July Holiday

June 24, 2021

July Holiday Hours

Fort Rucker Army Base, AL — Friday, July 2: Training Holiday, closing at 1200 Monday, July 5: Holiday Observed, closed Pharmacy services also close during clinic closures.

Change of Responsibility

June 24, 2021

Change of Responsibility

Fort Rucker Army Base, AL — Join us virtually as Lieutenant Colonel Danielle K. Rodondi, Commander Lyster Army Health Clinic hosts the Change of Responsibility Ceremony from Sergeant Major Steven K. Fugate to Sergeant Major Shavonda L. McLean on Tuesday, 29 June at 11:30 a.m. at the Army Aviation Museum. Event will be live on facebook.

Flag made of airplane metal with eagle head as a backdrop to two soldiers. Blue sky and white hospital in background.

June 22, 2021

Care enough to call

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska — In May, Bassett Army Community Hospital had 463 appointments go unused due to patient no-shows – individuals who miss or are more than 15 minutes late without calling to cancel or reschedule. This number equates to just over 23 appointments each day.

Workers take apart COVID-19 testing tents, June 15, which were put up in March 2020 to provide car triage screening for the virus.

June 22, 2021

NMCP REMOVES COVID-19 TESTING TENTS

Portsmouth, VA — One of the last vestiges of the efforts implemented at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was removed from outside of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Emergency Room – testing tents that provided car triage screening for the virus, June 15.

The Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point color guard parades the national colors during the clinic’s change of command ceremony held Friday, June 4 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. Navy Capt. Elizabeth Adriano assumed command of the clinic, a keystone component of the air station’s medical readiness, during the ceremony.

June 22, 2021

“We are Here to Keep Warfighters in the Fight”

MCAS Cherry Point — Leadership of Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point changed hands during a ceremony held earlier this summer.

U.S. Navy Sailors load their bags onto a commercial bus outside of the Joint Readiness Center on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 6, 2020. They are in transition from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to New York City to help combat the spread of COVID-19. U.S Northern Command, through U.S. Army North is providing military Support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help communities in need. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jake Carter)

June 22, 2021

Medic Pride: 87th MDG participates in whole-of-government FEMA tasking

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Between the months of March and May, Airmen from the 87th Medical Group were dispatched to the Roosevelt Park COVID vaccination distribution site, located in Gary, Indiana.

Command Sgt. Maj. Eric N. Price, the senior enlisted leader of the Fort Drum Medical Activity, officially assumes responsibility as the MEDDAC’s command sergeant major by accepting the unit’s flag from Col. Rob Heath, the MEDDAC commander, during an assumption of responsibility ceremony at Fort Drum, N.Y., June 17, 2021. The passing of the unit flag, or colors, is a traditional gesture symbolizing the commander’s confidence in the command sergeant major’s ability to lead the MEDDAC Soldiers and serve as the principal advisor to the commander on enlisted matters. (U.S. Army photo by Warren W. Wright Jr., Fort Drum Medical Activity Public Affairs)

June 21, 2021

Fort Drum Medical Activity welcomes new command sergeant major

FORT DRUM, New York — Command Sgt. Maj. Eric N. Price assumed responsibility as the Fort Drum Medical Activity’s senior enlisted leader during an assumption of responsibility ceremony at Fort Drum, New York, June 17, 2021.

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Mullen, left, and Seaman Jaleana Turcotte, right, the oldest and youngest Corpsman serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, cut a specially made cake during a ceremony honoring the 123rd anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps held Thursday, June 17, 2021 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

June 21, 2021

Cherry Point Clinic Celebrates Corpsman Birthday

MCAS Cherry Point — Members of the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point community recently gathered to celebrate the birthday of the U.S. Navy’s most decorated rate.

Capt. Lisa Mulligan, left, salutes and relinquishes her command of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) to Capt. Shelley Perkins, right, in front of Rear Adm. Darin Via, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, during NMCP’s change of command ceremony.

June 18, 2021

NMCP Holds Change of Command Ceremony

Portsmouth VA — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (June 18, 2021) – Capt. Shelley Perkins became Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) 79th commanding officer during a change of command ceremony on June 18. Perkins relieved Capt. Lisa Mulligan, who had commanded the medical center since July 2019.

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June 18, 2021

Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s laboratory earns reaccreditation

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s laboratory has earned reaccreditation from the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) after a biennial inspection, in which zero deficiencies were noted.

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