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NMTSC Sailor named 2025 Shore-Based BMET of the Year
June 11, 2026 — U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Kevinjay Flores, an instructor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Command at Joint base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, was named the 2025 Shore-Based Biomedical Equipment Technician of the Year by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery on June 5, 2026... MORE

260504-N-KC192-1041 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (May 4, 2026) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kevinjay Flores, center, assigned to the Medical Education and Training Campus, is presented the Shore-Based Biomedical Equipment Technician of the Year Award by Dr. Michael McGinnis, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) executive director, during the 2026 Medical Logistics Symposium held on board Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, May 4, 2026. Flores was recognized for training the next generation of technicians, strengthening the technical readiness and reliability of equipment supporting deployed medical forces. The Navy Medicine Logistics Symposium aims to maintain a common operating picture and update the Medical Logistics community regarding the fiscal year 2026 Navy Medicine Campaign Order and the Navy MEDLOG goal to build a logistics system that delivers ready operational units to support the Naval Strategy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Levi Decker)

Twin senior enlisted leaders bring 50 years of combined service to JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
June 9, 2026 — Raised side by side in the Deep South, twin siblings never expected their military careers to bring them to the same installation. Now, for the first time in more than two decades, U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Vanessa Green and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Vincent Green are serving together, just a mile apart at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

Twins, U.S. Navy Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Vanessa Green, senior enlisted leader, education and training, Naval Medical Forces Development Command, and U.S. Army Environmental Command Command Sgt. Maj. Vincent Green pose for a photo, Dec. 5, 2025. For the first time in more than two decades, the siblings are serving together, just one mile apart, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. (Courtesy photo)

Navy Medicine Force Master Chief champions training during first San Antonio visit
June 5, 2026 — U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Force Master Chief Jerry Cantorna, director, U.S. Navy Hospital Corps, alongside deputy director, U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Dante Cooley, visited Naval Medical Forces Development Command, Navy Medicine Training Support Command, and other Navy Medicine sites at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from June 1-3, 2026... MORE

U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Force Master Chief Jerry Cantorna, director, U.S. Navy Hospital Corps, speaks to Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Command during an all hands call at the Medical Education and Training Campus, June 2, 2026. Cantorna’s visit to NMTSC emphasized Navy Medicine’s focus on the health, warfare, and training of Sailors and Marines. (U.S. Navy photo Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shayla D. Hamilton)

BoneTape pilot study conducted at NAMRU San Antonio
June 5, 2026 — Cohesys, producer of BoneTape, working in partnership with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, conducted a demonstration of a new ultrasonic applicator for the BoneTape resorbable fracture stabilization implant at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Houston from May 14-15... MORE

$Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston (May 15, 2026) Janaina Bortolatto, vice president of Clinical Operations for Cohesys, prepares BoneTape for application on an artificial skull during a demonstration of a new ultrasonic applicator for BoneTape resorbable fracture stabilization implant at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute. BoneTape, a flexible tape intended to stabilize broken bones around the face and head, has been a part of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio’s research portfolio since 2024. Part of Navy Medicine Research & Development, NAMRU San Antonio supports Navy Medicine’s efforts to deliver expeditionary medicine systems, increase Sailor and Marine deployability, provide quality healthcare and recruit and retain medical personnel through gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial and directed energy research. Navy Medicine’s 44,000+ talented and ready forces optimize health readiness, deliver quality healthcare, and provide global expeditionary medical support to warfighters. (U.S. Navy Photo by Burrell Parmer /Released)$

Mission Driven, People Powered: Highlighting Albert Mayoyo
June 1, 2026 — This Q&A with Albert Mayoyo, International Military Student Officer, or IMSO, for Navy Medicine Operational Training Command, highlights his combined military and civilian service and his achievement as the 2025 IMSO of the Year, for the second consecutive year... MORE

Naval Medical Forces Development Command and Navy Medicine Operational Training Command (NMOTC) are mission driven and people powered. Albert Mayoyo is the International Military Student Officer at NMOTC and coordinates all the training for international military students at the command’s training centers, ensuring they receive the highest level of training and 100% succession rate. (U.S. Navy graphic by Malcolm McClendon)

