14 June 2024 Navy Medicine Recognizes the Magic Fisher Houses Bring to Force Readiness BETHESDA, Md. -- U.S. Navy Deputy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Rick Freedman visited Fisher House to recognize the critical role they play in supporting military families at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bethesda, June 13...
12 June 2024 Navy Medicine Logistics Summit Highlights Support to the High-End Fight FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Navy Medicine Logistics Summit brought together medical logisticians from across the service to discuss key issues and celebrate top performers at Defense Health Headquarters, June 4-6. ...
05 June 2024 U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa is Improving the Patient Experience with Modernization Through Innovation OKINAWA, Japan — The pharmacy at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) recently added a fully automated ScriptCenter in the pharmacy lobby for beneficiaries in Okinawa. Capt. Kathleen Cooperman spoke during the ribbon-cutting to staff and patients in the waiting area about the importance of...
30 May 2024 VCNO Visits Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity, Yorktown, VA Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Jim Kilby traveled to Yorktown, Virginia to meet with Sailors, Soldiers and Civilians of Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity (NORA), headed by Capt. Brian Hatch. The visit took place May 29, 2024...
26 May 2024 U.S. Navy, ADF Participate in Valkyrie Emergency Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion Training “You guys are the Marines’ doctors; there’s no better in the business than Navy corpsmen,” U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lewis B. ‘Chesty’ Puller told his corpsmen during the Korean War. ...
23 May 2024 MCPON James Honea Brings Message of Support to Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) James Honea traveled to Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity (NORA), Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, VA, to see the Navy optical fabrication process and to meet with Sailors, Soldiers and Civilians, May 20, 2024...
12 May 2024 Advancing Expeditionary Medical Care, One Team at a Time ATLANTIC OCEAN - Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG) and embarked Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) have long been ready to care for those in need, whether helping Sailors and Marines who are wounded, ill, or injured; or supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. ...
07 May 2024 NMRTC Rota Supports Diverse Regional Missions to Safeguard and Prepare Warfighters and Allies ROTA, Spain – Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC), Rota plays a critical role in supporting the Navy’s largest European installation, strategically located within Spain’s Iberian Peninsula. As the only military treatment facility in the region, NMRTC’s...
06 May 2024 U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa is Using State-of the-Art Space Age Equipment to Get our Sailors and Marines Back in the Fight Faster than Ever Before! OKINAWA, Japan - Okinawa Japan, Camp Hansen, Dr. Robert Eberly, Department Head and Family and Sports Medicine Physician recently took the time to talk about some of the new technology he is using to get our fighting force back in the fight and rehabilitated sooner...
03 May 2024 UPDATE: Landing Craft, Air Cushion Incident During Training NORFOLK, Va. – On the evening of May 1, a collision occurred between two landing craft, air cushions (LCAC) from USS Wasp (LHD 1) and USS New York (LPD 21) off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla...