There’s one primary difference between a Defense Health Agency military treatment facility such as Naval Hospital Bremerton and any civilian equivalent in healthcare delivery. “We go to war,” said Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, to a packed auditorium. Dr. Ferrara toured Naval Hospital Bremerton as ...

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Jessica Hernandez, the Physical Evaluation Board Liaison at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, was recognized for her exceptional contributions to medical readiness and disability case management across the command.

Five of the U.S. Army’s newest nurses graduated from the Evans Army Community Hospital Clinical Nurse Transition Program in a ceremony on Friday, July 11, 2025. The Clinical Nurse Transition Program offers new nurses over 800 hours of hands-on, precepted clinical experience, combined with 48 hours of focused didactic education and seminars.

At Cadet Summer Training in Fort Knox, Kentucky, on July 8, 2024, Military Intelligence Officer U.S. Army Maj. John Howell of the Washington Army National Guard made his debut as a volunteer with the Salute to Life initiative — an event dedicated to helping soldiers with blood disorders find lifesaving bone marrow and stem cell donors.

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Pamela Miller, medical 0fficer of the U.S. Marine Corps and vice chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for Reserve Policy and Integration, visited multiple Navy Medicine facilities across Southern California this week, reinforcing the importance of medical force generation—whether by supporting the transformation of recruits ...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton changed command on July 11, 2025, during a ceremony held in the Medal of Honor Promenade of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

At Kenner Army Health Clinic, high-quality patient care begins long before a doctor enters the room. Behind every working vital signs monitor, infusion pump, and imaging machine is a team of experts who ensure the technology is accurate, reliable, and safe to use.

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 ...

The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases recently demonstrated its ability to rapidly deploy a comprehensive biosurveillance capability overseas as part of African Lion 2025, U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual joint exercise.

The Uniformed Services University’s 14th Enlisted to Medical School Preparatory Program class begins two-year academic journey towards medical school.

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.

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

While deployed to Syria as a construction engineer supervisor, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Earlie Brown experienced agonizing eye pain but tried to push through it. The military physician assigned to his base knew he wasn’t fine and took action for an immediate medical evacuation to save Brown’s sight.

When the order comes, U.S. Army units must be ready to go. Army Medical Logistics Command did its part to answer the call during a recent emergency deployment readiness exercise, conducted by U.S. Army Central Command.