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Mr. Derek Murray, PE, CSSBB, MSEM, left, introduces service members and civilians to the fundamentals of Lean Six Sigma Green Belt on January 28, 2025 aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point. Murray taught the five-day-long class to equip students with the knowledge to improve processes and reduce waste at facilities aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

Feb. 4, 2025

Driving Innovation and Reducing Waste: Cherry Point Service Members, Civilians Complete Lean Six Sigma Training

MCAS Cherry Point — Members of the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point community are now better prepared to improve processes and reduce waste after attending a weeklong course held aboard the base in late January 2025.

Navy Lieutenant Kristin Thompson served four years aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, ending her service as Department Head of the facility’s Patient Centered Medical Home. During her time at the clinic, Thompson assisted her colleagues by leading focus groups and improving the delivery of women’s health services through the establishment of a walk-in contraceptive clinic. As the Director of PCMH, she oversaw 64 staff members providing healthcare to over 10,000 patients annually. Thompson was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal on Thursday, January 30 in recognition of her outstanding service and expertise.

Feb. 4, 2025

I Am Navy Medicine: Lieutenant Kristin Thompson

MCAS Cherry Point — Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point will soon bid Fair Winds and Following Seas to a U.S. Navy Lieutenant whose dedication and innovation ensured families of active-duty service members and retirees received exceptional patient care aboard the facility.

Hospital Corpsman First Class Gabriela Tseh is the Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Senior Sailor of the Year for 2024. Tseh serves aboard the clinic as the Pharmacy Technician Leading Petty Officer.

Dec. 31, 2024

Hospital Corpsman First Class Gabriela Tseh: Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Senior Sailor of the Year for 2024

MCAS Cherry Point — Hospital Corpsman First Class Gabriela Tseh strives to lead by example and show her peers and junior Sailors aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point that dedication to making a difference is difficult but rewarding work.

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.

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