Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms

04/23/2026

🩸 Give Blood. Save Lives. Support the Mission.

Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms is hosting a blood drive in support of the Naval Medical Center San Diego Blood Donor Center and we need your help to make a difference.

📅 Wednesday, May 6, 2026
⏰ 0900 – 1300
📍 Building 1707 Training Center

Every donation directly supports patient care and helps ensure lifesaving blood is available when it matters most. All blood types are welcome, with a particular need for O negative and O positive donors.

Whether you're supporting a fellow service member, family member, or member of our community—your donation plays a critical role in readiness and care.

MAGTF Training Command/Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at 29 Palms

04/22/2026

🥕 Fresh food, stronger community at MCAGCC

Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms played a key role in helping establish the 29 Palms Farmers Market at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), expanding access to fresh produce and food vendors for service members and their families.

Through more than 50 vendor inspections during the initial launch, preventive medicine technicians helped bring the weekly market to life—ensuring food safety, sanitation, and compliance standards are met to protect the health and readiness of the force.

Held every Thursday evening and featuring local farmers, artisans, and food vendors, the 29 Palms Farmers Market continues to grow as a vibrant community gathering space on base.

“The most rewarding part is seeing service members and their families enjoying fresh experiences and new food choices."
— Hospitalman Apprentice Wilson Current

📖 Read the full story: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/563349/navy-preventive-medicine-team-helps-establish-29-palms-farmers-market-mcagcc

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04/22/2026

🌎 Earth Day | Supporting Readiness at Home

This Earth Day, we recognize that protecting our environment supports the health, safety, and readiness of our warfighters and their families.

Small actions—at work and at home—can make a big impact.

04/21/2026

04/20/2026

⚓ Now Hiring at NMRTU China Lake!

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit China Lake is currently accepting applications for a Supervisory Industrial Hygienist position.

📅 Open: April 20, 2026
📅 Closes: May 4, 2026
💼 Position: Supervisory Industrial Hygienist
📊 Pay Grade: GS-13
💰 Salary Range: $124,085 – $161,313 per year
📍 Location: China Lake, CA
🕐 Schedule: Full-time (Permanent)

This position provides leadership and oversight of industrial hygiene programs, helping identify and control workplace hazards while protecting the health and safety of personnel. The role plays a critical part in ensuring safe operations and supporting mission readiness across Navy Medicine.

A relocation incentive may be authorized for qualified candidates.

If you’re ready to make an impact in occupational health and safety, we encourage you to apply.

👉 https://www.usajobs.gov/job/865902000/preview?_gl=1*2f8538*_ga*ODk0ODQxNzQ2LjE3NzY3MDkyNDY.*_ga_5222X8D281*czE3NzY3MDkyNTYkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzY3MTAzNjMkajYwJGwwJGgw

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04/20/2026

👶 Delivering the next generation of military families

During the Month of the Military Child, we recognize the important role military families—and the youngest members of our community—play in the strength of our force.

Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms delivers an average of 240 babies each year, supporting military families and strengthening readiness at home.

🎥 Hear from labor and delivery staff nurse Lt. Corinne Hassett as she shares how her team supports warfighters and their families through safe, high-quality care during childbirth.

From the first moments of life, the labor and delivery team at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms plays a vital role in supporting force readiness.

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04/17/2026

🚨 Temporary Phone Outage Notice

Due to a temporary power outage, phone lines at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms were briefly unavailable earlier today.

Service was restored at 11:30 a.m., and power and phone services are now fully operational.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

04/17/2026

🎖🫡Service beyond the uniform

On Aug. 24, 2025, a dirt bike crash left a rider critically injured. After a request from the San Bernardino County Fire, six service members made up of U.S. Navy hospital corpsmen and U.S. Marine Corps Marines from MAGTF Training Command/Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at 29 Palms located the patient, provided first aid, and established communication before the rider was airlifted to a hospital. These actions were credited by the hospital staff for saving the rider's life. For their efforts, they received the Life Saving Award from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department during an awards ceremony.

04/15/2026

🚀 Navy search and rescue medical technician supports recovery of Artemis II astronauts

As NASA’s Artemis II crew returned to Earth following their historic mission around the moon, a team of Navy Medicine professionals stood ready in the Pacific Ocean to receive them—prepared for anything from a routine recovery to a life-threatening emergency.

