In Minnesota’s harsh winter conditions, 70 airmen from 37 Air National Guard wings participated in a cold weather operations course at Camp Ripley. Three aerospace medical technicians, or medics, and a physician assistant were on hand, 24/7, to provide mobile medical support.

Tripler Army Medical Center is leading the way in training combat medics, enhancing their skills and improving their ability to provide prologoned casualty care under field conditions.

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune earned reverification as a Level III Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma.

The 2025 update to the Clinical Practice Guideline on the Rehabilitation of Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation, a collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense with oversight through the Defense Health Agency’s Office of Evidence Based Practice, was released in January 2025. The guideline offers important ...

During a recorded, on-camera address from the Pentagon on Feb. 24, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth discussed his priorities of strengthening the military by cutting fiscal fraud, waste, and abuse at the Department of Defense while also finding ways to refocus the department's budget.

U.S. Army medics from the 67th Armored Regiment provided medical treatment to NATO allies after a traffic accident in January 2025. The accident occurred near the Drowsko Pomorskie Training Center in Poland.

U.S. Army Col. Amy Hadsall, the chief nurse of the U.S. Army Forces Command, shared a compelling message of encountering a wounded Marine while in combat at the 124th Army Nurse Corp Birthday Celebration. The event was held at Womack Army Medical Center in Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

The Joint Outpatient Experience Survey recognized Kirk Army Health Clinic’s physical therapy clinic as top specialty care clinic in the 4th Quarter Best of the Best rankings.

The U.S. Army 65th Medical Brigade hosted senior leaders from the Republic of Korea Army on Feb. 6 for a briefing and walk-through at the 135th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment. The visit highlighted the ongoing partnership between U.S. and ROK medical forces and their efforts to modernize battlefield medical capabilities.

Using dynamic MRI, Dr. Dzung Pham's research at USU's School of Medicine explores how skull acceleration during traumatic brain injuries affects brain deformation and injury mechanisms, aiming to improve diagnosis, treatment, and protective gear design for TBI patients.

First aid for the mind is a critical need in the wake of traumatic events. At the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, the behavioral health department from Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital plays a vital role in supporting Soldiers, Families, and civilian personnel in the recovery process.

Housed in Building 59 at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, the Uniformed Services University medical innovations student lab is a hub of creativity and invention for medical students. Here, students are not just learning—they are designing, building, and transforming ideas into tangible solutions.

The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Organ Support and Automation Technologies team is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory on new device that recognizes and maps the location of regional nerve bundles on the patient’s body.

As if being a world leader in understanding and utilizing DNA wasn’t a high-enough achievement, the Department of Defense DNA Operations division within the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System has set the bar to a whole new level.

Combat medics with the Oregon National Guard are adapting their battlefield medicine skills for large-scale combat operations through innovative training that includes drone-delivered medical supplies at Camp Rilea, Oregon.