Articles

April 14, 2025

Connect the Dots about Measles

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — By Douglas H Stutz, Naval Hospital Bremerton public affairs officer – It’s not hard to connect the dots. https://www.med.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/4154508/connect-the-dots-about-measles/ \

April 8, 2025

Naval Hospital Bremerton Referral Management supports those in need

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs -- Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Healthcare Business Referral Management is specifically designed to assist all eligible beneficiaries – active duty, retirees and dependents – in getting timely medical care appointments.

April 8, 2025

Sailor 360 Mental Health Training …

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton held inaugural Sailor 360 training for all active-duty personnel assigned to the command, April 8, 2025. Sailor 360 is the Navy's newest leadership development program, specifically designed to enhance professional growth of both enlisted personnel and officers. The training sessions incorporate presentations from guest speakers, encourage group discussion(s) and cover a variety of operational readiness topics such as leadership, problem-solving, and creative thinking.

April 1, 2025

A Past Remembered, A Present Respected at NMRTC Bremerton

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer -- It was 132 years ago – and counting - on April 1, 1893, that the U.S. Navy chief petty officer rank was officially designated.

March 25, 2025

Fuel to Perform: Proper Nutrition for Exercise stressed at NHB

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — As provided by Megan Magness, Naval Hospital Bremerton clinical dietitian – (fourth in a series with March designated as Nutrition Month) The human body requires a continuous supply of energy to function efficiently. This demand increases significantly when engaging in physical activities, whether for recreational, competitive or duty purposes. Exercise places greater stress on muscles, joints, and bones, necessitating dietary adjustments to sustain energy levels and enhance performance.

March 24, 2025

I Am Navy Medicine – and SOQ – HM3 Samuel Vasquez

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer -- When Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Samuel Vasquez was growing up in Hillsboro, Texas, unbeknownst at the time, the basis of his warrior ethos was forged in becoming a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman.

March 24, 2025

Recognizing National Doctors Day 2025 at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton [1 of 5]

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — Taking a knee for operational readiness… Navy Cmdr. Katherine Mangan, Naval Hospital Bremerton Medical Services director, Navy Medical Corps officer and board-certified orthopedic surgeon, tests a patient’s range of motion, reflex and strength during a recent clinical visit in NHB’s Orthopedic and Podiatry clinic. Mangan and two other active-duty orthopedists, one American Red Cross volunteer orthopedist and one physician assistant performed nearly 3,400 orthopedic appointments – as well as completed approximately 310 surgeries – in 2024 while also maintaining a walk-in fracture clinic. As the Military Health System recognizes March 30, 2025, as MHS National Doctor’s Day, we acknowledge Mangan and other doctors for their commitment as a ready medical force ensuring Navy and Marine Corps assets are a medically ready force (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

March 24, 2025

Recognizing National Doctors Day 2025 at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton [2 of 5]

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — Healing heels… supporting Navy and Marine Corps personnel for operational readiness and standing on their own two feet is the specialty of Naval Hospital Bremerton’s foot doctor, Navy Lt. Edie Renier, staff podiatrist assigned to NHB’s Orthopedic and Podiatry clinic. For 2024, Renier saw near 1,600 appointments as well as performed approximately 75 surgeries at NHB and higher acuity surgical cases at Madigan Army Medical Center. As the Military Health System recognizes March 30, 2025, as MHS National Doctor’s Day, we acknowledge Renier and other doctors for their commitment as a ready medical force ensuring Navy and Marine Corps assets are a medically ready force (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

March 24, 2025

Recognizing National Doctors Day 2025 at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton [3 of 5]

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — Helping to point the way…Capt. Harlan Dorey, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton director of branch clinics and Navy Medical Corps doctor, discusses and directs strategic guidance during a recent mass casualty exercise at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Bangor, which tested the clinic staff in their response efforts to a [mock] earthquake. Led by Capt. Harlan F. Dorey, NMRTU Bangor is an all-active duty-based acute care medical and dental clinic, offering expert primary care, dental care, and a broad range of outpatient/same day ancillary specialties to an estimated supported population of approximately 13,200. As the Military Health System recognizes March 30, 2025, as MHS National Doctor’s Day, we acknowledge Dorey and other doctors for their commitment as a ready medical force ensuring Navy and Marine Corps assets are a medically ready force (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

March 24, 2025

Recognizing National Doctors Day 2025 at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton [4 of 5]

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — Preparing for the unpredictable, limiting the unforeseen and controlling the unexpected…Dr. Dan Frederick, population health officer assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton, has been an instrumental force in the nation’s third largest fleet concentration in helping lead prevention and response efforts against a number of public health threats this decade alone, from the annual [cold and] flu season to a nearby measles outbreak to a spate of possible mumps cluster and a meningitis infection threat. Frederick is a retired Navy captain with years of experience in public health, preventive medicine, and environmental health within his area of responsibility of Navy Region Northwest. His specialty focuses on optimizing and supporting Force Health protection and readiness by providing epidemiologic - the branch of medicine that studies epidemics and epidemic diseases - services for Navy and Marine Corps members and dependents by providing a variety of products and services in information management technology; occupational and environmental exposures; reportable medical events; and diseases, conditions and infections. As the Military Health System recognizes March 30, 2025, as MHS National Doctor’s Day, we acknowledge Frederick and other doctors for their commitment as a ready medical force ensuring Navy and Marine Corps assets are a medically ready force (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).