When the Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) Douglas R4D broke through the clouds of volcanic dust and smoke to land on Iwo Jima on March 6 1945, it carried more than whole blood and medical supplies for the wounded. On board this inaugural air evacuation flight was a 22-year old nurse named Jane...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – For those interested in a career in the medical field, the Navy has the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) to help fund graduate-level professional schooling—all the way through residency. After graduation, scholarship recipients will become officers and professionals...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is being honored on a national level once again. The Family Medicine Program was recently presented with the 2022 Research Competition “Outstanding Achievement in Scholarly Activity Award” from the Uniformed Services Academy of Family...

BREMERTON, Wash. - What happens when holistic healthcare is combined with empowering education?...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Entomologists and preventive medicine technicians from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) traveled to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) to provide technical assistance with pest management operations, April 01-08, 2022...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jessica Smith, assigned to Navy Reserve Center (NRC) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was named the 2021 Navy Reserve Force Shore Sailor of the Year...

BREMERTON , Wash. - Hands shot up from purple-clad students when prompted with such questions as, “why was purple picked as the color for Military Kids?” “Who has lived or been born overseas?” “Who has had a parent deployed on ship, sub, to live in a tent?”...

Making a statement.Which is exactly what Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Estella Obando and others did to acknowledge April is Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Lt. Cmdr. Chad Thompson, an Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Emergency Medicine resident, was recognized by the City of Suffolk at their annual awards ceremony, April 5...

BREMERTON, Wash. - The Department of Defense integrated electronic health record MHS GENESIS is being upgraded at Puget Sound Military Health System military treatment facilities...