Naval Medical Forces Development Command

09/03/2026

🛞Unlock the Navy Medicine stories preserved in the archives in the latest episode of .

📰Join BUMED archivist, Mr. Michael Rhode, as he turns back the pages to World War II and examines the history of the BUMED Gazette, exploring how vital news, operational updates, and stories of resilience reached military medical personnel across the globe.

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09/02/2026

🎉 Bravo Zulu to our LCDR and CDR Selects! ⚓🇺🇸

Join us in congratulating the outstanding officers with Naval Medical Forces Development Command, Navy Medicine Training Support Command, Navy Medicine Operational Training Command - NMOTC and Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command who have been selected for promotion to Commander and Lieutenant Commander!

This milestone is a direct reflection of your sustained superior performance, leadership, and dedication to developing the Navy Medicine team of tomorrow.

Thank you also to the families, mentors, and shipmates whose support made these achievements possible. 👏🩺

08/31/2026

⚓184 Years of Navy Medicine⚓
🩺 in 1842, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery was established to keep our naval force healthy and ready. Today, our 44,000+ strong team of Navy Medicine professionals continues that proud legacy on, below, and above the sea.

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08/25/2026

Strengthening Fleet Readiness Through Training & Innovation ⚓🩺

Leadership from Naval Medical Forces Development Command’s Education and Training directorate recently hosted counterparts from the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for a site visit to the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) and the Navy Medicine Training Support Command. The visit focused on identifying key opportunities to modernize, streamline, and enhance curriculum—ensuring our corpsmen receive the most effective, cutting-edge Navy Medicine training possible to support the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operational readiness.

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08/22/2026

Happy 114th Birthday to the U.S. Navy Dental Corps! 🦷⚓️

Established on August 22, 1912, the Navy Dental Corps has spent more than a century ensuring operational readiness, relieving pain, and delivering exceptional care to Sailors, Marines, and their families around the globe.

"I want to express my deepest gratitude to the more than 1,300 active and reserve personnel as well as those who have had the distinction of serving in our corps. Thank you for your exemplary service and the meaningful contributions you make each day to our warfighters, beneficiaries, and nation at large. Happy 114" Birthday, Shipmates!" -- Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, commander of the Naval Medical Forces Development Command and the 40th Chief of the Navy Dental Corps.

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08/20/2026

🎙️U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Matthew Case, acting Surgeon General and chief, BUMED, talked , readiness, and community connection on Hot 101.9 and Desert Mountain Broadcasting during Billings .

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08/19/2026

Throw back to May! 🌸 Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Development Command and Chief of the U.S. Navy Dental Corps, joined leaders at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to celebrate the graduation of 32 military dental officers during the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command's Naval Postgraduate Dental School's (NPDS) 103rd Graduate Dental Education Programs Certificate and Awards Ceremony.

U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and United States Air Force dental officers completed intensive residencies and fellowships ranging from one to four years in specialty areas including Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, and Orofacial Pain. Additionally, 20 graduates earned their Master of Science degrees from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).

NPDS equips dental officers with cutting-edge clinical expertise, advanced research skills, and operational leadership. These newly minted specialists are now heading to assignments across the globe—aboard ships, with operational Marine Corps units, and at military medical treatment facilities—ensuring our warfighters remain medically ready anytime, anywhere.

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! 🦷⚓

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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center hosted the Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS), a directorate of the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), 103rd Graduate Dental Education Programs Certificate and Awards Ceremony on May 14, 2026, at Clark Auditorium.

08/18/2026

👁️‍🗨️Bring sight to the fight ⚔️

Congratulations to the 12 U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Army Soldiers of the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command's Tri-Service Optician School (TOPS) Class 26-005 on a historic milestone—the school’s 100th graduation! 🎉

Over a rigorous 24-week program, these dedicated service members gained the comprehensive technical expertise to fabricate, fit, and dispense military-issue eyewear. This specialized training directly translates to a medically ready and deployable joint force, ensuring our warfighters have the visual performance needed to operate effectively in complex environments.

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The Tri-Service Optician School (TOPS), a key training directorate within the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), marked a significant milestone with its 100th graduation ceremony on June 23, 2026, in Yorktown, Virginia. The ceremony honored 12 Sailors and Soldiers fr...

08/14/2026

Forging the future of Navy Medicine! ⚓️⚕️

As the character of warfare evolves, so must our approach to battlefield medical care. Through the Navy Medicine Enterprise (NME), we are actively breaking down barriers and finding innovative solutions to ensure our Sailors and Marines are medically prepared for the future fight.

Medical readiness IS mission readiness. Read the full story on how we are ensuring the Navy is ready to win the future fight: Read more below ⬇️

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The U.S. Navy provides the combat credibility and persistent global presence that secures U.S. vital interests in contested environments around the globe. The health and readiness of every Sailor and

08/12/2026

Did you know that the first-ever Physician Assistant class at Duke University in 1965 was made up of former Navy Hospital Corpsmen? ⚓️🩺

From those early roots to becoming the largest clinical specialty in the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps, the Navy Medicine Historian takes a dive into the incredible evolution of Navy PAs.

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The Navy physician assistant (soon to be known as physician associate) community is the largest clinical specialty and the second-largest overall specialty in the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps today. But where did this specialty originate, and how did it evolve into the force it is today? This is....