The passion for learning, growth, and excellence propelled registered nurse 1st Lt. Hannah Melkun, who is in her final year of the United States Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing, to become involved in research. She was then selected by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology to represent Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC) at the ...

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kristine Timmerman, a nurse at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, simply says she became a nurse “to serve.” That sentiment is shared among many of the nurses at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center who ensure that the surgical journey of each patient at “The President’s Hospital” is as comfortable and ...

Each year the Armed Services YMCA presents the “Angel of the Battlefield Award” to a heroic enlisted medical professional from each branch of the Armed Services. For 2023, the Army recipient of this award was U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ta'Quesha Abson, currently at the Medical Readiness Brigade, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

In the corridors of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), a nurse quietly goes about her duties, but the story of her journey is nothing short of extraordinary.

Growing up, The Hunt for Red October, a thrilling 1990s cinematic adventure starring Alec Baldwin as CIA analyst Jack Ryan, captured the attention and imagination of U.S. Navy Lt. Claire Burke, who briefly flirted with the idea of becoming an intelligence analyst before pursing her naval nursing career.

The fall and winter months tend to be the time when most people are sick with respiratory illnesses, like the cold, flu and COVID-19, though these can happen anytime of the year.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brandi Branch, 374th Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Clinic flight commander, is one of only 37 people from 22 countries that received the Florence Nightingale Medal this year from the International Red Cross—the highest recognition of medical service a nurse can be awarded for extraordinary courage, devotion, service, and ...

U.S. Army Major Abigail Cooper’s many injures as a child led her to a career in health care that has culminated with her being assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as the nursing service chief.

The Defense Health Agency recognized Women’s Equality Day, the celebration of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, on August 10 with a virtual presentation about the history of women in military medicine.

For the first time in U.S. Air National Guard history, a clinical nurse took command as director of the ANG Medical Service Office of the Air Surgeon at the ANG Readiness Center on Joint Base Andrews.

As a young Army nurse at her first duty station in the intensive care unit at Fort Dix, New Jersey, then U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Clara Leach would go home each day and think about ways to improve her job performance. She was struggling at the time to get her work done and didn't understand why.

The Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 expired at the end of May 11. You might be wondering what this means about the state of COVID-19 or if there are changes to your TRICARE coverage.

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), May 13 in Key West, Florida.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center celebrates the 115th Birthday for the U.S. Navy Nurse Corp. as part of WRNMMC’s National Nurse Week celebration. National Nurse Week is a weeklong event that celebrates and acknowledges nurses and the hard and selfless work they put in, in service of their patients.

Two military nurses may have taken different paths to their chosen profession, but their stories share common ground.