Soldiers from the Joint Base San Antonio Soldier Recovery Unit competed in the Joint Base-San Antonio Adaptive Sports Camp Nov. 12-21, 2025.

Congratulations to Robert Torres III, a Certified Surgical Technologist in Keller Army Community Hospital’s (KACH) Department of Surgery, who was selected as a 2025 Fellow of the Association of Surgical Technologists (FAST) and recognized during the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) Surgical Technology Conference, in Orlando, June 5-7, 2025.

Veterinarians and veterinary care technicians from Veterinary readiness Activity, Rheinland Pfalz facilitated a training exercise focused on helicopter medical evacuation familiarization for the 525th Military Police Detachment in Wiesbaden on Dec 2.

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country using evidence-based measures of patient safety focused exclusively on errors, accidents, ...

The Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomed Capt. Laurie Chavez to the team as director of the Education and Training Directorate Sept. 12, 2025.

Following a pause during the pandemic, Uniformed Services University nursing students have resumed clinical rotations in American Samoa to gain critical experience in resource-limited health care.

U.S. Army Medical Department Activity-Japan/Brig. Gen. Crawford F. Sams Health Clinic hosted Army Brig. Gen. Deydre Teyhen, commanding general of Medical Readiness Pacific and director of Defense Health Network-Indo Pacific, along with Army Command Sgt. Maj. Mike Contreras, during a three-day visit Sept. 24-26.

U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka launched its 2025 influenza vaccination season in October with mass vaccination events at Ikego and additional clinics across the main base of Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka. These annual events are a cornerstone of the hospital’s preventive health mission, protecting the readiness and well-being of service members, ...

Aboard the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort, the Radiology Department turned lessons from a mass-casualty drill into a powerful example of the Navy’s Get Real, Get Better culture of continuous improvement.

Bringing together leaders in military medicine, research, and patient care, the John P. Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center recently hosted its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Summit at the Uniformed Services University.

The Defense Health Agency announced 18 military hospitals received an "A" rating in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assessment for fall 2025. These high grades reflect DHA’s commitment to transparency and continuous improvement in providing high-quality care to its patients.

Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah Loudon walked across the stage for the University of Minnesota’s August white coat ceremony. The tradition symbolizes her commitment to patient-centered care as an aspiring physician but also validates a new pathway for military medics transitioning into civilian medicine.

When Hospital Cor, behavioral health technician was recognized as his command’s Sailor of the Year, that announcement was just the precursor to an additional - and unexpected – accolade.

Sailors with En-Route Care System (ERCS) 52 and ERCS 53 participated in en-route care training conducted by the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) in coordination with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) August 12-19, 2025.

As the race to control the Arctic intensifies, more research is focused on how to optimize service member performance in the extreme cold, where lack of sleep and appetite, altitude and equipment issues can all affect a warfighter's ability to function.