Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

06/01/2026

1 June 2026 - Rip Current Warning for today.

05/29/2026

Congratulations to Lt. William Bevins, Chaplain Corps, Expeditionary Medical Facility Juliet (EMF-J), for winning the Professional Naval Chaplaincy Excellence Award for Fiscal Year 2026. Your exemplary performance, dedicated ministry, and inspiring leadership has exemplified the motto of the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps "Vocati Ad Servitium" or "Called to Serve."

05/28/2026

Congratulations to NMCP's newest Capt. Selects!🎉

View the full list here:
https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/ALNAV/ALN2026/ALN26027.pdf?ver=q1Z6a9vtGLlGw7l_LYpiBQ%3d%3d

05/20/2026

21 May 2026 9:30 a.m.
Pharmacy services have returned to a normal operating status.

20 May 2026 3:15 p.m.

The Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and Branch Health Clinic Pharmacies are experiencing a technical issue impacting prescription processing. If you have urgent prescription needs, please go to your preferred point of pharmacy service for assistance. For all routine prescriptions, please wait for updated messaging that the technical issue has been resolved.

Thank you for your patience.

20 May 2026 12:55 p.m.

The Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and Branch Health Clinic Outpatient Pharmacy services are experiencing delays in processing prescriptions due to software latency.

If you have urgent or immediate prescription needs, please ask your provider to electronically submit or provide a handwritten prescription to take to your preferred Tricare retail network pharmacy (https://militaryrx.express-scripts.com/find-pharmacy).

If you have previously submitted a prescription request, we will begin processing these as soon as services are fully restored.

Thank you for your patience

05/08/2026

05/06/2026

12 May 2026 8 a.m.
⚠️ COMMAND UPDATE:⚠️
Power has been restored to the parking garage, the Drop-Off CDC and Health Benefits.

5 May 2026, 9 p.m.
⚠️ COMMAND UPDATE: NMCP Building 249 Power Failure

Building 249 (Main Parking Garage) is experiencing a power failure that will take several days to repair. Please be aware of the following impacts:

🧸Drop-Off CDC: Closed (potentially until Friday, May 8 ). Call the CDC daily to verify status before drop-off. Active Duty staff: contact your chain of command for support. If you have a medical appt or surgery and lost childcare, please call your clinic ASAP to reschedule (please avoid no-shows!).

🏥 Health Benefits Office: Closed to walk-ins for the rest of the week. Phones are ACTIVE! Staff will temporarily relocate (location TBD—watch this page and the office door for updates).

🚗 Garage Safety: Lighting is very limited. Please exercise extreme caution walking or driving. Need a security es**rt to your car? Please see the Quarterdeck.

04/23/2026

LTJG Melissa Howell (2024 Daisy Winner)

We are proud to recognize LTJG Melissa Howell as a DAISY Award recipient for compassion, and dedication to patient care in Labor and Delivery.

While caring for a patient in L&D in July of 2024, LTJG Howell served as the patient and patients family advocate throughout the delivery. The family took note of all efforts and stated “LTJG Howell professionalism personal experiences blended with grace made all sides of labor clear and deserving of the Daisy Award.”

We are proud to recognize LTJG Howell for the meaningful differences made for families through advocating and dedicated patient care.

04/23/2026

LTJG Dominic Crisicione, March 2026 Daisy Award Winner

We are proud to recognize LTJG Criscione as our Command March DAISY Award recipient for his outstanding compassion, motivation, and dedication to patient care in PICU.

While caring for a patient in the PICU, LTJG Criscione created an environment of safety, reassurance, kindness and advocation for pediatric patients and families in an overwhelming time where a patient could potentially have Botulism. LTJG Criscione fellow nurses noticed all his effort and shared that “There is no fiercer advocate for patients.”

We are proud to recognize LTJG Criscione for the meaningful difference he makes each day on his unit.

04/23/2026

Navy Medicine Training and Readiness Command (NMRTC) Portsmouth held a ceremony April 21 for the Officers of the Quarter, 1st Qtr. Fiscal Year 2026 in historic building 1 at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. Congratulations to all.

This quarters winners are:

Medical Corps Winners:
CDR Tighe Marrone, Medical Corps Senior Officer of the Quarter
Maj Meredith Shama, Medical Corps Junior Officer of the Quarter
LT Ashley Matias, Medical Corps In-Training Officer of the Quarter

Dental Corps Winner:
LCDR Melanie Pommer, Dental Corps Junior Officer of the Quarter

Nurse Corps Winners:
LCDR Sindy Eugene, Nurse Corps Senior Officer of the Quarter
LTJG Rebecca McCool, Nurse Corps Junior Officer of the Quarter

Medical Service Corps Winners:
LCDR Joseph Freundlich, Medical Service Corps Senior Officer of the Quarter
LTJG Rusty Lina, Medical Service Corps Junior Officer of the Quarter

04/22/2026

Thursday, April 23, 6:30 a.m. GENESIS is up and running normal.

Wednesday, April 22, 8:10 A.M. - The Patient Portal (GENESIS) is currently experiencing network issues that is causing delays in some services at NMCP. Laboratory and Pharmacy may have longer wait times for outpatient services. Please plan accordingly. Thank you for your patience.