Joint Base San Antonio > News

Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio hosts Navy Medicine Training Support Center
March 9, 2023 — Capt. Gerald DeLong, commanding officer of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, and his staff hosted a visit from Navy Medicine Training Support Center commanding officer Capt. Paul Allen and staff of Navy Medicine Training Support Center at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute and Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 7... MORE

Black History Month: NAMRU San Antonio tech specialist Rickey King
February 28, 2023 — For Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, Rickey King, an information technology specialist, assigned to the command’s High Reliability Operations Department, is a representation of the highly professional and diverse civilian workforce within the Department of the Navy... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio hosts fourth edition of 'Mission Possible'
February 14, 2023 — Military and support personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio attended the fourth edition of “Mission Possible,” an information-sharing event held at the Tri-Service Research... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio hosts Navy Human Research Protection Program
February 3, 2023 — Department of Defense-related research typically requires additional compliance activities, documentation, and subject protections. To provide additional oversight of human-based research, members of the Department of the Navy Human Research Protection Program conducted a site visit at Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 24-26... MORE

Retired Coast Guardsman earns civilian honors at NAMRU San Antonio
December 29, 2022 — Alfredo Gonzalez, a financial management analyst assigned to the Resource Management and Acquisitions Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, was recognized by Capt. Gerald DeLong,... MORE

Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio microbiologist earns Civilian of the Year honors
December 29, 2022 — Dr. Yoon Hwang, a research microbiologist assigned to the Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, was recognized Dec. 14 as the Fiscal Year 2022 “Science Staff” Civilian of the Year by Capt. Gerald DeLong, NAMRU-SA commanding officer, during Mission Impossible held at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio highlights Sara Blackcloud during Native American Heritage Month
November 21, 2022 — Native American Heritage Month marks a time to showcase and honor the many contributions Native Americans have made to the Department of Defense and the nation... MORE

Items taken to space return to NAMRU San Antonio
November 2, 2022 — Possessing an object that has been to space is no easy feat. For Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, that is now a reality. During a presentation held at the Brooke Army Medical Center’s Putnam Auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, U.S. Army Col. Andrew Morgan, NASA astronaut, returned a command coin and logo sticker which he took with him during his nine months aboard the International Space Station. ... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio highlights Dolores Sandoval during National Hispanic Heritage Month
October 18, 2022 — National Hispanic Heritage Month marks a time to showcase and honor the many contributions Hispanic Americans have made to the Department of Defense and the nation. For Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, Dolores Sandoval, the executive secretary, assigned to the command suite, is a representation of the highly professional and diverse civilian workforce within the Department of the Navy. ... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio highlights Juan Perez during National Hispanic Heritage Month
October 18, 2022 — For Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, Juan Perez, a management and program analyst, assigned to the administrative department, is a representation of the highly professional and diverse civilian workforce within the Department of the Navy... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio talks 'Mission Possible'
October 10, 2022 — Military and support personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, or NAMRU SA, attended the second “Mission Possible,” an information-sharing event held at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Navy Surgeon General visits with NAMRU San Antonio during 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium
September 15, 2022 — Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, visited with leadership and research scientists of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio during Poster Session I on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium, or MHSRS, held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida, Sept. 13... MORE

Navy interns present research at NAMRU San Antonio
August 8, 2022 — Three student interns enrolled in the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program, or NREIP, had the opportunity to present their research to mentors, scientists and staff assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Building at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 4... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio commemorates Battle of Midway
June 13, 2022 — Military and support personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio gathered to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 7... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio spotlights combat casualty care Director for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 31, 2022 — The Department of Defense celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, acknowledging the contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in defending America's freedom. Being recognized by Naval Medical Research Unit, or NAMRU, San Antonio is Dr. Heuy-Ching Hetty Wang, director, Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio, 59th MDW, USAISR participate in Military Medical Industry Day
April 25, 2022 — The City of San Antonio, the San Antonio Economic Development Department Corporation and VelocityTX hosted the third Military Medical Industry Day at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center April 19. This year’s MMID featured San Antonio's leading military medical research missions including the Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, the Air Force's 59th Medical Wing, and the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research. ... MORE

NAMRU SA recognizes one of its own during Women’s History Month
March 30, 2022 — One of the highly professional women within Navy Medicine is Cmdr. Leslie Trippe, department head of the environmental surveillance and epidemiology departments of NAMRU San Antonio’s Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio conducts Quantitative Detection of Pain Study
March 16, 2022 — Dental health and readiness is crucial in the military health system. To increase readiness, researchers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, or NAMRU San Antonio, have been conducting a study for the Electrodermal Activity Sensing for Quantitative Detection of Pain... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio highlights research microbiologist during National Hispanic Heritage Month
October 18, 2021 — National Hispanic Heritage Month marks a time to showcase and honor the many contributions Hispanic Americans have made to the Department of Defense and the nation... MORE

Two NAMRU-SA members recognized by American Society of Military Comptrollers
June 28, 2021 — The American Society of Military Comptrollers, or ASMC, has selected two Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio members for awards recognizing their work within the command... MORE