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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.

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July 16, 2025

Airman Honored for Heroism After Saving Pilot and Passenger Following Plane Crash

Air Force Staff Sgt. Bram Sanders, a medic with the 181st Medical Group Search and Extraction element assigned to the 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package, Indiana National Guard participates in training at a simulated disaster site during a pre-external evaluation sustainment year collective training event

Indiana State Fire Marshal Steve Jones presented U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bram Sanders, a medic from the 181st Medical Group, assigned to the 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package, Medical Element element, with the Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Heroic Life Saving Award during a ...

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July 14, 2025

An Expanding Force: Aeromedical Nurse Practitioners Elevate Flight Medicine Readiness

Aeromedical nurse practitioners with the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron, attend the Global Medicine Symposium

Midway through a training mission, a pilot begins experiencing blurred vision and disorientation—symptoms that could signal a serious underlying issue. An aeromedical nurse practitioner quickly assesses the situation, stabilizes the pilot, and clears them—or grounds them—with confidence, protecting both the airman and the mission.

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July 11, 2025

Top 5 Tips to Eat for Tough Training

Military personnel on a ruck march

Having a healthy, nutritious regimen is important on days of exercising, training, or working in a physically stressful work environment.

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July 10, 2025

USNS Comfort: Changing Lives

Jesus Medina smiles for a photo with his mother after a surgery aboard the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort during Continuing Promise 2025

For three years, Jesús, a local bus driver from Colón, Panama, wore a cap to hide the large, painful scars on his ears. The disfigurement was a lingering reminder of a devastating vehicle accident that changed his life. Aboard the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort, he received reconstructive surgery that marked a new beginning, thanks to a ...

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July 9, 2025

The Force Behind the Force: How the Air Force Medical Corps Keeps the Mission Moving

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Across the Department of the Air Force, the Air Force Medical Service functions as an integrated system of corps, each with a specific role in delivering a medically ready force and a prepared medical team. Whether stabilizing trauma in a contested zone, training and equipping medics, or providing care at home while teams deploy, these corps enable ...

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