18 January 2022 Sailor Awarded Medal for Act of Heroism BETHESDA, Md. – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Wesley Middleton was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal on Jan. 18, 2022, for an act of bravery involving a possible life-saving heroic act at the scene of a terrible vehicle accident early in the morning on Jan. 3, 2022...
18 January 2022 Lejeune Medical Personnel Get Ready for a New Type of Patient Care: MHS GENESIS CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - With the New Year comes a new electronic health record for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune beneficiaries. On March 19, 2022, NMCCL will officially transition to using MHS GENESIS, the Military Health System’s new structure for electronic health records, or EHR, for service...
18 January 2022 What’s in a Name?: The “Chiefs” and “Directors” of Navy Medicine FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Chiefs and Directors are an essential part of Navy Medicine and have long represented the upper tiers of corps leadership. By why do some staff corps have a Director and others a Chief? And if there is a distinction between these titles, why are they often collectively referred...
14 January 2022 NMRTC Bremerton staff reflect on Operation Allies Welcome CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. - Navy Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Hospital Corps personnel recently returned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton after helping to support those in need...
13 January 2022 NMFP Sailor selected MSC ‘IT Senior Officer of the Year’ NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Director of Navy Medical Service Corps (MSC) selected a Naval Medical Forces Pacific Sailor, from nominations across the Navy Medicine enterprise, for a senior information technology officer-of-the-year award, Dec. 16...
06 January 2022 New Director Takes the Helm of Navy Medicine Civilian Corps FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Navy Medical Department began 2022 by welcoming a new Director of the Medical Civilian Corps...
22 December 2021 Navy Research Cell Biologist earns Civilian of the Year Honors JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – Dr. Clifford Morgan, of Washington D.C., a research cell biologist assigned to the Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio was recognized by NAMRU San Antonio Commanding Officer Capt. Gerald...
06 November 2021 Preparing for the Worst: NHC Pax River Staff Practice Hazmat Decontamination Skills PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - As medical professionals, the staff at Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River have to be prepared for the worst, including a hazmat incident...
28 October 2021 Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility Awarded Tri-Service Nursing Research Grant CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti –Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility, stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, (CLDJ) has been awarded the Tri-Service Nursing Research Grant for a mini Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP) grant entitled "Using Training and Simulation to Improve Teamwork in Trauma Management in...
30 June 2021 Preparing Physicians to Ensure Warfighter Medical Readiness PORTSMOUTH, Va. - For graduating medical interns who are going to their first operational assignments as General Medical Officers (GMOs), Flight Surgeons and Undersea Medical Officers, the range and breadth of medical procedures and knowledge they are expected to have mastered can be a bit daunting...