NAMRU San Antonio leadership, research scientists participate in annual AIM Health R&D Summit
May 26, 2026 — Leadership and research scientists assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, joined by the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, and U.S. Air Force 59th Medical Wing, participated in the annual AIM Health R&D Summit held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center May 19... MORE

SAN ANTONIO – (May 19, 2026) – Dr. Matthew Solomon (left), science program manager, assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, participated in “How to Partner with Military Research & Development Organizations” panel during the annual AIM Health R&D Summit held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Joining Solomon were (left to right) Dr. Tammy Crowder, director, Office of Research and Technology Application, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research; Bob Charles, chief of Medical Research Collaboration Law, Defense Health Agency; and Dr. Scott Walter, director, Tech Transfer, U.S. Air Force 59th Medical Wing. Designed to promote cross-sector collaboration in the development of life-saving battlefield technologies, the one-day summit brings together top innovators from academia, industry, and the military to accelerate the research, development, and commercialization of transformative medical technologies. Collaborating and working alongside a wide range of research and development partners keeps Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D) abreast of best practices and advances in medical knowledge. NAMRU San Antonio, part of NMR&D conducts gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health readiness and lethality while engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)

NAMRU San Antonio participates in 2026 ProPEL Science Symposium
May 19, 2026 — Research scientists assigned to the Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, and U.S. Air Force's 59th Medical Wing participated in the Defense Health Agency’s annual Promote Professional Engagement amongst Military Laboratories (ProPEL) Science Symposium held at the VelocityTX Innovation Center in San Antonio, Texas... MORE

SAN ANTONIO – (May 18, 2026) – U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Tiller, commanding officer, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, speaks with John Lamberton of the DLH Corporation at the Defense Health Agency’s annual Promote Professional Engagement amongst Military Laboratories (ProPEL) Science Symposium held at the VelocityTX Innovation Center. The event brought together military medical professionals, researchers, students, and academic partners to explore the latest in defense health innovation. Attendees at ProPEL heard from several San Antonio Centers of Excellence to include research presentations on Battlefield/Point of Injury, Prolonged Field Care/Early Interventions, and Integrated Rehabilitation and Human Performance. Collaborating and working alongside a wide range of research and development partners keeps Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D) abreast of best practices and advances in medical knowledge. NAMRU San Antonio, part of NMR&D conducts gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health readiness and lethality while engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (Photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)

Mission Driven, People Powered: Highlighting Petty Officer 1st Class JoAnna Bucheger
May 18, 2026 — Naval Medical Forces Development Command and Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command are mission driven and people powered. Petty Officer 1st Class JoAnna Bucheger, assistant manager for NMLPDC's enlisted commissioning programs, answered a few questions about her vital support to NMLPDC and the NMFDC region... MORE

Naval Medical Forces Development Command and Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC) are mission driven and people powered. Hospital Corpsman 1st Class JoAnna Bucheger is the Enlisted Commissioning Programs Assistant Manager at NMLPDC, which creates a pathway for enlisted Sailors and Marines to earn their commissions in the Navy Nurse Corps and across 12 critical specialties in the Medical Service Corps. (U.S. Navy graphic by Malcolm McClendon)

NAMRU San Antonio conducts usability testing of portable ozone sterilizer
May 1, 2026 — During the month of April, research engineers assigned to the Combat Casualty Care & Operational Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, visited with dental and veterinary science instructors to test the usability of the Rugged Ozone Sterilization System Model M1 (ROSS M1)... MORE

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – FORT SAM HOUSTON – (April 3, 2026) – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Stokes, of Fort Cambell, Ky., an instructor with the Animal Health Branch, Division of Veterinary Science, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, participated in a usability test of the Rugged Ozone Sterilization System Model M1 (ROSS M1). During the month of April, NAMRU San Antonio research engineers visited with dental and veterinary science instructors to test the usability of the ROSS M1. The ROSS M1 is a portable device with the capability of sterilizing medical instruments on the battlefield or in austere environments which will help in the treatment and recovery of wounded warfighters. Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D) employs highly qualified medical researchers and works alongside a wide range of research and development partners to keep abreast of best practices and advances in medical knowledge on behalf of Navy Medicine to increase warfighter lethality. NAMRU San Antonio, part of NMR&D, conducts gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health readiness and lethality while engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio/Released)

