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USU Partners with Navy Medicine to Modernize Hospital Corpsman Training and Expand Educational Opportunities
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University is partnering with Navy Medicine to modernize Hospital Corpsman Basic training by awarding transferable college credits toward associate and bachelor’s degrees, aligning instruction with national EMT certifications, and establishing new EMT-Basic and Paramedic Navy Enlisted Classifications. For Navy Medicine, the initiative strengthens trauma care, expeditionary medical readiness and joint interoperability while providing corpsmen with recognized academic credentials and expanded career opportunities, particularly as they prepare for independent clinical decision-making in austere environments and support En-Route Care and Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical Systems.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/10/usu-partners-with-navy-medicine-to.html
Navy Medicine Stories – Ep. 3: The Science of Seeing, the Art of Healing
BLUF – In this episode of Navy Medicine Stories, we sit down with U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Shokoufeh Shadabi, who is preparing for medical school through the Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program at the Uniformed Services University. Pursuing her lifelong passion for fine art, her micro-miniature historical paintings the size of postage stamps have earned places in the Salmagundi Fine Art Club in New York City, the Naval History and Heritage Command, and the permanent collection of the National Veterans Art Museum. Tune in as she shares her miliary service, medical aspirations and artistic devotion as a unified calling dedicated to the care, readiness and well-being of service members and their families.
https://www.dvidshub.net/audio/94138/navy-medicine-stories-ep-3-science-seeing-art-healing
Navy Medicine Force’s Focus – 1 OCT 2026
BLUF – The Office of the Navy Medicine Force Master Chief has released a publication designed specifically for active duty and reserve Hospital Corpsmen across the fleet and operating forces. Developed directly from fleet feedback, the two-page newsletter serves as a direct line of communication from the Force Master Chief to provide actionable career management tools and highlight operational excellence within the Hospital Corps rating.
Newport News Navy barracks to receive $1.7 billion upgrade
BLUF – The Navy has signed a five-year, $1.7 billion agreement to construct or renovate 8,098 beds in Newport News, replacing the aging Huntington Hall and supporting the “No Sailor Lives Afloat” initiative to move sailors from ships into safe, modern shore-based housing during maintenance periods. For Navy Medicine, improved housing is an important health and readiness investment because adequate sleep, recovery and living conditions can support sailors’ physical and mental well-being while reducing the stresses associated with prolonged shipboard living.
Navy Medicine Force’s Focus
BLUF – The Office of the Navy Medicine Force Master Chief has released a new, bi-monthly publication designed specifically for active duty and reserve Hospital Corpsmen across the fleet and operating forces.
Developed directly from fleet feedback, the two-page newsletter serves as a direct line of communication from the Force Master Chief to provide actionable career management tools and highlight operational excellence within the Hospital Corps rating.
Sharpening the Caduceus: How NEMWDC is forging the next generation of expeditionary Hospital Corpsmen
BLUF – The Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) is transforming the training of Hospital Corpsmen through high-fidelity, expeditionary scenarios that prepare Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) and En Route Care System (ERCS) teams to deliver autonomous trauma care in austere, distributed maritime operations, emphasizing adaptability, damage control surgery, prolonged casualty care, and multifunctional operational skills. For Navy Medicine, the training represents a fundamental shift from hospital-based practice to expeditionary warfighting medicine, ensuring corpsmen and medical teams can provide seamless, lifesaving care from the point of injury through evacuation in future large-scale combat operations.
Three USU EMDP2 graduates selected as 2026 Pat Tillman Scholars
BLUF – Three graduates of the Uniformed Services University’s Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2)—Air Force 2nd Lt. Price Parker, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Wenthe, and Air Force 2nd Lt. Bryce Daniel—were selected as 2026 Pat Tillman Scholars, recognizing their exceptional leadership, military service, and commitment to becoming military physicians after serving as enlisted personnel. For Navy Medicine, the recognition highlights the value of programs like EMDP2 in developing experienced enlisted service members into future physician leaders, strengthening the pipeline of operationally seasoned clinicians who bring firsthand military experience to patient care and medical leadership.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/07/they-answered-call-to-serve-now-theyre.html