BETHESDA, Md. - The Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command's (NMLPDC) Expanded Operational Stress Control (E-OSC) team visited Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) this week...

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JAPAN - While elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) deployed to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and participated in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23), Nov. 10-19, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) took a whole Navy Medicine approach in the medical planning and...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – In combat when a casualty occurs it’s an overload to the system. There often is smoke, gunfire, screaming and the person you’ve often shared years of experiences with is down. To sum it up in a word, chaos. How do you prepare for that chaos in a classroom?...

BETHESDA, Md. - Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC)’s Clinical Trials Center is looking for 200 volunteer test subjects for a new clinical study that investigates the immune response to seasonal flu vaccination...

BREMERTON, Wash. - Diane Hebert couldn’t make it when her son, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Joshua Hebert, was being recognized as Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton’s Junior Sailor of the Quarter...

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) recently travelled to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and began participation in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23), Nov. 12...

PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala -  It was another humid day in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, and there was the smell of a rainstorm brewing in the air. The light beige and aged building of the Japan-Guatemala Friendship Hospital became more prominent as Chief Hospital Corpsman Shawn Burnette, from...

BETHESDA, Md. - Each year on November 11th we honor generations of Veterans that have courageously defended our freedom. Past and present servicemembers will have different answers about what serving in the military means to them. However, what unifies all who wear the uniform of the United...

PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala - The orange tiger toy danced and fell across the white sheets of the hospital bed, as two-year-old Thiago Palencia played while waiting impatiently for something to happen. He spent half an hour surrounded by the tan walls and dark red floor of the pre-operation...

DAKAR, Senegal -- Navy medical personnel provide training to service members on board the Senegalese navy patrol ship Fouladou, March 14, 2022, in Dakar, Senegal. The training was part of the multi-international exercise Obangame Express 2022 (OE22) hosted by Senegal and sponsored by U.S. Africa...