PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Expeditionary Medical Facility Juliet (EMF-J) welcomed home Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit 10- Gulf (NEMU 10G), Rotation 13, after a 7-month deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, May 4...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Lt. j.g. Paul Strunc, a critical care nurse at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, was presented the Virginia Beach Mayor’s Lifesaving Award by Mayor Bobby Dyer at City Hall, May 8...

ROTA, Spain - Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Seven (NEPMU-7), NMRTC Rota Population Health Department, and USO Rota hosted a Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW) event at the waterfront, Rota, Spain, April 19, 2023...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Pensacola observes National Nurses Week, May 6-12...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Military and support personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio attended the fifth edition of “Mission Possible,” an information-sharing event held at the Battlefield Health and Trauma (BHT) Research...

NORFOLK, Va. - Sailors from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Portsmouth M+1 augments of Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship (CRTS) 5 and amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) conducted a three-day CRTS certification exercise as part of a continued commitment to mission...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Following the fall of Corregidor and Singapore, the Imperial Japanese Navy shifted their focus to Port Moresby, the strategically important capital of Papua New Guinea. Their goal: to cut off allied supply lines to Australia. Standing in their way were two Navy U.S. Carrier...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Axel Narvaez was awarded the U.S. Navy Pistol Excellence-In-Competition Badge (Bronze) after a match in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in which he scored a 90.87 percent. As a result, he took second place in the Carry Optics division, where shooters possess a...

CORONADO, Calif. - Mental Health Awareness and National Suicide Prevention Months are acknowledged each year during the months of May and September respectively. This month, Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) is highlighting a Mental Health Awareness campaign that focuses on the importance of...

SAN DIEGO - The Operational Infectious Diseases (OID) Directorate, at Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), conducts active, laboratory-based surveillance for infectious diseases that affect military personnel and their families. Febrile respiratory illness surveillance is done at various recruit and...