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Picture By William Epperson | Portsmouth, Va. (Nov. 26, 2025) Navy Drugs Readiness Coaching Command (NMRTC)…… read more read more
Picture By William Epperson | Portsmouth, Va. (Nov. 26, 2025) Navy Drugs Readiness Coaching Command (NMRTC) Portsmouth held its inaugural Tidewater Basic Flag Soccer Problem on Nov. 22 bringing collectively medical personnel from items throughout the Tidewater space. The occasion pitted Sailors and Marines from NMRTC Portsmouth towards Troopers and Airmen from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in a pleasant flag soccer recreation held at Naval Medical Middle Portsmouth (NMCP). The occasion aimed to foster comradery between instructions and increase morale for instructions within the space. After bringing the sport to time beyond regulation, Eustis-Langley’s group “Falcon” got here out victorious with a closing rating of 12-6, and their head coach, Airman 1st Class Quincy Owens, catching the profitable cross. see less | View Image Page
NMRTC’s Tidewater Basic Flag Soccer Sport Brings Communities Collectively in Unprecedented Joint-Navy Occasion
Story by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas Boatright
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (November 26, 2025) There are various methods to carry a neighborhood collectively, however nothing builds comradery like a pleasant problem. Navy Drugs Readiness Coaching Command (NMRTC) Portsmouth held its inaugural Tidewater Basic Flag Soccer Problem on Nov. 22 bringing collectively medical personnel from items throughout the Tidewater space. Regardless of inclement climate circumstances, over 500 service members and households attended the occasion.
The occasion pitted Sailors and Marines from NMRTC Portsmouth towards Troopers and Airmen from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in a pleasant flag soccer recreation held at Naval Medical Middle Portsmouth (NMCP). The occasion aimed to foster comradery between instructions and increase morale for instructions within the space.
“I really like occasions like this; the vacation occasions will be laborious for some individuals, so to have an occasion like that is simply a tremendous morale booster,” mentioned Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Charles Nallie, the offensive captain for NMRTC Portsmouth’s flag soccer group, “Cast”, and vice chairman of the Tidewater Basic Affiliation. “It permits individuals to be aggressive, carry their households and luxuriate in an occasion. That doesn’t occur too usually.”
Nallie mentioned his group would meet up for 2 hours each Tuesday and Thursday to follow for the sport, with an occasional Saturday follow when potential. They’d follow performs, do drills and skirmish towards one another. He’s wanting ahead to future occasions like this and hopes that the occasion will probably be saved as a practice lengthy after he leaves the command.
“This [game] served as a tremendous alternative to carry the medical therapy amenities within the Tidewater space collectively,” mentioned Lt. William Ferguson, head coach of Group Cast, and advisor to the planning committee for the occasion. “We collectively made historical past that Saturday; the regional impression from this joint navy occasion is unprecedented right here at NMRTC Portsmouth. If not for the rain, I feel we might have had 700 – 800 individuals in attendance for the sport.”
After bringing the sport to time beyond regulation, Eustis-Langley’s group “Falcon” got here out victorious with a closing rating of 12-6, and their head coach, Airman 1st Class Quincy Owens, catching the profitable cross.
“I really feel like we did an incredible job regardless of the quantity of follow time and rain,” mentioned Owens. “I additionally really feel like our togetherness is what held us sturdy via the rain showers, which finally lead us to the win.”
NMRTC Portsmouth is the premier readiness and coaching platform that gives superior medical coaching for navy medical service members on the U.S. navy’s oldest, repeatedly working navy hospital, since 1830. NMCP, a nationally acclaimed state-of-the-art navy therapy facility, together with the realm’s 10 department well being and TRICARE Prime Clinics and offers medical take care of warfighters and their households. It additionally helps premier analysis and instructing applications designed to arrange new docs, nurses and hospital corpsman for fight operations and public well being crises.
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