Story by Joseph Kumzak U.S. Army Medical Command JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Feb. 15, 2024) – Sgt. 1st Class Angie Carper, Madigan Army Medical Center, representing Medical Readiness Command, Pacific won the 2024 MEDCOM Career Counselor of the Year. The award was announced in a ceremony Feb. 15, at MEDCOM headquarters on Fort Sam […]
Story by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson 173rd Fighter Wing Public Affairs A 173rd Fighter Wing Airman who serves in the medical group saw an opportunity to help a local mountain bike team and arranged wilderness first aid training for more than 25 Klamath Basin cyclists, Jan. 31, 2024. Master Sgt. Wyatt Stinnett’s children cycle for […]
Story by Elaine Heirigs Naval Health Clinic Lemoore LEMOORE, Calif. (Feb. 15, 2024) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class ReiCharles Quioco from Cavite, Philippines provides care in the public health directorate at Naval Health Clinic Lemoore. He graduated high school in 2009 and joined the Navy in 2013. Quioco is the leading petty officer and takes care […]
Story by Lt. Kyle Coven U.S. Naval Hospital Rota ROTA, Spain – Sailors from the U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Rota continued their integration of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) curriculum into their physical fitness training regimen. Led by Lt. Cmdr. Charlene Brew, the staff and education training officer, and Hospital Corpsman […]
Story by Douglas Stutz Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton As if the annual cold and flu season isn’t taking the breath away of many across the U.S., there’s another highly contagious respiratory virus out there dotting the landscape. Once considered eradicated, measles is now escalating. Like the public health experts at […]
Story by Sarah Cannon Military Sealift Command Pacific Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) played host to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro yesterday onboard the ship in San Diego. Del Toro toured the ship and spoke with senior members of the crew including Capt. Peter Nolan, Mercy’s civilian master, and […]
By Kelly Burkhalter, JPEO-CBRND and Caree Vander Linden, USAMMDA Some professions are inherently risky—and for military personnel, first responders, and medical providers, special precautions are required to safely perform their duties. The same holds true for people who study infectious diseases with the aim of developing medical countermeasures to protect U.S. troops and the general […]
Story by Regena Kowitz U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery SAN DIEGO – Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Military Manpower and Personnel Ms. Lisa Truesdale visited Naval Medical Center San Diego, Feb. 14, to meet with staff who manage and support the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) process at the medical center. […]
Story by Emily McCamy Navy Medicine and Readiness Training Command Guantanamo Bay GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Feb. 16, 2024) – Some skill sets are too important to lose, that’s why round-robin training is held quarterly at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay. Director of Expeditionary Medicine and Department Head of Staff Education and Training (SEAT), Cdr. Alexis […]
Story by André B. Sobocinski, Historian U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery On Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro, Rear Adm. Darin Via, the Navy Surgeon General, Governor of Maryland Wes Moore, Mrs. Dawn Moore, the first lady of Maryland and Capt. Melissa Austin, Commanding Officer, Walter Reed National […]