6 When the Navy’s COVID-19 Pharmacy All-Star Spotlight came out in March, 2021, the publication showcased a host of pharmacy technicians in a number of categories.
All of them were nominated by their respective commands for demonstrating what it meant to be resilient, compassionate, dependable and innovative during the pandemic.
Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton had five staff members featured.
From Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit (NMRTU) Everett, there was Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Cyrus Cunningham, ‘The Rockstar Lead’ award recipient; Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Crystal Zamora, ‘The Pursuit of Wellness’ award recipient; and Hospitalman Jessica Moilanen, ‘All Star Tech’ award recipient. From NMRTC Bremerton, Mr. Edward Schulz, ‘The Rockstar Lead’ award recipient; and from NMRTU Bangor, currently at Expeditionary Medical Clinic Isa Air Base, Bahrain, HM1 Benjamin Chapin, ‘The Go Getter’ award recipient.
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Unscripted candid comments – testimonials – were requested and Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit (NMRTU) Everett Sailors replied.
As did other Sailors from across the Pacific Northwest recently for a Puget Sound Military Health System (PSMHS) video project.
The project was a combined effort from Madigan Army Medical Center, Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor and Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton. The premise focused on why service members chose to voluntarily get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The filming is part of Defense Health Agency outreach communication efforts to promote efficacy, effectiveness and education of the COVID-19 vaccine, and allow service members to hear from their peers why they chose to be administered the available vaccine.
6 The day after Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton received an initial shipment of Moderna COVID vaccine, Dec. 22, 2020, doses were being administered to anxious staff members.
Perhaps no others were more relieved, encouraged, and appreciative than the command public health emergency officers present for the occasion.
Using a football analogy, Dr. Dan Frederick, NMRTC Bremerton public health emergency officer (PHEO) remarked, “for ten month we’ve been playing defense against this virus. Now it feels like we’re finally on the offense.”
Leveling the playing field in an advantageous position was what Frederick and other public health experts do.
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