A future Navy physician and portrait artist, EMDP2 student Shokoufeh Shadabi brings a painter's eye for observation to military medicine.

For 15 years, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Andy Archer lived with a relentless, everyday companion — a pounding headache.

The AFMS, in coordination with the Department of War’s Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, has been developing front-line behavioral health support training offered to Air Force medics, mental health technicians, chaplains and other non-mental health personnel who adhere to clinical practice guidelines in forward and austere environments.

Brooke Army Medical Center has earned the Leapfrog Full Transparency Badge, recognizing the hospital's commitment to publicly reporting information about patient safety and quality through the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey.

In a significant milestone for naval medical capabilities, Navy Medicine conducted its first Operational Readiness Evaluation, marking two historic milestones, the first ORE of an Expeditionary Medical Unit and the first afloat ORE for any Navy expeditionary medical team. This critical exercise is designed to test and validate the integration of ...

U.S. Air Force students participating in the Aeromedical Evacuation Patient Staging Course with the 937th Training Squadron learned how to safely prepare, secure, and transport patients aboard military aircraft during contingency and deployment operations at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis on June 22, 2026. The training teaches medical officers and ...

Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented the Purple Heart to six service members — four retired, one on active duty and one receiving it posthumously — during a ceremony today in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.

A routine patrol through the Columbia Metro took an unexpected turn when Soldiers with the Arkansas National Guard responded to a civilian experiencing a medical emergency.

Uniformed Services University medical students deploy globally to master combat casualty care and build military readiness.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Carrie Howe had difficulty beginning and managing tasks with anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder — but a mixed reality game at the Immersive Health Care Technology Demo Day challenged her to move, react and engage with activities.

Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton was recently certified by NASA to unleash the Disorientation Research Device, commonly known as the "Kraken," as a research and training platform for the Artemis Human Landing System Lunar Landing Skills curriculum.

Navy Lt. Kathleen Carter was working as a labor and delivery nurse in the multiservice ward at U.S. Naval Hospital Rota when an ordinary shift became a life-changing emergency.

When a life is on the line, experience and practice matter. That's why Soldiers from Det 1, Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, General Support Aviation Battalion, spent two weeks training with flight Paramedics at Boston MedFlight at Hanscom Air Field.

Munson Army Health Center Soldiers who tested their medical skills in realistic battlefield conditions earlier this summer are now passing those lessons to others across the organization.

For the medical teams supporting the historic Artemis II recovery mission this past April, success meant preparing for every possible outcome.