Courtesy Story | Air Force Medical Service | 07.07.2025
Every mission starts with preparation. Every launch, sortie, deployment, and recovery depend on one vital factor: the health and readiness of the force. Behind that factor is a team few see but every Airman and Guardian relies on....
Story by Douglas Stutz | Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton | 08.23.2024
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton – For 112 years – and counting - they’ve been the substance behind Sailor smiles....
Story by Douglas Stutz | Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton | 07.01.2024
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer -- Reaching the lofty aerie of an eagle’s nest is a notable accomplishment....
Story by André B. Sobocinski, Historian | U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery | 06.08.2023
Few of World War I’s battles are as legendary as Belleau Wood. This was where the Marine Corps first earned the moniker “Devil Dogs,” and Navy Medicine’s deep Greenside roots first took root. This is the story of the hospital corpsmen, physicians and dentist at Belleau Wood, June 1-26, 1918....
Story by André B. Sobocinski, Historian | U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery | 06.05.2023
From D-Day of June 6th, 1944 to the end of the battle on August 30, 1944, Navy Medicine played an unsung but vital role in what Gen. Dwight Eisenhower termed the “Great Crusade.” Our physicians, hospital corpsmen, dentists, pharmacists could be found on ship and shore—serving aboard landing craft bringing the Army V Corps to the fight; aboard battleships, cruisers, and destroyers that......
Story by Grady Fontana | Naval Medical Forces Pacific | 09.09.2022
Two Sailors with failing dentition aboard aircraft carriers are restored with 3D-printed teeth.
Story by André B. Sobocinski, Historian | U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery | 08.29.2021
On August 28, 2021, Dr. Albert Rohrer turned 100 years old. As he looks back today, he takes great pride in his service as a Navy dentist....
Story by André B. Sobocinski, Historian | U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery | 08.19.2021
From uniforms and branding to wall decorations and command seals, Navy Medicine is steeped in symbolism. Oak leaves, acorns and caducei adorn the collars and sleeves of Navy medical personnel. Red Crosses emblazon our white-hulled hospital ships. Images of triumphant eagles and fouled anchors and the colors “blue and gold” abound throughout the Enterprise connecting us to big Navy. ......
