BETHESDA, Md. — “I’m here because I didn’t give up,” said Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Davonte Mccraven, who will soon be meritoriously promoted to Chief Petty Officer after winning Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Sailor of the Year, for Fiscal Year 2024. “I am proof that if you don’t give up, the dividends will pay off.”
Capt. Benjamin Quartey, a colorectal surgeon assigned to Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship (CRTS) Seven, located at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bethesda, provides life-changing care to patients while supporting Navy Medicine’s global mission.
Expeditionary medical teams play a dual role—as caregivers and as guardians of their own wellness with mental health as a core component of combat readiness, especially within expeditionary medicine.
15 Sailors from Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bethesda have departed in support of Continuing Promise 2025, joining the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) for a multi-country humanitarian mission throughout Central and South America.
