Naval Medical Forces Pacific

09/18/2026

Honoring and remembering our nation's prisoners of war and missing in action. You are not forgotten.

You are not forgotten.

09/16/2026

Congratulations to the newest Chiefs from U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan!!! ⚓🎉

09/16/2026

Congratulations to Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms' Mental Health Department for earning reaccreditation from The Joint Commission with zero findings!

This achievement reflects the team’s unwavering commitment to safe, high-quality care for service members, families, and all other beneficiaries.

Bravo Zulu! 👏

09/11/2026

Today, we pause to remember the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. We honor the civilians, first responders and service members who gave everything that day, as well as the families who still carry their loss. Their courage and sacrifice remind us why our work matters. At Naval Medical Forces Pacific, we remain focused on training and maintaining a ready medical force, dedicated to supporting and caring for our warfighters whenever and wherever duty calls.

09/08/2026

Join NMFP live as we say Fair Winds and Following Seas to Rear Adm. Frank Brajevic as he is honored during his retirement ceremony ⚓️

09/03/2026

Congratulations to these 10 hospital corpsmen from Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms / Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms on earning the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for their swift, lifesaving support during an emergency in the local community.

Their actions reflect the readiness, professionalism, and commitment to care that Navy Medicine brings to every mission. Bravo Zulu, shipmates. ⚓

⚓ Corpsman Up!

Ten hospital corpsmen were awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal by Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms commanding officer Capt. Janiese Cleckley during a ceremony Sept. 1, recognizing their actions providing medical support during an emergency in the local community.

Recognized were Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Aiden Keith, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Lucia Carano, Hospitalman Mykrussell Gonzales, Hospitalman Fernanda Palencia, Hospitalman Tuvu Doan, Hospitalman Christian Fernando, Hospitalman Calvin Dano, Hospitalman Irene Villegas, Hospitalman Kristopher Alvarez and Hospitalman Quoc Tran.

The corpsmen were also congratulated by Rear Adm. Matthew Case, Acting Surgeon General of the Navy, and Force Master Chief Jerry Cantorna, director, U.S. Navy Hospital Corps, during a virtual meeting.

08/19/2026

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit China Lake recently teamed up with NAWS China Lake emergency responders and community partners for Exercise Citadel Rumble. 🚁🚑

This mass-casualty simulation tested critical triage, treatment, and tracking capabilities while strengthening vital coordination between military and civilian partners. This realistic training ensures our Sailors and staff remain fully prepared to respond whenever and wherever the mission demands. ⚓

🚨 Testing readiness for when it matters most

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit China Lake recently joined Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake emergency responders and community partners for Exercise Citadel Rumble, a mass-casualty exercise simulating an aircraft crash, structural fires, a building collapse and multiple casualties.

The unit helped plan and execute the exercise, provided hospital corpsmen as casualty role players, and prepared Branch Health Clinic China Lake to receive simulated patients. The exercise tested casualty triage, treatment and tracking while strengthening coordination among military and civilian emergency response partners.

⚓ The training helps ensure Sailors and staff are prepared to respond when called upon — both at home and wherever the mission needs them.

📰 Read the full story👇:
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/572746/nmrtu-china-lake-bolsters-installation-readiness-exercise-citadel-rumble

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08/12/2026

Leadership in action! Rear Adm. Kevin J. Brown, commander of Naval Medical Forces Pacific, recently met with Japanese counterparts to reinforce and strengthen our medical alliance.

Rear Adm. Brown's engagements at the Japan Self-Defense Force Hospital Yokosuka and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center highlighted mutual goals for maritime medical readiness and regional stability.

Read more about the visit and see the photos below!

08/05/2026

Happy 79th birthday to the Navy Medical Service Corps! ⚓🎂🎉

Naval Medical Forces Pacific celebrated the Corps' birthday Aug. 4, exactly 79 years after its establishment, with a ceremony that included the reading of a birthday greeting from Rear Adm. Matthew Case, the Navy's acting surgeon general and current director of the Medical Service Corps, and remarks from guest speaker Mark Boman, NMFP chief of staff and a retired MSC captain. Boman shared stories from his personal friendship with Rear Adm. Charles Loar, one of the first directors of the Medical Service Corps. And because he believes everyone who was present is a leader, he offered some wisdom from his long career, walking through what he calls "Boman's 9 on Leadership": active listening, compassion, guidance, mentoring, respect, integrity, recognition, constructive criticism and professional competence.

Lt. Jamie Davis, MSC officer, served as master of ceremonies and, in keeping with tradition, a birthday cake was cut by the oldest and youngest MSC officers present: Capt. Linh Quach, a pharmacist, and Lt. Dominica Humphries, an MSC healthcare administrator.

The Medical Service Corps was born of wartime necessity. During World War II, the Navy met its need for skilled administrators and scientists by commissioning some 1,429 officers, most drawn from the enlisted ranks, along with more than 800 Naval Reserve specialists serving as pharmacists, psychologists, optometrists, entomologists and more. Their work, from malaria control in the Pacific to the administration of dozens of naval hospitals, proved so valuable that Congress made the cadre permanent. The Army-Navy Medical Service Corps Act, signed into law Aug. 4, 1947, established the Corps with four specialty sections: Supply and Administration, Optometry, Allied Sciences and Pharmacy. The first 251 officers, the Corps' plankowners, were commissioned that Sept. 10. Today, MSC officers serve everywhere Navy Medicine operates: in hospitals and laboratories, at sea, in the air, and alongside the Fleet Marine Forces.

Happy birthday to the officers who keep Navy Medicine running, ready and strong!