**Training Exercise - November 5**

Staff serving onboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point will conduct required annual Active Shooter training on Wednesday, November 5, from 3:00 P.M. to approximately 4:30 P.M. that will directly impact patient services.  Training will include role players, simulated casualties, and emergency responders.
 

  • All patient services will end no later than 3:00 P.M. and will not resume until 07:30 A.M. on Thursday, November 06.
  • Walk-In services in Patient Records, Immunizations, and Optometry will serve their last patient no later than 2:00 P.M.
  • The last ticket at the Pharmacy and Lab will be issued no later than 14:30.


The clinic will return to normal operating status on Thursday, November 06.

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Hospital Corpsman Second Class Ashlyn Sanders is the Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Sailor of the Year for 2024. Sanders serves aboard the clinic as the Leading Petty Officer for the Preventative Medicine Department.

Dec. 31, 2024

Hospital Corpsman Second Class Ashlyn Sanders: Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Sailor of the Year for 2024

MCAS Cherry Point — Hospital Corpsman Second Class Ashlyn Sanders finds her work aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point meaningful because of the impact she and her team have on base and local communities.

Mr. Joseph Farland, right, at his retirement ceremony conducted Friday, December 13, 2024 aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point. Farland, a native of Falmouth, Massachusetts, served over 30 years with the U.S. Navy, retiring from active duty after 26 years as a Senior Chief Petty Officer another ten years with the clinic as the Emergency Manager, Anti-Terrorism Officer and Force Protection Officer.

Dec. 31, 2024

“Why Serve Around Sailors? ‘I am One” Cherry Point Clinic Celebrates Service, Retirement of Mr. Joseph Farland

MCAS Cherry Point — Sailors and Civilians serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point bid a fond Fair Winds and Following Seas to a staff member whose combined service to the U.S. Navy totals over three decades.

Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ty Hunziker receives the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his service aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point from October to December 2024. Hunziker, who is currently assigned to Naval Hospital Jacksonville, volunteered to serve as a Surgical Technologist in the Cherry Point clinic’s Ambulatory Procedure Unit. During that, he trained two new Surgical Technicians and completed over 100 surgical cases.

Dec. 16, 2024

Fair Winds and Following Seas: Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ty Hunziker

MCAS Cherry Point — Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point bid Fair Winds and Following Seas to Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ty Hunziker on Friday December 13.

Hospitalman Ma. Angeline Viernes is Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point’s Blue Jacket of the Year for 2024. Viernes advises other Sailors to remain committed to excellence in all tasks no matter if they are large or small.

Dec. 11, 2024

Hospitalman Ma. Angeline Viernes: Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Blue Jacket of the Year for 2024

MCAS Cherry Point — Hospitalman Ma. Angeline Viernes finds meaning in her Navy Medicine career through the direct impact she and her peers have on the well-being of patients visiting Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point.

Mr. John Pick, left, and his wife Amanda share a passion to honor America’s deceased service members every holiday season through their volunteer work with Wreaths Across America. Both serve aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, John as a General Schedule Financial Technician and Amanda as a contracted Supply Technician.

Dec. 4, 2024

“It is our duty to honor all our veterans past and present.” Cherry Point Couple Volunteers, Honors America’s Deceased Service Members

MCAS Cherry Point — An MCAS Cherry Point couple serving aboard the base’s medical clinic share a passion for honoring America’s deceased service members every holiday season.

Hospital Corpsman Second Class Peyton Cummins will attend Officer Candidate School in early 2025 to continue his service in the United States Navy as an officer. Cummins currently serves aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point as Leading Petty Officer, Directorate of Public Health Services.

Dec. 2, 2024

I Am Navy Medicine; Hospital Corpsman Second Class Peyton Cummins

MCAS Cherry Point — A Corpsman serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point is about to take the biggest step of his career and become a Navy officer.

Lt. Cmdr. Jake Wittenauer, DSc- PA-C, Deputy Director of Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point’s Medical Services, right, uses a banana to demonstrate proper suturing to Corpsmen serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point on Friday, November 15. Wittenauer’s demonstration was part of a class teaching the Corpsmen how to properly suture a wound closed utilizing bananas their thick and easy-to-pierce skin and the ability to distinguish the skin from the fruit.

Nov. 18, 2024

“Patience, Precision and Repetition” Cherry Point Corpsmen Attend Suture School

MCAS Cherry Point — Bananas, needles and thread were crucial to improving Navy Corpsmen’s skills during a class held Friday, November 15 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

Lieutenant Junior Grade James Cramer serves in the Patient Centered Medical Home Port aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point providing care to service members assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and their families. He was presented the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during a ceremony Wednesday, October 30 for his service as a Staff Nurse at Naval Hospital Bremerton in Washington state. There, Cramer led a 16-person team delivering care while improving the hospital’s onboarding procedures.

Nov. 7, 2024

I am Navy Medicine: Lieutenant Junior Grade James Cramer

MCAS Cherry Point — Lieutenant Junior Grade James Cramer serves in the Patient Centered Medical Home Port aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point providing care to service members assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and their families.

Sailors recognized with "Of the Quarter" honors were, from left to right, Hospitalman Geovanne Burke as Bluejacket of the Quarter, Hospital Corpsman Second Class Holly Bew as Sailor of the Quarter, Hospital Corpsman First Class Robert Pilat as Senior Sailor of the Quarter and Hospital Corpsman Third Class Cynthia Filpo Cepeda as Junior Sailor of the Quarter. (not pictured)

Nov. 1, 2024

Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Honors Service, Accomplishment at October Awards Ceremony

MCAS Cherry Point — Sailors and civilians serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point celebrated the accomplishments of their peers Wednesday, October 30, 2024, during an awards ceremony.

Petty Officer First Class Emily Page, left, embraces Petty Officer Second Class Vanessa Schofield after pinning her new rank upon her during a ceremony celebrating her meritorious advancement Tuesday, October 1, 2024 aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point. Both Scofield and Page received meritorious promotions during the surprise ceremony.

Oct. 4, 2024

Cherry Point Sailors Receive Meritorious Promotions

MCAS Cherry Point — Two Sailors serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point meritoriously advanced in rank Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

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