Story by Julie Lucas Naval Hospital Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ─ For the second year in a row, numerous staff and clinics were on the list of Defense Health Network (DHN) Atlantic’s Joint Patient Experience Survey (JOES) “Best of the Best.” The results were for surveys taken for the 1st and 2nd quarters of calendar year […]
Story by Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital FORT POLK, La. —This summer, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital welcomed a group of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps nursing cadets to the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana. The Nurse Summer Training Program, known as NSTP, pairs ROTC nursing students with military treatment facilities around the […]
Story by Christopher Jones Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Six corpsmen completed the Navy’s Audiology Technician Course held at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms from July 21 to 25, earning certification to conduct hearing screenings that are critical to medical readiness across the fleet and force. The course, […]
Story by Isaac Savitz U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa OKINAWA, Japan, Camp Foster – Capt. Kathleen (KK) Cooperman handed over the duties and responsibilities of U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) and Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Okinawa to Capt. – Richard (Rich) Gilliard, 1 August 2025, at the Butler O’Club. The presiding officer at […]
Story by T. T. Parish Operational Medical Systems The Warfighter Protection and Acute Care project management office is taking part in the Military Health System Research Symposium this week in Kissimmee, Florida. The four-day symposium is a premier opportunity for WPAC, part of the Defense Health Agency’s Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office, to showcase […]
Story by T. T. Parish Operational Medical Systems Team members with the Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office completed their support of the Department of Defense’s annual four-day Military Health System Research Symposium Aug. 7, 2025, in Kissimmee, Florida. MHSRS is a DoD-sponsored event that brings together leading experts from across the military and medical […]
Story by Andrea Jenkins Air Forces Southern The United States and Paraguay launched a bilateral medical mission Aug. 4 as part of AMISTAD 25, an Air Forces Southern-led exercise focused on strengthening partnerships, enhancing readiness and improving access to health care. The global health engagement, scheduled through Aug. 15, is taking place in various hospitals […]
Courtesy Story Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command CRANE, Ind. — Industrial hygienists from the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) returned to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane July 22-24, 2025, to assess and support ongoing efforts to mitigate blast overpressure (BOP) exposure risk during weapons testing. The visit […]
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Brandi Gibson USNMRTC Sigonella/USNH Sigonella/USNMRTU Bahrain/USNMRTC Sigonella Detachment Souda Bay SIGONELLA, Italy — Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Destanee Willison assigned to Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella, recently returned from a temporary assigned duty in support of the 2025 African Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference, where she provided direct medical […]
Story by Robert Hammer Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System Artificial intelligence and digital simulation tools are transforming how the military trains its future medical workforce. Military doctors, nurses, medics, and U.S. Navy corpsmen can now rehearse battlefield care in the field, trauma bays, or even downrange: repeating each […]