Among them was Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Brian Romero, a Gilbert, Ariz. native and search and rescue medical technician (SMT) assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU) China Lake. Romero was part of Navy Medicine’s Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) and En-Route Care System (ERCS) teams embarked aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), the primary recovery platform for the Orion spacecraft following its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 10.

Romero served as part of ERCS-11, one of several Navy Medicine teams embarked for the mission. The ERCS is a two-person team that provides critical care during patient transport via air, surface, or ground, while the ERSS is a seven-person mobile surgical team capable of delivering life-saving trauma care in austere environments.

“I was part of the ERCS. There were four SMTs from HSC-23 (Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23) who did a flawless job in the actual recovery of the astronauts from the capsule. It’s pretty amazing to see that SMTs can be utilized in so many ways, and so many of us were involved in this important mission. SMTs are specialized pre-hospital medical professionals and are prepared for missions like this because we are trained rescue technicians as well, with a helicopter crew in our toolbox.”
— Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Brian Romero

Read the full story 🗞:
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/562809/navy-search-and-rescue-medical-technician-supports-recovery-artemis-ii-astronauts

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04/15/2026

⚓ Sailors Complete Marine Corps Combat Pistol Program Qualification

Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, including the command’s interim executive officer Cmdr. William “Bill” Lawson, completed the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Pistol Program qualification alongside Marines at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms on Mar. 27, 2026.

Under the guidance of MCAGCC instructors, participants trained with the M9 service pistol, engaging targets from multiple distances while reinforcing marksmanship fundamentals, discipline, and weapons handling.

One Sailor, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ayden Massey, earned an Expert qualification, reflecting the level of weapons proficiency and discipline that can be found among Navy Medicine corpsmen and their readiness to operate alongside Marines in joint and operational environments.

This training strengthens coordination across the naval force and reinforces the skills Navy Medicine Sailors rely on to provide care and protect patients in forward and operational environments.

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04/14/2026

You may now have the option of virtual urgent care through the Global Nurse Advice Line for certain health conditions.

*Virtual urgent care appointments for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries age 12 and older are now available at all CONUS and Alaska and Hawaii military hospitals or clinics through the Global Nurse Advice Line.

* Call the Global Nurse Advice Line at 1-800-TRICARE or visit the MHS NAL website at https://mhsnurseadviceline.com/home to find out if your concern can be addressed by a virtual urgent care appointment.

* A nurse will triage and determine if your care can be handled virtually. If so, the nurse will schedule an appointment.

* A nurse is available 24/7 to schedule virtual urgent care appointments for the same day or following day. Appointments are available from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. CT.

Virtual urgent care services include:

* Sinus congestion and infections
* Cough
* Allergies
* Sore or hoarse throat
* Rashes
* Acne
* Muscle and joint pain
* Headaches

Appointments are through the Virtually Integrated Patient Readiness and Remote, or VIPRR, care clinic.

VIPRR (pronounced viper) is a virtual care clinic providing readiness support to service members, like periodic health assessments. The virtual clinic’s services have recently expanded to provide virtual urgent care services to eligible service members, veterans, and their families.

Providers for virtual urgent care:

* Are credentialed and privileged by a Defense Health Agency military hospital or clinic

* Will document the session, diagnosis and treatment in MHS GENESIS

* Can write a prescription to desired pharmacy

04/14/2026

🚀 After successfully supporting the recovery of the Artemis II crew and Orion spacecraft from the Pacific, U.S. Navy Medicine personnel aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) return to Naval Base San Diego, April 11.

This video highlights Navy Medicine’s elite Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) and En-Route Care System (ERCS) teams who were integral to the mission’s success by ensuring the highest level of medical care for the astronauts and recovery personnel.

▪ ERSS Team: A seven-person mobile surgical team providing life-saving trauma care.

▪ ERCS Team: A two-person team that provides medical attention during transport.

These highly-trained medical experts were drawn from multiple commands and military treatment facilities, including: Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC)/Naval Medical Center (NMC) San Diego, NMRTC/Naval Hospital (NH) Camp Pendleton, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU)/Branch Health Clinic (BHC) China Lake, and USNMRTC/U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH)
Guam.

🎥 U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Afable

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