The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
Our military hospital remains open and we’re continuing to provide healthcare services. Scheduled appointments and procedures are proceeding as planned, and new appointments continue to be booked. For the latest information regarding TRICARE benefits during this period, please visit www.tricare.mil/shutdown

Please be assured, our commitment to providing exceptional care to you remains our highest priority.
Mark Starnes, emergency manager for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune monitors weather radars for the Camp Lejeune area. Part of the responsibility of the Emergency Management Department is to monitor weather conditions which could hinder safety and operations of the Medical Center.

Aug. 5, 2022

We are NMCCL: Emergency Management Department – Keeping us safe

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Emergency Management Department is ready to respond to an emergency 24 hours a day. How do they stay prepared? Planning and preparing is their answer. The goal of the department is to provide a safe environment for the Medical Center’s approximately 2,500 employees while maintaining 24-hour care for 48,000 beneficiaries.

CNTP Graduation

Aug. 5, 2022

Clinical Nurses Transition Program Graduation Ceremony

Tripler Army Medical Center — Clinical Nurses Transition Program Graduation Ceremony

Aug. 4, 2022

ASBP Hosting ‘Arctic Thunder’ Blood Drives in Alaska

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA — The Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP), the official blood program of the US military, is excited to make its way up to Alaska in August, hosting “Arctic Thunder’ Blood Drives at both Eielson Air Force Base (August 22) and Fort Wainwright (August 23-25); from 0900 – 1600 each of the days. This is a unique opportunity for both military communities to come out and help save lives of fellow service members and their families in need of blood worldwide.

U.S. Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Eric H. Twerdahl, a surgeon in the Division of Vascular Surgery and the current surgical quality officer at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, perform surgery in one of WRNMMC's hybrid operating rooms on July 14.

Aug. 4, 2022

WRNMMC first DOD facility to earn American College of Surgeons’ new quality verification status

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has recognized Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) as one of the first 25 hospitals verified through its inaugural Quality Verification Program (QVP). WRNMMC was the only Department of Defense facility achieving the ACS quality verification. The ACS announced the 25 hospitals, 22 in the United States and three international facilities, earning the verification last month.

Hooked on Safety Award

Aug. 4, 2022

Hooked on Safety Award

Tripler Army Medical Center — Hooked on Safety Award presentation

A work safety poster displayed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) Bethesda, Maryland, in observation of Summer Safety Day, July 26, 2022. The summer safety day event was held to improve staff members knowledge on safety in and outside the office this summer season.

Aug. 3, 2022

WRNMMC’s Chief of Occupational Safety urges staff to make work safety a priority

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — The chief of Occupational Safety at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has urged staff to make work safety a priority in their daily schedules.

68F Graduation

Aug. 3, 2022

Tripler Army Medical Center 68F Phase II Graduation Class 005-22

Tripler Army Medical Center — Tripler Army Medical Center 68F Phase II Graduation Class 005-22

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Aug. 2, 2022

LRMC anesthesiologist aids in life-saving response at local pool

LANDSTUHL, Germany — When summer swimming became a life-or-death situation for a young boy, U.S. Air Force Maj. Milt Poll, an anesthesiologist for the 86th Medical Squadron at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), used his military training to aid in rescue efforts.

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Aug. 2, 2022

LRMC Soldier finds purpose in powerlifting

LANDSTUHL, Germany — As a junior in high school, 6-foot-3-inch Timothy Burnell struggled to bench press just over half his own body weight, today he finds himself in a weight room nearly every day, heaving a combined weight over five times his own with the standard “big” three compound lifts.

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Aug. 2, 2022

LRMC Airman praised for mission mindset

LANDSTUHL, Germany — The bellows of laboring women and the crying of newborns is not a bother to U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Caige Chapman, whose journey as an Independent Duty Medical Technician (IDMT) has led him through deployments, emergency departments and now as the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum (LDRP) Unit at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

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