05 June 2023 USU Non-Commissioned Officers Trade Stripes for Silver Bars in quest to become military MDs Twenty-five Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine enlisted service members assigned to the Uniformed Services University (USU) successfully completed the first phase of their journeys to become military physicians, trading in their non-commissioned officer stripes for the silver bars of second...
05 June 2023 NMRLC Addresses Multiple Levels of Combat Expeditionary Medical Care Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) hosted the U. S. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) FY-23 Logistics Summit, in Williamsburg, VA, Apr. 18-20...
23 May 2023 USNMRTC Yokosuka Conducts, Large-scale, Multi-day, Joint-partner Exercise to Promote Interoperability and Readiness YOKOSUKA, Japan—United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka conducted a large-scale, multi-day, joint-partner exercise in response to a simulated large magnitude earthquake...
12 May 2023 Lt. j.g Receives Virginia Beach Mayor's Lifesaving Award VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Lt. j.g. Paul Strunc, a critical care nurse at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, was presented the Virginia Beach Mayor’s Lifesaving Award by Mayor Bobby Dyer at City Hall, May 8...
10 May 2023 Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle and Improving Readiness of the Fleet ROTA, Spain - Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Seven (NEPMU-7), NMRTC Rota Population Health Department, and USO Rota hosted a Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW) event at the waterfront, Rota, Spain, April 19, 2023...
10 May 2023 Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pensacola Observes National Nurses Week PENSACOLA, Fla. - Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Pensacola observes National Nurses Week, May 6-12...
08 May 2023 NAMRU San Antonio hosts 5th Mission Possible JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Military and support personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio attended the fifth edition of “Mission Possible,” an information-sharing event held at the Battlefield Health and Trauma (BHT) Research...
04 May 2023 Medical Exercise Certifies Mission Ready Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship NORFOLK, Va. - Sailors from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Portsmouth M+1 augments of Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship (CRTS) 5 and amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) conducted a three-day CRTS certification exercise as part of a continued commitment to mission...
03 May 2023 Navy Medicine at War: Stories of Service and Sacrifice at the Battle of Coral Sea FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Following the fall of Corregidor and Singapore, the Imperial Japanese Navy shifted their focus to Port Moresby, the strategically important capital of Papua New Guinea. Their goal: to cut off allied supply lines to Australia. Standing in their way were two Navy U.S. Carrier...
03 May 2023 Marksmanship Skills Provide Mission Readiness and Mentorship PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Axel Narvaez was awarded the U.S. Navy Pistol Excellence-In-Competition Badge (Bronze) after a match in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in which he scored a 90.87 percent. As a result, he took second place in the Carry Optics division, where shooters possess a...