Researchers from across the globe, including several from Defense Health Network Pacific Rim who shared key research findings about vision, hearing, and cognitive performance, attended the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium in the Sunshine State from Aug. 26-29.

U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Yokosuka hosted a nursing student exchange with Yokohama City University at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Aug 7th to strengthen medical partnerships with their host nation counterparts.

Hold the press! For the first time in a long time, the Branch Health Clinic of U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Yokosuka aboard Fleet Activities Chinhae has a full-time dentist. Lieutenant Ryan Twaddle recently arrived here to attend to the dental needs of the base.

Capt. Patrick Fitzpatrick was relieved by Capt. Karla M. Lepore during an official ceremony at Naval Undersea Warfare Center auditorium, proceeded by his retirement after 32 years of active duty service.

Naval Hospital/Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton prepares for a change of command August 15, 2024.

It’s not too much of an imaginative stretch to envision a historical correlation between a military treatment facility and Navy Medicine’s more distinctive health care corps.

For 77 years – and counting – the Navy’s Medical Service Corps has had the distinction of being known as Navy Medicine’s most diverse corps, comprised of health care administrators, clinicians and scientists. Lt. j.g. David Tegtmeyer is continuing that tradition.

Hospital corpsmen at Navy Medical Readiness Training Unit Bangor received guidance in suturing technique in caring – and closing - for such wounds as cuts and lacerations as part of clinic departmental training, July 18, 2024.

Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton were acknowledged for their outstanding service at the Navy League Seattle 2024 Seattle Seafair Reception.

Naval Medical Center San Diego’s Directorate for Public Health celebrates receiving the Navy Surgeon General’s Health Promotion and Wellness Award during morning quarters, July 26, 2024.

Naval Medical Center San Diego’s 2024 VolunTEEN program concluded with two graduation ceremonies July 10-11 with much praise from both parents and participants.

U.S. Naval Hospital Guam expands mental health capabilities with the launch of a Crisis Stabilization Unit for acute mental health services.

The Military Health System has undergone a significant transition that has aligned all the medical assets from the different services under the Defense Health Agency's guidance. One of the best benefits is the ability for service members to receive care seamlessly at any military medical treatment facility run by the Navy, Air Force, or Army.

Naval Health Clinic Lemoore coordinated a comprehensive week-long training of the Defense Travel System from June 10-14, 2024. The clinic’s internal fiscal team shared resources with tenant commands across the Naval Air Station Lemoore flightline to help with program compliance and accounting requirements.

As much of the U.S. blistered under a summer sun, temperatures hovered near – and over - triple digits for much of the long Fourth of July weekend in the Pacific Northwest, Naval Hospital Bremerton.