08 March 2024 Expeditionary Medical Unit’s Honduras Mission Leads to Stronger Medical Partnerships and Enhanced Readiness SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras – Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU) 10 G-Rotation 16 strengthened health capability and expanded U.S. Navy readiness with Honduran medical professionals during a Global Health Engagement (GHE) in San Pedro Sula, Feb. 17 – March 2, 2024...
06 March 2024 Physical Evaluation Board Discharge Claims On September 27, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia determined veterans of the United States Navy and Marine Corps whose final Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) occurred between September 12, 2016 and June 11, 2018 and who did not receive a medical retirement through...
06 March 2024 NMTSC Sailor Provides Life Saving First Aid SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Religious Program Specialist 1st Class Amber Sanders, leading petty officer of the religious ministry team at Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for providing emergency care to a civilian at Joint Base San...
21 February 2024 International Military Working Dog Handlers Train Together in K-9 Tactical Combat Casualty Care CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti — Camp Lemonnier’s Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) veterinary service team held a joint international K-9 Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training for Camp Lemonnier and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa military working dog (MWD) handlers,...
13 February 2024 Forward Deployable Preventative Medical Unit Enhances Combat Effectiveness with Comprehensive Weapons and Threat Recognition Training SUFFOLK, Va. - This year, the Forward Deployable Preventative Medical Unit (FDPMU) participated in a first ever Weapons and Threat Recognition Training Course, specifically designed and tailored for the unit’s unique mission...
12 February 2024 USNS Mercy Returns to San Diego, Concluding Pacific Partnership 24-1 SAN DIEGO - Pacific Partnership 24-1 personnel assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returned home today as the ship pulled in to Naval Air Station North Island, concluding the four-month humanitarian and disaster relief mission...
09 February 2024 NHC Lemoore Participates in Citadel Shield/Solid Curtain 2024 Exercise LEMOORE, Calif. (Feb. 8, 2024) Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore trained for real-world events during the Commander Naval Installation Command (CNIC) Citadel Shield/Solid Curtain (CS/SC) 2024 exercise held on Feb. 7, aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore...
06 February 2024 Dr. Mike McGinnis Returns to Service as Navy Medicine Executive Director FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Dr. Mike McGinnis was sworn in as the new Navy Medicine Executive Director by Rear Adm. Darin Via, the Navy Surgeon General, on February 6, 2024. He is only the second Senior Executive Service (SES) civilian to serve in this role...
06 February 2024 Growing Medical Capacity Side-by-Side During Pacific Partnership 24-1 PALAU - During Pacific Partnership 24-1, the largest humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission in the Indo-Pacific region, U.S. Navy and partner nation surgeons conducted 74 side-by-side surgeries alongside host nation medical professionals onboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH...
29 January 2024 Supplying Logistical Success for Pacific Partnership 2024-1 USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) - The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Supply department, comprised of approximately 150 Sailors, along with four Pacific Partnership 2024-1 mission supply personnel, medical team planners and civilian mariners, worked together to provide logistical support for Pacific...