20 October 2023 Acting Surgeon General Via Emphasizes Critical Role for Forward-Deployed Okinawa Medical Personnel OKINAWA Japan—United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Okinawa hosted RDML Darin K. Via as he wrapped up his first tour to the Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) region as Acting Surgeon General. Accompanying Via is Navy Medicine’s highest ranking enlisted
20 October 2023 Pacific Partnership 2023 Concludes Fourth Stop in Papua New Guinea WEWAK, Papua New Guinea – Pacific Partnership 2023 has concluded its mission stop in Papua New Guinea from a closing ceremony hosted at the Japanese Memorial Park on Wewak Hill, Oct. 20.
19 October 2023 Navy Medicine Marks Milestone Aboard Egyptian Naval Ship for Global Health Engagement ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Navy Medicine marked a milestone during a global health engagement (GHE) with Egyptian Naval Forces to achieve interoperability and increase patient survivability in a shipboard setting within U.S. Central Command area of operations in support of exercise Bright Star 2023, Sept.
19 October 2023 Navy Medicine marks milestone aboard Egyptian naval ship for Global Health Engagement Navy Medicine marked a milestone during a global health engagement (GHE) with Egyptian Naval Forces to achieve interoperability and increase patient survivability in a shipboard setting within U.S. Central Command area of operations in support of exercise Bright Star 2023, Sept. 9-13.
19 October 2023 Acting Surgeon General Via Visits USNMRTC Yokosuka to Promote Lines of Effort for the Indo-Pacific YOKOSUKA, Japan—The Acting United States Navy Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Darin K. Via, visited United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka’s Naval Hospital Yokosuka and Branch Health Clinic Iwakuni to engage with the dedicated medical professionals
27 September 2023 Clearwater, Fl Native Corpsman Saves a Life MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A U.S. Navy corpsman is being hailed as a hero after saving someone's life while on liberty.
15 September 2023 Pacific Partnership 2023 Concludes Third Stop in Malaysia KUANTAN, Malaysia – Pacific Partnership 2023 has concluded its mission stop in Kuantan during a closing ceremony hosted aboard the Harpers-Ferry class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor, Sept. 15.
04 September 2023 Koa Moana Sailors Provide Dental Assistance in Palau KOROR, Palau — U.S. Navy Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana 23 provided dental work for Palauan elementary school students through the School Dental Program in the Republic of Palau, July 18 to Sept. 1, 2023.
28 August 2023 Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Receives Level II Trauma Center Designation PORTSMOUTH, Va - PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 24, 2023) -- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) has been awarded provisional designation as a Level II Trauma Center by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Health.
28 August 2023 BUMED Chief of Staff Says Goodbye to Navy Medicine After 39 Years of Service FALLS CHURCH, Va - On August 25, 2023, Capt. Douglas Stephens, MSC, USN, was piped ashore in a ceremony held at the Naval Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was a fitting venue for the 39-year veteran and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Chief of Staff, whose love of the U.S. Navy few could