The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Services Policy and Oversight returned to her alma mater to impart valuable insights from her extensive career.

In a ceremony steeped in U.S. Army tradition and heartfelt reflection, U.S. Army Col. Patrick W. Miller assumed command of Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital on June 11 at the Bayou Theater. He succeeds U.S. Army Col. Alisa R. Wilma, who led the hospital for the past two years.

The sky was never the limit for Col. Christopher Borchardt, it was a lifetime calling.

For soldiers suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center and the STRONG STAR program provides access to the latest, most innovative care available for the treatment of this common warfighting mental health condition.

Air Force Medical Readiness Command leadership visited the 319th Medical Group at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., June 3, 2025.

The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort arrived in St. George’s, Grenada, to provide a variety of medical treatments to include: dental, family medicine, internal medicine, optometry, nursing, pharmacy, biomedical repair, lab, radiology, X-ray and veterinary medicine as a part of Continuing Promise 2025, June 9, 2025.

During a comprehensive exercise held on May 3, 2025, airmen from the 183d Medical Group donned full Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear, simulating response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats. The exercise required participants to perform medical triage, casualty evacuation, and decontamination procedures—all while ...

“I believe the main difference between hospital corpsmen and Army or Air Force medics is the scope of their responsibilities within the medical field. From my deployment experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, I observed that medics in the Army and Air Force are often trained to perform specific, limited tasks,” said U.S. Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman ...

The landscape of bacterial health threats is ever evolving and poses a significant risk to the readiness of the U.S. military, whose members are frequently exposed to bacteria through combat injuries and deployments to overseas locations.

The Naval Medical Forces Development Command is enhancing the Navy’s expeditionary forces’ ability to provide critical en-route medical care by establishing a new U.S. Navy enlisted classification—Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic.

As Exercise Global Medic, the medical component of Operation Mojave Falcon 25, kicks off, the 934th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment highlights its vital role in providing rapid, life-saving care in austere environments while supporting the U.S. Army’s readiness and modernization of battlefield medicine.

Hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in 2006 while on his third combat tour in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Col. Kenneth Dwyer said, “I am only here today because of the dedication, excellence, and commitment of practitioners of military medicine, and especially, nurses.” The commander of the leader training brigade at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Dwyer ...

After 14 years in the U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Staff Sgt. Justin Callison learned many things, not the least of which is setting the example. “You always want to be there, motivate the troops you lead, and set a positive outlook. The troops see you doing it, whatever it is,” said Callison.

The Military Health System Communications and Public Affairs Division announced on June 4, 2025, the winner of the 2024 Kevin M. Dwyer Memorial Media Relations Awards.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s refractive surgery center provides care to enhance the operational readiness of active duty service members.