March 25, 2025

Community partnership facilitates training opportunity

FORT CARSON, Colo. — An Evans Army Community Hospital Soldier is ready for her upcoming deployment, thanks to a recent collaboration with a local Colorado Springs hospital. Staff Sgt. Carlie Pack, a 68P Radiology Specialist assigned to the EACH Radiology Department, was tasked to support an upcoming deployment, but wanted some additional training on a Computed Tomography, or CT, scanner that wasn’t available at Fort Carson.

Jan. 31, 2025

Air Force Medical Leaders Observe Cutting-Edge Medical Readiness Training at Camp Bullis

CAMP BULLIS, Texas — U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Sean Collins, Air Force Medical Command (AFMEDCOM) commander, and Brig. Gen. Eveline Yao, AFMEDCOM chief of staff, visited the 59th Medical Readiness Training Center (MRTC) at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, to observe medical readiness training on 31 Jan. 2025.

Nov. 27, 2024

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune simulation center seeking full accreditation following successful first year training health care workers

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — The Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Center received provisional accreditation though the Society of Simulation and Healthcare in October 2024. Next, the center will prepare for pursuance of full accreditation in 2025.

Nov. 4, 2024

Royal Thai Air Force nurses visit 59th Medical Wing

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The 59th Medical Wing hosted five Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) nurses for a professional exchange in September and October 2024, offering them immersive experience in U.S. Air Force healthcare practices. The exchange focused on medical readiness, international collaboration, and hands-on training in areas like critical care and neonatal care, giving the Thai nurses practical insights to take back to their healthcare system. U.S. Air Force and RTAF nurses exchanged best practices and developed a mutual appreciation for each other's roles in patient care and military medical missions. This collaboration strengthened U.S.-Thailand ties and underscored the importance of a global healthcare network to enhance military readiness and foster enduring connections.

Oct. 30, 2024

NMCP HOSTS NURSE RESIDENCY TRAINING

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth — The Nurse Residency Training is designed to take place after new nurses complete their schooling, helping them transition from a controlled training environment to the real-world expectations of the field. During this training, new nurses are supervised by Corpsmen and Officers with relevant field experience. They can ask questions in a supportive environment, allowing subject matter experts to aid and clarify their understanding of the expectations. This training took place on Oct. 25 at the NSA Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex helo pad.

Sept. 9, 2024

Training Tomorrow's Dental Leaders: Inside the Air Force Oral Hygiene Course

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The Air Force Oral Hygiene Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is a unique training program designed to develop future oral preventive assistants.

Jan. 14, 2024

Operation AGILE Medic, communication is key

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-CAMP BULLIS, Texas — During the first week of December 2023, the Air Force, Army and Marines collaborated in Operation AGILE Medic at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, providing medics with real-world experience in austere environments transporting patients and implementing hands-on Medic-X training. Throughout the joint exercise, medics were faced with unexpected scenarios, where they had to communicate between the Expeditionary Medical Support unit to the En Route Patient Staging System (ERPSS) team to Air Evacuation and, or, Critical Care Air Transport team, and vice versa.

Sept. 13, 2023

Mission of compassion: surgeons restore sight and forge connections in Panama

Regional Hospital Dr. Luis "Chicho" Fabrega, Santiago de Veraguas, Panama — Panamax Alpha 2023, an annual ophthalmology Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE), is aimed to enhance the surgical skills and operational readiness of team members by immersing them in a range of prevalent chronic eye conditions in the region. In July 2023, 32 TriService military members traveled to the Regional Hospital Dr. Luis "Chicho" Fabrega where the team conducted rapid preliminary screenings for 300 patients within just three days, followed by a remarkable total of 291 surgeries over the subsequent eight days, leaving an impact through nearly 750 clinic appointments.

July 10, 2023

New 'Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Center' Opening at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — Medical professionals aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune will soon have a new simulation education center to support operational and clinical education. The new “Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Center” will open its doors on July 11, 2023.

Dec. 8, 2022

‘Train as you fight’- Surgical suit brings realistic training to military operations

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — With readiness of the medical force a top-priority, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune often collaborates with entities across Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune to train for real-life medical emergencies. In October, 2nd Medical Battalion tapped NMCCL’s Staff Education and Training Team for use of the medical center’s Human Worn Partial Task Surgical Simulator, or “cut suit”.