18 January 2022 Sailor Awarded Medal for Act of Heroism BETHESDA, Md. – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Wesley Middleton was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal on Jan. 18, 2022, for an act of bravery involving a possible life-saving heroic act at the scene of a terrible vehicle accident early in the morning on Jan. 3, 2022...
18 January 2022 USCGC Thetis Visits Cabo Verde PRAIA, Cabo Verde - United States Coast Guard Famous-class medium endurance cutter USCGC Thetis (WMEC 910) completed their deployment to the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations with a port visit and a series of engagements with U.S. Embassy Praia and Cabo Verdean Coast Guard officials January 13-15,...
18 January 2022 Lejeune Medical Personnel Get Ready for a New Type of Patient Care: MHS GENESIS CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - With the New Year comes a new electronic health record for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune beneficiaries. On March 19, 2022, NMCCL will officially transition to using MHS GENESIS, the Military Health System’s new structure for electronic health records, or EHR, for service...
18 January 2022 What’s in a Name?: The “Chiefs” and “Directors” of Navy Medicine FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Chiefs and Directors are an essential part of Navy Medicine and have long represented the upper tiers of corps leadership. By why do some staff corps have a Director and others a Chief? And if there is a distinction between these titles, why are they often collectively referred...