At U.S. Army Sustainment Command headquarters, the Office of the Surgeon works hard to ensure soldiers and deployed personnel are in tiptop shape to complete its worldwide missions.

Eight Army Reserve soldiers from various downtrace units under the Pinellas Park, Florida-based Army Reserve Medical Command competed against 17 Army Reserve soldiers of the Gillem Enclave, Georgia-based 3rd Theater Medical Command during the AR-MEDCOM and 3rd TMC Best Squad Competition held here, from March 24, 2025, to March 30, 2025.

Leadership is often measured by experience, decision-making, and the ability to guide a team through the most challenging times. It is found in the quiet moments of compassion, the unwavering resilience in the face of adversity, and the deep commitment to patients and peers. Few embody these qualities so wholly, which is why Naval Hospital (NH) ...

One of the Defense Department's core priorities is restoring the warrior ethos across the military. Ensuring service men and women are in good mental health is one of the fastest ways to ensure warfighters are ready and focused on the important missions that lie ahead.

In the wake of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Southeast Asia on March 28, personnel from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences sprang into action to support emergency medical response efforts at Bangkok’s Phramongkutklao Hospital.

Imagine prepping for a complex surgery, only to discover a crucial piece of equipment is missing—thousands of miles from home. That's the challenge the U.S. Air Force operating room team faced during a recent medical mission to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. They knew they needed a readily available, sterile, and flexible material—the type found in ...

At Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Yasmin Freckleton is proving that resilience is a way of life for the Air Force.

At Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, training isn’t just a requirement-it’s a mission imperative. Supporting the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, BJACH is equipping its medical teams with the skills and confidence needed to deliver world-class care at home and in combat.

When a space module carrying astronauts splashes down, a joint recovery team from the Department of Defense and NASA springs into action. The two organizations have collaborated on multiple missions throughout the years, prioritizing speed and, most importantly, safety.

This editorial discusses the U.S. Department of Defense Global Respiratory Pathogen Surveillance Program, a cornerstone of U.S. Department of Defense respiratory disease surveillance, and its surveillance network of 115 active sentinel sites in addition to other participating sites, deployed locations, and partner laboratories across the globe.

Reportable medical events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System and are reported monthly in MSMR.

For over 200 years, the U.S. military has consistently utilized the best data it could collect, analyze, and disseminate, to protect the health and lives of its personnel, improve current medical knowledge and practice, and advance scientific discovery.

This retrospective analysis examines HIV antibody seropositivity rates in the U.S. Armed Forces and characterizes shifts in the epidemiological profile of HIV cases during the course of the evolving HIV epidemic.

Throughout its 30-year history, MSMR has continuously sought to improve its content with the ultimate goal of providing its readers with unbiased, scientifically rigorous, evidence-based information on the current status, trends, and determinants of the physical and mental health of U.S. military service members.

This brief article describes how the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) worked collaboratively with local partners to discover an effective treatment for scrub typhus, a deadly illness that killed thousands of Allied soldiers in the Pacific during World War II.