Planned Hospital System Downtime: June 27

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton will conduct a scheduled systems upgrade from 4 a.m. through 12 p.m. Saturday, June 27. During this time, clinical and administrative systems will be offline, and patients may experience delays and longer than normal wait times.

The Emergency Room and inpatient services will remain open, but patients with non-urgent needs, including prescriptions, are encouraged to seek care after we return to normal operations.

Patients experiencing a medical emergency should proceed to their nearest Emergency Room.

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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is currently operating at Force Protection Condition (FPCON) Bravo+. Effective immediately, the Trusted Traveler Program is suspended until further notice. Department of War (DoW) ID cardholders may no longer vouch for vehicle occupants at installation entry points. All non-DoW affiliated visitors must be sponsored by an authorized DoW ID cardholder and obtain a pass from Pass and ID. The sponsor must be present during processing. 
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Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Hebert, laboratory department head for Naval Medical Center San Diego, teaches the basics of blood banking on the first day of a two-day walking blood bank training event at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton on May 11, 2026. “This training is to prepare you for walking blood bank operations at a role 2 or role 3 facility,” he stated at the beginning of the training evolution.

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Navy Capt. Victor Diaz (left), deputy commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific; Capt. Cheri Smiley, incoming commanding officer, Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha; Capt. Virginia Damin, commanding officer, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton and director, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton; and Capt. Kenneth Basford, outgoing commanding officer of EMF 150 Alpha, stand at attention for Anchors Aweigh at the conclusion of the EMF 150 Alpha change of command ceremony aboard NHCP on Feb. 20, 2026. Basford relinquished command to Smiley, his executive officer, during the time-honored ceremony. Basford is retiring from the Navy after 30 years of active service. “I am very humbled to have served as your commanding officer, and I know Captain Smiley will take the command to even greater accomplishments,” said Basford during his remarks.

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Graduates of the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton 2026 Medical Service Corps Inservice Procurement Program cohort gather for a group photo with two of the course advisors following the graduation ceremony held in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton galley meeting room on Feb. 13, 2026. From left to right: Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Villanueva, Petty Officer 2nd Class Unique Richardson, Petty Officer 1st Class Oyindamola Michael, Cmdr. Derrick Hoffman, NMRTC Camp Pendleton director for administration, Capt. Mark Murriel, NMRTC Camp Pendleton director for expeditionary medicine, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jamilah Agyei, Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannon Hagen, and Petty Officer 1st Class Luis Fernandez.

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Outgoing Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton Commander Capt. Jenny Burkett (left) salutes incoming NMRTC Camp Pendleton Commander Capt. Virginia Damin (right) during the change of command ceremony held July 11, 2025, in the Medal Honor Promenade of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. Naval Medical Forces Pacific Commander Rear Adm. Guido Valdes presided over the event and served as the reviewing officer ensuring the formal transfer of authority and responsibility for the command. Burkett will transfer to the Office of the Deputy Navy Surgeon General in Falls Church, Va., and Damin comes to NMRTC Camp Pendleton from her previous position as the executive officer of NMRTC Guam and deputy director of Naval Hospital Guam. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.

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