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Newsletter for Navy and Marine Corps Medicine

Filed under Corpsman, Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Hospitals, Leadership, Navy History, Public Health, Research and development, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by vkremer on May 15, 2013 at 2:17 pm {no comments}

By Valerie A. Kremer, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs Navy Medicine is proud to present the May 2013 issue of the Navy and Marine Corps Medical News (MEDNEWS) newsletter. It features various articles and photos highlighting the great work being done across the Navy Medicine enterprise around the world. This month highlights [...]

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Angels of the Airfields: Navy Air Evacuation Nurses of World War II

Filed under Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Navy History, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by vkremer on May 7, 2013 at 8:17 am {no comments}

By Andre Sobocinski, historian, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery When the Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) R4D broke through the clouds of volcanic dust and smoke to land on Iwo Jima on March 6, 1945, it carried more than whole blood and medical supplies for the wounded. On board this flight was a 22-year [...]

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Hot off the Press: Navy Medicine Magazine (Spring 2013)

Filed under Corpsman, Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Heath, Hospitals, Leadership, Military Medicine, Navy History, Research and development, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by vkremer on April 30, 2013 at 4:26 pm {no comments}

From U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs Navy Medicine is proud to present the 2013 spring issue of Navy Medicine Magazine. It features various articles and photos highlighting the great work being done by Navy Medicine around the world. The spring issue marks the 70th anniversary of the Navy Medicine magazine and [...]

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Dr. Boone and the Creation of the Medicine Ball Cabinet

Filed under Navy History, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by vkremer on April 4, 2013 at 7:30 am {no comments}

By André B. Sobocinski, historian, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery The president’s cabinet is convening this morning, but you will not find them in any boardroom or oval office. This is 1929 and the president is on the south lawn of the White House immersed in a new morning ritual that the press has [...]

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Navy Medicine Presents “The Grog”

Filed under Leadership, Navy History, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by vkremer on March 13, 2013 at 8:46 am {no comments}

It is with great pleasure that we present to you the latest edition of The Grog, A Journal of Navy Medical History and Culture. In this issue, we offer our readers an original assortment of stories, essays, trivia and book reviews covering the topics of: the life and lessons of the heroic World War I [...]

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