Mission Driven, People Powered: Highlighting Ronald Clark Jr.
April 30, 2026 — Naval Medical Forces Development Command is mission driven and people powered. Ronald Clark Jr., material management department head assigned to Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command answered a few questions about his vital support to NMLPDC and the NMFDC region... MORE

Naval Medical Forces Development Command prepares for key accreditation visit
April 22, 2026 — The Naval Medical Forces Development Command, along with its main and branch campuses, will undergo institutional re-accreditation by the Council on Occupational Education from early June through early August 2026... MORE

Naval Medical Forces Development Command headquarters building, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, is shown, on Dec. 4, 2023. NMFDC is the headquarters element designated within the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as a direct subordinate to the Surgeon General of the Navy, charged with leading and managing all medical training, education, professional development, and instruction to produce highly trained and ready medical personnel. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Kolmel)

Naval Medical Forces Development Command names FY25 Senior Sailor of the Year
April 14, 2026 — Naval Medical Forces Development Command announced the fiscal year 2025 Region Sailor of the Year during an all-hands ceremony at the headquarters building at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on March 26, 2026... MORE

Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, left, commander, Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC), and Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Charles Padilla, NMFDC's acting command master chief, present Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alisha Rogers, center, with a gift in recognition of her selection as the fiscal year 2025 region Senior Sailor of the Year. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shayla D. Hamilton)

Mission Driven, People Powered: Petty Officer 3rd Class Arthur Frazier
April 13, 2026 — Petty Officer 3rd Class Arthur Frazier, a hospital corpsman instructor supervisor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Command's Directorate for Academic Support, answered a few questions about his vital support to NMTSC and the NMFDC region... MORE

Naval Medical Forces Development Command and the Navy Medicine Training Support Command (NMTSC) are mission driven and people powered. Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Arthur Frazier is an instructor supervisor with NMTSC’s Directorate for Academic Support, Hospital Corpsman Basic, and ensures all instructor qualifications are met and maintained for highly qualified instructors to send corpsman to the fleet. (U.S. Navy graphic by Malcolm McClendon)

Navy Medicine participates in OPMED 2026
March 19, 2026 — Senior leaders across the Department of War, federal government, academia, and industry attended the 2026 Annual Operational Medicine Symposium & Technology Showcase held at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, from March 17-18... MORE

SAN ANTONIO – (March 17, 2026) – Dr. Darrin Frye (right), chief science director, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, served as a panelist on a continuing education panel titled, “Overcoming the Unique Medical Challenges across the Indo-Pacific Theater during the 2026 Annual Operational Medicine Symposium (OpMed) & Technology Showcase held at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center. Other panelists included Capt. Niels Olson, Medical Corps, chief medical officer, Human Systems Portfolio, Defense Innovation Unit; Capt. Delbert Clark, Medical Corps, command surgeon, 3rd Marine Division; Capt. Richard Gilliard Jr., Medical Service Corps, commanding officer, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan; and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Darrin Cox, commanding general, 18th Theater Medical Command. Dr. Michael McGinnis, executive director of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and director of the Navy Medicine Civilian Corps served as the panel’s moderator. OpMed is one of the largest and most influential military medical events in North America for senior medical officials, clinicians, government leaders, and solution providers. The symposium explores how the Military Health System is preparing for large scale combat operations by championing innovations in combat casualty care to strengthen warfighter survivability and enhance the medical readiness of the joint force. NAMRU San Antonio, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development, works alongside research partners in the civilian sphere, academia, industry, and other government agencies to drive support of Department of War objectives for a lethal fighting force and ensure U.S. service members have access to the latest scientific advances. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)

NAMRU San Antonio conducts gap-driven research for operations in extreme cold
March 17, 2026 — To support the future warfighter, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio researchers took part in Arctic Edge 2026 held in Alaska from Feb. 23 to March 13... MORE

