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NHRC Holds Annual Research Day

Naval Health Research Center held its annual research day competition at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, Feb. 12. NHRC is Navy Medicine's premiere research laboratory, employing 350 military and civilians with research focused on the readiness and resilience of warfighters, their families, and veterans. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jason Afable)

Taken: 02.12.2026 | Video by Seaman Jason Afable

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NMFL Personnel Specialist Re-enlists

02.18.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Decker

260213-N-KC192-1017 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 13, 2026) Cmdr. Joseph Fromknecht, the director for administration assigned to Naval Medical Forces...

NMRTC Camp Pendleton graduates six from MSC-IPP cohort

02.13.2026 | Photo by Curtis Hill

Graduates of the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton 2026 Medical Service Corps Inservice Procurement Program cohort...

NMFDC: Mission Driven-People Powered - Logistics...

02.12.2026 | Photo by Malcolm McClendon

Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) is mission driven and more importantly, people powered. A graphic displays U.S. Navy Logistics...

Future of the Fleet: Navy Medicine promotes healthy...

02.11.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sasha Ambrose

260211-N-IX644-1300 (Feb. 11, 2026) ANNAPOLIS, Md. Navy Medicine personnel teach children about dental hygiene at the Naval Support Activity...

Fair Winds and Following Seas to Capt. Kyle Kee

02.06.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sasha Ambrose

(260206-N-IX644-1007) FALLS CHURCH, Va. Capt. Kyle Kee, a native of Washington, arrives at his retirement ceremony at Defense Health Headquarters,...

National Glaucoma Awareness Month

01.29.2026 | Photo by Bobbie Camp

A graphic created to promote National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which is observed every January. Glaucoma is a leading cause of vision loss and...

ERSS training emphasizes supply management in...

01.28.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Moira Esquivel

Lt. Grant Ingalls (left), a physician assistant assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) 21, Navy Reserve, provides...

The Continuum of Care: Navy Expeditionary Surgical...

01.27.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Trevin Perry

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Rian Meeks, surgical technologist (left), and Lt. Grant Ingalls, physician assistant (right), both assigned to...

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Recent News Stories

NMFDC Establishes Online Blended Learning Training...

02.17.2026 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Shayla Hamilton

Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) launched a new Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Tier 4 Combat Paramedics/Providers (TCCC CP/P) bridge training course for Navy Medicine providers, now available through Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) as of Jan. 12, 2026.

NMRTC Camp Pendleton graduates six from MSC IPP cohort

02.13.2026 | Story by Curtis Hill

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held a graduation ceremony for the 2026 Medical Service Corps Inservice Procurement...

ERSS training emphasizes supply management in...

02.13.2026 | Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Moira Esquivel

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — An Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) course held January 19-30, 2026 where Sailors trained at the...

Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms Appoints New...

02.11.2026 | Story by Christopher Jones

Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms has appointed Lt. Cmdr. Jasette Marian M. Fong as its new Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Program Director,...

We deal in blood: Valkyrie, emergency transfusions,...

02.06.2026 | Courtesy Story

Strengthening Navy Medicine’s operational readiness and advancing standardized, joint trauma capability for future combat, Naval Medical...

NMFDC Exceeds TCCC Training Goals, Enhancing Joint...

02.02.2026 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Shayla Hamilton

In the first year under the direction of Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC), the program significantly surpassed its training...

The silent thief: my journey through an acute...

01.29.2026 | Story by Bobbie Camp

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month – a time dedicated to a series of conditions that cause irreversible damage to the optic nerve. Glaucoma is...

National Birth Defects Awareness Month: NHRC...

01.28.2026 | Story by John Marciano

SAN DIEGO – Researchers with Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) Birth and Infant Health Research (BIHR) program published new findings on...

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Recent Publications

Navy Medicine Fast Facts - 02.13.2026

02.13.2026 | Courtesy Publication

In this issue we look back at the history of Navy Medicine in Japan – from Commodore Perry’s geopolitical shifting expedition of 1850s and the...

Navy Medicine Fast Facts - 01.16.2026

01.16.2026 | Courtesy Publication

In this issue, we look back at the Navy Medical Department 50 years ago in the American Bicentennial year of 1976, as medical and dental centers...

Navy Medicine Fast Facts - 12.23.2025

12.23.2025 | Courtesy Publication

In this edition of Navy Medicine Fast Facts we look back on the year 2025