Story by Sgt. Miranda DeKorte Marine Corps Base Quantico MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – Marines, leaders, and community members gathered for a Mental Health Symposium at The Clubs of Quantico, June 27. Hosted by the Marine Corps Association, the symposium highlighted the importance of mental health to attendees, specifically, the tools and practices to […]
Story by Lt. Mckensey Cobb USS WASP (LHD 1) BALTIC SEA – American, Dutch, and Spanish Sailors and Marines conducted simultaneous medical drills between time zones and geographic boundaries aboard their vessels across the Baltic Region, during exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS 24), June 14, 2024. The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), the […]
Story by Jorge Gomez Irwin Army Community Hospital FORT RILEY, Kansas — Irwin Army Community Hospital held a change of command ceremony June 17, 2024, where Col. Anthony D. Gray relinquished command to Col. Laudino Castillo. Medical Readiness Command, West, Commanding General Brig. Gen. Yolonda “YR” Summons presided over the ceremony before an audience of […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center More than 220 health care providers graduated from over 70 Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs in the National Capital Consortium (NCC) and at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) during a ceremony June 14 at the Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Graduates included […]
Story by Gloria Kwizera U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Navy Medicine solidified its commitment to advancing healthcare education through a series of key events in Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, June 6. These strategic partnerships benefit both military service members and the broader healthcare community. Navy Medicine representative Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, Navy […]
Story by Sgt. Nello Miele I Marine Expeditionary Force CAMP KATUU, Palau – U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, established the first Role 2 medical field hospital in Palau during exercise Valiant Shield 24 at Camp Katuu, Palau, June 7-18, 2024. When Navy corpsmen […]
Story by André B. Sobocinski, Historian U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Beneath the waves, where steel behemoths patrol in near-total isolation, submarine medicine walks a tightrope. The health of the crew is paramount, but unlike a surface ship, even minor emergencies cannot lead to medical evacuation. The submarine medical provider, therefore, shoulders a […]
Story by Maj. Edward McBride U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa N’Djamena, CHAD—On June 19 while conducting a Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX) at the Garnison Military Hospital in N’Djamena two U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assisted three Chadian citizens injured from an ammunition depot explosion on June 18. Lt. Charles Crocco, an emergency care nurse […]
Courtesy Story Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command Pearl Harbor, HI. — Capt. Scott Dunn relieved Capt. (sel) R Joseph Stastny as Officer in Charge, Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six (NEPMU 6) during a Change of Charge ceremony held onboard the USS Battleship Missouri Memorial, June 10, 2024. “Commander Stastny was […]
Story by Jose Rodriguez U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, TX – Recently the U.S. Army Medical Evaluation Test Activity conducted an operational test of three ultrasound field portable devices. The test was conducted for the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA)/Warfighter Expeditionary Medicine and Treatment (WEMT) Project Management Office […]