By Capt. David Bitonti, Chief of Staff for Integration and Transition at NNMC, Bethesda Md. Last week, our staff held a “Day in the Life” (DIL) exercise here at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) to ensure a smooth transition and seamless patient care as the hospital embarks on a historical merger with Walter [...]

    By Dr. Nancy F. Crum-Cianflone, M.D., Department Head, Deployment Health Research Department, Naval Health Research Center    As a former military officer, I personally value the importance of discovering new information that will help those who serve in our military. My job at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in San Diego, Calif., [...]

    By Cmdr. Rita Simmons, Executive Officer, Navy Medical Research Unit-Dayton     As the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) closes the book on its 70-plus year history in Pensacola, the laboratory’s scientific resurgence and push to maintain mission execution during a tumultuous period of reorganization and relocation to Ohio to become part of [...]

By Ted Judson, assistant department head, Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor School (NDACS) When I entered Navy Medicine’s Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor School (NDACS) in 1987, I had no idea what I was getting into and how my experience there would shape the rest of not only my career, but my life.  I found [...]