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A Message from the Navy Surgeon General: Readiness, Health and Partnerships

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 4, 2016) Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, surgeon general of the Navy, salutes sideboys as he arrives aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). During his visit, he met with Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel, toured Mercy and held an Admiral's Call where he answered questions from the crew. Mercy is in Kuantan in support of Pacific Partnership 2016, the first time Mercy and Pacific Partnership have visited Malaysia. During the mission stop, partner nations work side-by-side with local military and civilian organizations in a search and rescue exercise, civil engineering projects, community relation events and subject matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

By Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general Shipmates, Navy Medicine is dedicated to the best readiness and health in the world and it is our mission to keep Sailors, Marines and their family ready, healthy and on the job. As your 38th Navy surgeon general, I understand the significance of quality care and the increasing role patients play in …

The Mosquito Fighters: A Short History of Mosquitoes in the Navy – Part 3

Naval Hospital Widow’s Island, Maine, ca. 1900. For much of the nineteenth century patients suffering mosquito-borne disease would be sent to a special quarantine
facility for treatment. In 1887, the U.S. Navy opened a quarantine hospital on Widow’s Island for Yellow Fever patients. Soon seen as obsolete, the hospital
closed in 1901 without ever having treated a patient. The hospital was ceded to the state of Maine in 1903 where it was used as a psychiatric asylum.

By André B. Sobocinski, historian, BUMED “Dryness, coolness, fresh air, sunshine, cleanliness of body, clothes and bedding, good food, pure water, temperance, refreshing sleep, occupation exercise, cheerfulness, and contentment of mind…” ~A Recipe for Good Health by Medical Inspector Albert Gihon, USN, 1871 For much of the nineteenth century the United States was losing a war to an overlooked threat. …

The Mosquito Fighters: A Short History of Mosquitoes in the Navy – Part 1

By Andre B. Sobocinski, historian, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Over the course of the U.S. Navy’s history the mosquito has been a constant threat whose enduring swath of destruction far extends that of the Barbary Pirates, the Imperial Japanese fleet or even German U-boats. From the Navy’s first conflict – in the so-called Quasi-War with France (1797-1801) – our small …

Meet the Navy’s Enlisted to Medical Degree Program Inaugural Class

Editor’s Note: 2016 is the first year the Navy will participate in the Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland. EMDP2 is a two-year program that provides an opportunity for academically-promising enlisted service members to complete preparatory coursework that will make them competitive medical school applicants. The …

A Message from the Navy Surgeon General: Medical Service Corps 69th Birthday

By Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery On behalf of the entire Navy Medicine family, it is my honor to congratulate our Navy Medical Service Corps as they celebrate 69 years of honoring the trust placed in our hands by our nation. Since its inception in 1947, the men and women of our …