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Presenters from both Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Naval Health Research Center, Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., pose for a group photograph at the completion of the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. 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.

April 3, 2025

NMRTC Camp Pendleton holds inaugural Academic Research Symposium

CAMP PENDLETON , CALIFORNIA — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held an Academic Research Symposium aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton on March 13, 2025.

The casualty receiving team of Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) 150-Alpha unloads a simulated patient from an ambulance in front of the facility during an EMF training and Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) at the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC), Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 15-28. An EMF is a role 3 platform, designed to provide in-theater hospitalization with a hold capacity of up to 150 beds.

March 9, 2025

EMF 150-Alpha refines operational readiness at NEMWDC

CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA — Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha (EMF 150 Alpha) recently got a dose of realism, testing its ability to provide forward-deployed health service support to operational units across a full range of military operations in a series of real-world scenarios.

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton graduated six nurses from the Nurse Residency Program during a graduation ceremony held Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in the hospital galley meeting room aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. “Our Nurse Residency Program is 12 weeks long with rotations and cross-training to several departments across the hospital including laboratory, post-anesthesia care unit, ambulatory procedure unit, intensive care unit; and the emergency department,” said Lt. Cmdr. Samantha Knight, a clinical nurse specialist in the hospital’s intensive care unit. Shown are Lt. Kendra Arias, former program co-chair; Lt. Cmdr. Samantha Knight, program co-chair; Navy Capt. Sara Naczas, director of nursing services; Ensign Izabela Marasco, graduate; Ensign Jimmy Manikhong, graduate; Ensign Madison Harrison, graduate; Ensign Raquel Kauthen, graduate; Ensign Luciana Poka, graduate; Lt. jg. Princess Ekudi, graduate; Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, NHCP director, and Lt. Mary Hinson, program co-chair. 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.

Feb. 11, 2025

NHCP graduates six nurses from Nurse Residency Program

CAMP PENDLETON , CALIFORNIA — Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton graduated six nurses from the Nurse Residency Program during a graduation ceremony held Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in the hospital galley meeting room aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Lance Cpl. Alondra Salazar and Lance Cpl. Deandre Rutherford pose with their newborn baby, Andreas E. Rutherford-Salazar, on Jan. 1, 2025, in the Maternal Infant Services Department of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. Baby Andreas was the first baby born at NHCP in 2025. Salazar is assigned to 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Rutherford is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Okinawa, Japan. Joining the happy couple and Baby Andreas are the delivery team of Christin L. Martin, RN, Lt. j.g. Kyra S. Morissette, MIS Nurse, and Navy Lt. Kiley C. Brady, Family Medicine Physician.

Jan. 2, 2025

NHCP welcomes first baby of 2025

CAMP PENDLETON , CALIFORNIA — Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton welcomed the first baby of 2025 in the Labor and Delivery Department on Jan. 1, 2025. The parents of Andreas E. Rutherford-Salazar are Lance Cpl. Alondra Salazar, from Simi Valley, Calif., and Lance Cpl. Deandre Rutherford, from Newport News, Va. Salazar is assigned to 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and Rutherford is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Okinawa, Japan.

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton stands at attention during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony held in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Promenade on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Planned and executed by the First Class Petty Officer Association, the event honored the 2,403 service members and civilians who died in the attack on the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Dec. 9, 2024

NMRTC Camp Pendleton remembers Pearl Harbor

CAMP PENDLETON , CALIFORNIA — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Event on Dec. 6, 2024, on the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Promenade.

Sailors from aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton donate blood during an Armed Services Blood Program – Camp Pendleton blood drive coordinated by the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton Junior Enlisted Association on Nov. 18, 2024, in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Galley Meeting Room.

Nov. 19, 2024

NMRTC Camp Pendleton JEA hosts AFBP Blood Drive

CAMP PENDLETON , CALIFORNIA — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton’s Junior Enlisted Association hosted the Armed Forces Blood Program – Camp Pendleton for a blood drive on Nov. 18, 2024, in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton galley meeting room.

Tim Marshall, a volunteer with ARES and a retired Navy chief petty officer, and Navy Lt. Arion McCartney, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Chief Information Officer, discuss amateur radio procedures during the San Diego County 2024 Pediatric Surge Full Scale Exercise on Oct. 24, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The hospital’s goals were to practice communication support during an event with degraded communication assets and to stress interoperability and collaboration with other agencies across the county. “We successfully achieved our objectives during this exercise by seamlessly integrating ARES volunteers into our emergency response framework, enabling efficient backup communication, enhancing resource coordination, and providing real-time situational awareness,” said McCartney. “Our successful collaboration with ARES volunteers and partner agencies demonstrated our ability to effectively manage a large-scale disaster scenario, ensuring that critical information and resources were available to support healthcare facilities and protect our community.”

Oct. 25, 2024

NHCP participates in County Pediatric Surge Exercise

CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA — Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton participated in a county-wide medical emergency exercise on Oct. 24, 2024. An exercise cell from the hospital set up on the roof of the hospital parking garage to participate in the 2024 Pediatric Surge Full Scale Exercise, co-sponsored by the San Diego Healthcare Disaster Coalition and the County of San Diego Public Health Preparedness and Response.

Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Director, Lt. Gen. Michael Cederholm, commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), and Brig. Gen. Nick Brown, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations West / Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, cut the ceremonial ribbon officially opening the new and improved 21 Area Branch Health Clinic on Sept. 19, 2024. The 21 ABHC provides medical and dental care to the approximately 5,000 active-duty service members serving aboard Camp Del Mar.

Sept. 20, 2024

NHCP opens new medical and dental clinic in Camp Del Mar

CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA — Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton officially opened the new and improved 21 Area Branch Health Clinic aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s Camp Del Mar on Sept. 19, 2024.

Ensign Grace Joan Reveles is administered the oath of office by Lt. Cmdr. Nancy Helfrich during Reveles’ commissioning ceremony held Sept. 6, 2024, on the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Promenade. Having obtained both her associate degree and bachelor’s degree in nursing while serving on active duty as a corpsman, Reveles was commissioned into the Navy Nurse Corps via the Direct Accession Program.

Sept. 10, 2024

Camp Pendleton Corpsman commissioned into Navy Nurse Corps

CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA — A corpsman with Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton has been commissioned into the Navy Nurse Corps.

Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett (left), Commander, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton and Director, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, presents Capt. Elizabeth Smith, outgoing Commanding Officer, Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha, with the Legion of Merit medal in recognition of her exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service during her nearly two years in command of EMF 150 Alpha. Smith relinquished command to Capt. Kenneth Basford during a change of command ceremony held June 21, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

June 21, 2024

EMF 150 – Alpha changes command aboard MCB Camp Pendleton

CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA — On Friday, June 21, 2024, Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 - Alpha conducted a change of command ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

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