Mountains LEMOORE, CA - LEMOORE, Calif. (Nov. 29, 2023) U.S. Navy hospital corpsmen from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Lemoore were suddenly called into action to provide medical coverage to support the Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore security team assigned to secure an inoperable...
28 November 2023 Honoring Our Heroes: Veterans Day Ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial WASHINGTON — Each year, the Navy Memorial hosts a Wreath-Laying Ceremony on Veterans Day to honor our nation's Sailors and show appreciation for their service and sacrifice...
08 November 2023 Military Tropical Medicine Course Resumes International Field Missions Two years after its inaugural 1993 class, the Navy’s Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) program took on a tri-service mission, with a hallmark structure of 4 weeks of in-person didactic followed by 2 weeks in tropical infectious disease endemic locations. In 2020, the course momentarily halted...
22 September 2023 USS Bunker Hill Decommissions SAN DIEGO — USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), the 11th ship of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser, recognized more than 37 years of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, Sept. 22...
28 August 2023 BUMED Chief of Staff Says Goodbye to Navy Medicine After 39 Years of Service FALLS CHURCH, Va - On August 25, 2023, Capt. Douglas Stephens, MSC, USN, was piped ashore in a ceremony held at the Naval Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was a fitting venue for the 39-year veteran and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Chief of Staff, whose love of the U.S. Navy few could...
08 August 2023 USS Porter, USNS William McLean Perform Vertical Launch System Re-Arm Demonstration NORFOLK, Va —The crews of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) dry cargo ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12) performed a MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) re-arm, pier-side, at Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 3...
28 July 2023 USS Wasp Arrives in The Bahamas to Celebrate Nation's 50th Year of Independence NASSAU, The Bahamas (June 28, 2023) - On June 28, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) arrived in Nassau, The Bahamas for a port visit aimed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of U.S. - The Bahamas relations and the 50th anniversary of Bahamian independence...
20 July 2023 Naval Safety Command hosts Joint Safety Council meeting By sharing and facilitating interservice lessons learned and best practices, the Joint Safety Council is addressing not only motor vehicle mishaps, but other safety-related issues across aviation, afloat and ground operations...
11 July 2023 FRCE Modernization Team Improves Work Environment, Saves Time and Money While teams of expert artisans, engineers and logisticians support state-of-the-art maintenance, repair and overhaul of the military’s most advanced aircraft platforms at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) – often in buildings that date back to the depot’s World War II...
28 June 2023 USS Wasp Arrives in The Bahamas to Celebrate Nation's 50th Year of Independence NASSAU, The Bahamas - (June 28, 2023) On June 28, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) arrived in Nassau, The Bahamas for a port visit aimed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of U.S. - The Bahamas relations and the 50th anniversary of Bahamian independence...