02 December 2021 So Others May Breathe - Navy Medicine Respiratory Therapist Cares for COVID Casualties BREMERTON, Wash. - When U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Tessa Hazard chose to become a respiratory therapist, part of the specialty allure was a limited chance of deployment...
27 September 2021 Navy Reserve Force Surgeon Symposium 2021 Emphasizes Mobilization Readiness, COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution NORFOLK, Va. - Thirty-five Navy Reserve health professionals met to improve medical readiness across the Reserve Force as part of the 2021 Navy Reserve Force Surgeon Symposium hosted by Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command, September 21 and 22...
23 September 2021 NEPLO Surges Medical Teams Back Into COVID Hotspot WASHINGTON - When COVID-19 began to surge again, states turned to the federal government for another round of pandemic medical support. Then in August, the Federal Emergency Management Agency requested support from military medical teams serve the communities whose hospitals were being hit the...
13 May 2021 RTC Recruits, Staff Exhibit Resiliency During Training in Pandemic More than 50,000 recruits have trained at Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only boot camp, since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic...
06 May 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Gets Vaccinated PACIFIC OCEAN – U.S. Sailors from the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group began receiving Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine while underway, April 29...
04 May 2021 Naval Station Great Lakes returns to HPCON Bravo Plus GREAT LAKES, Ill. – Naval Station Great Lakes returned to Health Protection Condition Level (HPCON) Bravo Plus on May 1 after meeting Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) conditions-based guidance for the changing of HPCON...
04 May 2021 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Sailors Stay COVID-Free While at Sea SASEBO, Japan - Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 completed its third COVID-free deployment in April, following the arrival of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, USS Ashland (LSD 48), to Fleet Activities Sasebo, May 4...
29 April 2021 Iwo Jima ARG and 24th MEU Reach Milestone, 60 days COVID-Free ATLANTIC OCEAN – The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWOARG) and the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) reached the milestone of 60 days underway with no COVID-19 cases, April 20...
26 April 2021 Taking on COVID from Coast to Coast – Navy Medicine helps local support efforts BREMERTON, Wash. - From coast to coast, Navy Medicine personnel are helping to stop the spread of COVID-19...
23 April 2021 USS Arlington Sailors Do Their Part to Sink COVID-19 NORFOLK, Va. – Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) receive their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, April 23, 2021...