12 May 2023 Lt. j.g Receives Virginia Beach Mayor's Lifesaving Award 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.
10 May 2023 Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle and Improving Readiness of the Fleet 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.
10 May 2023 Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pensacola Observes National Nurses Week PENSACOLA, Fla. - Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Pensacola observes National Nurses Week, May 6-12.
08 May 2023 NAMRU San Antonio hosts 5th Mission Possible 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
04 May 2023 Medical Exercise Certifies Mission Ready Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship 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
03 May 2023 Navy Medicine at War: Stories of Service and Sacrifice at the Battle of Coral Sea 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
03 May 2023 Marksmanship Skills Provide Mission Readiness and Mentorship 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
28 April 2023 NSW Focuses on Mental Health Awareness 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
26 April 2023 Information Technology Play’s Big Role in Infectious Diseases Surveillance Naval Health Research Center Scientist Develops Dashboard Quantifying 25 Years of Data 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
11 April 2023 NMFP Names Yokosuka Hospital Corpsman as Senior Sailor of the Year SASEBO, Japan - A hospital corpsman from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Yokosuka, Japan, was named Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) Senior Sailor of the Year (SSOY) 2022 at the NMFP headquarters, Naval Base San Diego, during a competition between 13 of the top Sailors