Andres Martinez Murillo, lead biomedical engineer for Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, explains stability testing on the novel SynDaver thermal, bleeding manikin thigh to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kaitlin Salle at the Kodiak Coast Guard Clinic in Kodiak, Alaska during Arctic Edge 2026, Feb. 26. The novel manikin thigh is meant to keep the circulating ‘blood’ heated to normal body temperature so that researchers can see decompensation of bleeding while exposed to extreme cold. NAMRU San Antonio, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development, conducts gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health readiness and lethality while engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy Photo by MC1 Abigayle Lutz/Released)

Navy Medical Service Corps leaders visit NAMRU San Antonio
March 10, 2026 — U.S. Navy Capt. Kris Hodapp, deputy corps chief, Medical Service Corps, and Capt. Bryan Pyle, MSC policy and practice officer, visited with leadership and MSC officers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute and Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Joint base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on March 4... MORE

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 4, 2026) – U.S. Navy Capt. Bryan Pyle, Medical Service Corps (MSC) Policy and Practice officer, gave a State of the MSC brief to MSC officers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory (TSRL). With an emphasis on Navy Medicine’s North Star and Lines of Effort, the briefing focused on career progression, community values, manpower, promotion trends, and maintaining accuracy of military records. Prior to the briefing, they met with NAMRU San Antonio leadership, toured the command’s research laboratories and conducted independent record reviews with each MSC officer. The MSC mission is to provide specialized healthcare, administrative, and scientific support to Naval forces, maximizing operational readiness and optimizing the "human weapon system". Comprised of professionals in clinical, scientific, and administrative fields, the MSC supports Navy Medicine’s mission to deliver manned, trained, and equipped medical units to the Fleet, Fleet Marine Force, and Joint Forces. NAMRU San Antonio, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development, conducts gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health readiness and lethality while engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (Navy Photos by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)

Navy Medicine Training Support Command honors fallen Corpsman
March 9, 2026 — The Navy Medicine Training Support Command honored Medal of Honor recipient, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish, a hospital corpsman, during a memorial ceremony held at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on Feb. 6, 2026... MORE

U.S. Navy Capt. Richard Lawrence, center, commanding officer of the Navy Medicine Training Support Command, along with Hospital Corpsman Second Class Elisa Tate and Hospital Corpsman Second Class Christian Garcia, present the wreath during a memorial ceremony held for Hospital Corpsman Third Class John T. Fralish at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 6, 2026. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Fralish’s passing during the War on Terror. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Christine Walters)

Naval Medical Forces Development Command establishes online blended learning training pipeline for Navy Medicine providers
February 19, 2026 — Naval Medical Forces Development Command launched a new Tactical Combat Casualty Care Tier 4 Combat Paramedics/Providers bridge training course for Navy Medicine providers, now available through Joint Knowledge Online as of Jan. 12, 2026... MORE

NMFDC exceeds Tactical Combat Casualty Care training goals, enhancing joint force medical readiness
February 4, 2026 — Navy Medicine is bolstering the operational readiness of the joint force by accelerating the implementation of Tactical Combat Casualty Care across the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, ensuring warfighters have the critical life-saving skills needed on any battlefield... MORE

NMFDC Launches Free, Online Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Course for DoN Personnel

Civilians are a Navy Medicine critical force enabler
January 29, 2026 — Civilian employees across the Navy Medicine Enterprise joined in-person and virtual town halls with the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery executive director on strategic developments and new programs, engagements to strengthen the community and the future direction of the Navy Medicine Civilian Corps at the Defense Health Headquarters, Jan. 23 and 26, 2026... MORE

260123-N-CH185-1002 (Jan. 23, 2026) FALLS CHURCH, Va. Dr. Michael B. McGinnis, executive director of U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and director of the Navy Medicine Civilian Corps, speaks during a town hall at Defense Health Headquarters, Jan. 23. With a community of more than 2,000 civilian employees in over 119 different occupations across the globe, the Navy Medicine Civilian Corps play a critical and foundational role in helping the Department of the Navy meet its mission and support our warfighters. (U.S. Navy photo by Kaylon Chladek)