Amidst the Black Women's History Month celebration observed in April, the story of one woman’s journey from enlisted ranks to commissioned officer symbolizes an indomitable spirit and steadfast devotion to duty.

Competing against 13 other sailors representing their respective commands throughout the Naval Medical Forces Pacific region, the 31-year-old U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Peter Munoz was named as the Senior Sailor of the Year for Naval Medical Forces Pacific on April 4, 2024.

As we wrap up National Blood Donor Month, learn more about the history of blood donations on the battlefield and the incredible work of the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP).

Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six commemorated 75 years of exemplary service in force health protection on March 27, 2024, honoring a legacy of unparalleled achievements.

Nearly 80-years after being declared missing in action during World War II, U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Henry L. Stevens, of Monroe, Alabama, has been accounted for.

Traumatic brain injuries, one of the invisible wounds of war, affect many in the military and civilian populations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1.7 million people sustain TBIs annually, and since 2000, over 490,000 service members have sustained a TBI.

On the morning of March 20, 1969, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Tommy Vickers, stationed in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, was looking for his friend and fellow corpsman after Viet Cong had run over their positions at An Hoa.

"Do your best at what is at hand. Value how you do it with the people around you, make it a positive experience.”

The Navy physicians and surgeons assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton took a brief respite to recognize their Navy Medical Corps 153rd birthday, March 4, 2024.

The annual Military Health System Excellence Awards were presented to leaders from across the MHS in a ceremony at the 2024 annual meeting of AMSUS, the Society of Federal Health Professionals, held in National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 15.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Angie Carper, Madigan Army Medical Center, representing Medical Readiness Command, Pacific, won the 2024 Medical Command Career Counselor of the Year. The award was announced in a ceremony Feb. 15, 2024, at MEDCOM headquarters on Fort Sam Houston. This is the second time Carper has received this award.

On Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darin Via, the Navy surgeon general, Governor of Maryland Wes Moore, Dawn Moore, the first lady of Maryland, and U.S. Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, commanding officer of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, took part in a dedication ceremony to celebrate the ...

The first-ever U.S. Coast Guardsmen graduated from the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Interservice Physician Assistant Program in a ceremony at the hospital Feb. 1, 2024.

Join us for a free, special Presidents Day Tour at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. This free, docent-led introductory tour highlights the remarkable changes in American medicine over the past 160 years, with a special focus on military medicine. Open to everyone with no RSVP required!

After more than a year of research and application, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Forensic Pathology Investigations division recently received its accreditation through the National Association of Medical Examiners.