16 August 2024 Navy Medicine Enterprise established to support readiness and warfighting FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby approved the establishment of the Navy Medicine Enterprise (NME), which is an operationally focused organizational structure providing senior fleet leadership a mechanism to address and prioritize health service support...
15 August 2024 Walter Reed Offers Partial Hospitalization Program for Mental Health Care BETHESDA, Md. - Walter Reed offers the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), providing support and skills to assist people in managing their behavioral health challenges while living at home...
14 August 2024 Submarine psychologist awarded prestigious Arthur W. Melton Early Achievement Award SEATTLE – Groton-based submarine psychologist Lt. Samantha Giangrande received the prestigious Arthur W. Melton Early Achievement Award during an American Psychological Association (APA) conference held August 8, in Seattle, Washington...
12 August 2024 Navy Medicine’s Top Researcher Visits Southeast Asia; NAMRU INDO PACIFIC Shows Off SINGAPORE – Navy Medicine’s top researcher, Capt. Franca Jones, commander, Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) visited Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) INDO PACIFIC from July 15-26, traveling across Southeast Asia with command leadership...
18 July 2024 Protecting Warfighters: Navy Hosts Summit On Blast Overpressure Safety PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- The Navy hosted a critical summit focused on blast overpressure (BOP) safety, aiming to highlight ongoing efforts to protect service members and civilians, at River’s Edge Community Center onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex, July 15...
10 July 2024 U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa Coordinated with Sister Services to Move Life-Saving Equipment Across Air, Land and Sea in Support of Emergency Services in Okinawa, Japan Okinawa, Japan - The Military Health System (MHS) has undergone a significant transition that has aligned all the medical assets from the different services under the Defense Health Agency's (DHA) guidance...
26 June 2024 Enhancing Force Health Protection: NECE and Rattlesnake Conservancy Conduct Venomous Snake Handling Training at Naval Air Station Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) in partnership with the Rattlesnake Conservancy held a venomous snake handling training course aboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville, June 5-7...
26 June 2024 Boy Bitten By Shark Thanks Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune for Care NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Blayne Brown, 14, thanks his health care team at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune for their care of his injuries after a shark bite on June 23, 2024, off the shores of North Topsail Beach, North Carolina...
20 June 2024 Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit Six Welcomes New Officer In Charge Amidst Preparation for Rim Of The Pacific 2024 Pearl Harbor, HI. — Capt. Scott Dunn relieved Capt. (sel) R Joseph Stastny as Officer in Charge, Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six (NEPMU 6) during a Change of Charge ceremony held onboard the USS Battleship Missouri Memorial, June 10, 2024. ...
19 June 2024 Valiant Shield 24: CLB-13 Establishes the First Role II Medical Field Hospital in Palau CAMP KATUU, Palau – U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, established the first Role II medical field hospital in Palau during exercise Valiant Shield 24 at Camp Katuu, Palau, June 7-18, 2024...