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Navy Medicine is Preparing for the Future of Expeditionary Combat

23 February 2023

Austal USA rendering of EPF hospital ship. Austal USA

The Navy will christen the first of a new variant of the expeditionary fast transport ship with expanded medical facilities this week. The new ship comes as the service’s medicine branch starts to transform to meet the challenges of the Indo-Pacific’s vast distances.

The future USNS Cody (EPF-14) is the first of the Spearhead-class EPF Flight II, produced by Austal USA for the Navy. The new ship variety will have a limited intensive care unit...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/22/navy-medicine-is-preparing-for-the-future-of-expeditionary-combat

SECARMY Memo: Military Medical Reform Effort Risks Combat Healthcare Quality, R&D

5 February 2020

Dr. Brian Wong prepares for a laboratory study at Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton’s (NAMRU-Dayton_ Environmental Health Effects Laboratory. Dr. Wong designs studies to determine potential health effects associated with exposure to environmental stressors to address the Unites States Navy and the Department of Defense needs. Navy photo.

U.S. Army officials worry a lack of planning and poor funding for a pending consolidation of how the Pentagon manages military public health and medical...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/05/secarmy-memo-military-medical-reform-effort-risks-combat-healthcare-quality-rd

Navy Wants 5,000 New Sailors in FY 2020; 14,000 by 2024

12 March 2019

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Michael Wettlaufer, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, addresses the crew during an all-hands call on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) in the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 14, 2019. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON — The Navy wants 5,000 more active duty sailors in Fiscal Year 2020 to staff aviation units and a crop of new ships, according to Tuesday’s Department of Navy budget request.

If approved by Congress, the Navy would finish FY 2020 with...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/12/41793

Navy Medical Corps Worries Future Funding Cuts Will Result in Fewer Doctors

30 November 2018

Lt. Cmdr. Joanne Elston assists with surgery on a simulated casualty during an Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) training course at Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI). US Navy Photo

The Navy’s push for a more lethal force could route money away from the service’s cadre of medical professionals, USNI News has learned.

Service medical community leaders at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) are worried a Department of Defense plan will reduce the number of military...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/30/39123