Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, commander of the Naval Medical Forces Development Command, reflects on a year of significant milestones and mission success across the NMFDC Region and extends his gratitude to the force and wishes the entire NMFDC family a safe and happy holiday season. Filmed at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Dec. 18, 2025. (U.S. Navy video by Malcolm McClendon)
Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS) faculty members Cmdr. Sasha Betz, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, and Cmdr. Michael Andersen, Maxillofacial Prosthodontists Department, were recently awarded Best Technique Report by the American College of Prosthodontists’ 2025 Journal of Prosthodontics for their co-authored paper, “Dental Prosthesis Extraoral Indexing and Pick-Up Technique For Mandibular Full Arch Immediate...
Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) launched a new, fully online and asynchronous Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Black Belt certification course, now open for enrollment to all Department of the Navy (DoN) personnel.
Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command held its annual 4-week in-person Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) didactic course, followed by a 2-week hands-on field experience throughout eight tropical infectious disease endemic locations around the globe during August 2025.
