Pentagon temporarily rescinds guidance on testosterone screening for US troops
BLUF – The Pentagon temporarily rescinded newly issued clinical guidance for mandatory testosterone-deficiency screening of service members age 30 and older, saying the document requires updates while interim guidance remains in effect; the withdrawn guidance had established separate screening and treatment pathways for men and women during annual health assessments. For Navy Medicine, the reversal creates near-term uncertainty for clinicians responsible for implementing the new hormone-screening policy and highlights the need to follow updated DHA guidance as screening, diagnostic and treatment requirements are refined.
DoD schools struggle to identify, support military children with learning disabilities, GAO finds
BLUF – A GAO review found significant gaps in DoD schools’ ability to identify and support children with learning disabilities, including inadequate screening tools, delayed evaluations, inconsistent academic interventions and problems transferring individualized education programs when military families move. For Navy Medicine, these shortcomings can affect the well-being and readiness of military families, highlighting the importance of coordinated support for children with developmental and learning needs—particularly during frequent PCS transitions.
Navy Medicine Stories Podcast
BLUF – Navy Medicine Stories spotlights the extraordinary people behind the uniform of the Navy Medical Department. Highlighting the Nurse, Medical, Dental, and Medical Service Corps, alongside our Civilians and Hospital Corpsmen, this series goes beyond the clinic. We pair deeply personal journeys with the broader mission of global medical readiness, bridging the gap between military duty and civilian healthcare to share how Navy Medicine changes lives around the world.
Navy Medicine Advances Operational Health IT for Distributed Maritime Operations
BLUF – Navy Medicine leaders, Fleet representatives and operational health IT experts met to accelerate deployment of Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS), which are designed to preserve critical health information as casualties move from the point of injury through successive levels of care during distributed maritime operations. For Navy Medicine, aligning JOMIS fielding and training with Fleet readiness cycles will improve patient movement, medical logistics and clinical decision-making while giving deployed medical teams more reliable access to health information in contested environments.
NMFL Advances Expeditionary Medicine Force Design at Naval War College
BLUF – Naval Medical Forces Atlantic concluded a four-part planning effort at the Naval War College that developed practical solutions to improve how Navy Medicine generates, equips, funds, sustains and commands expeditionary medical forces, including a standardized EXMED demand-signal tool and materiel-management and financial-planning frameworks. For Navy Medicine, the effort advances a force design built for contested and distributed operations where medical units must rapidly support the Fleet and Fleet Marine Force despite limited logistics, communications and casualty-evacuation options.
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Trump to nominate Hung Cao as Navy secretary
BLUF – President Donald Trump announced he will nominate Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao to serve permanently in the role, where Cao has emphasized shipbuilding, aircraft and equipment modernization, maintenance, and strengthening public trust in the Navy and Marine Corps; his nomination requires Senate confirmation. For Navy Medicine, Cao’s priorities and potential confirmation are significant because the service secretary sets Department-wide policy and resource priorities that ultimately shape medical readiness, personnel, infrastructure and support for operational forces.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/09/02/trump-to-nominate-hung-cao-as-navy-secretary
In the Line of Care: Stories from the Navy Medical Oral History Collection — How a Sigmoidoscope Saved America
BLUF – In 1976 aboard USS America, Navy surgeon Lt. Cmdr. Tom Minehan ingeniously used a medical sigmoidoscope to locate a wrench accidentally dropped inside a steam turbine and surgical forceps to remove it, restoring the carrier’s propulsion and potentially preventing about six months of repairs. For Navy Medicine, the remarkable story from BUMED’s Oral History Collection illustrates the adaptability and problem-solving skills of Navy medical personnel and how their expertise can contribute to the mission far beyond traditional patient care.
From CNP: August Sailor-to-Sailor Newsletter
The newest edition of the Sailor-to-Sailor newsletter is here! Your monthly source for essential career updates, leadership messages, and policy changes that directly impact you and your Sailors.
In this edition:
– MyNavy Hr is getting a major update: we’re going to the cloud.
– The MyNavy HR Career Development Center just wrapped up in Japan and Guam-where to next? 6th Fleet!
– Promotions, promotions, promotions! Including CWOs, officers, and chief petty officers.
– We’re in the thick of PCS season. Make sure you take advantage of your house hunting leave!
Access the full newsletter here: https://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/77582
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Marine Corps brings back flu shot mandate for some troops
BLUF – The Marine Corps has reinstated mandatory influenza vaccination for selected groups—including new recruits, healthcare workers, deploying Marines and hazardous-response teams—after the Pentagon ended the universal mandate in April and subsequently modified its policy following a flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base that sickened about 300 people and killed one. For Navy Medicine, the policy reinforces the importance of vaccination as a force-health-protection tool, particularly for medical personnel and populations living, training or operating in close quarters where infectious disease outbreaks can rapidly degrade readiness.