Two Soldiers graduated from Phase II of the Army’s 68K Medical Laboratory Specialist Course at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital on Oct. 27, completing 26 weeks of clinical training in the hospital’s Department of Pathology. Spc. Christian I. Bell and Pfc. Fredy J. Munoz Ordonez trained across key laboratory disciplines, including hematology, ...

Under the Pacific Air Forces, the 673d Medical Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson provides healthcare for more than 34,000 women. At this epicenter of medical services is a first-of-its-kind clinic specifically designed to educate, treat and improve the lives of these women. From active duty to dependents and beyond, the JBER Women’s Mid-Life ...

Leaders and clinical specialists from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center met with counterparts from the Netherlands Central Military Hospital and the Institute for Defense Cooperation with Civilian Hospitals in Utrecht Oct 15–16 for a reciprocal key leader engagement and familiarization visit. The engagement built upon an evolving relationship that ...

During a series of orientation visits in September, Capt. Joshua A. Miller, commanding officer, U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Yokosuka (USNMRTC Yokosuka), and director, U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka (USNH Yokosuka), met with leaders from Japanese medical facilities that support the U.S. Navy community in the Kanto region.

The path to becoming a military doctor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences runs through its F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, the nation’s only federal military medical school. You apply through the American Medical College Application Service the summer before you want to start, pass a military medical ...

A newly trained military surgeon may deploy to a location where no other surgeon is on site, and possibly no other physician. The medics, nurses, and technicians there look to that surgeon for direction. With limited supplies, staff, and support, the surgeon works far from the resources of a conventional hospital.

The Wiesbaden Veterinary Treatment Facility, an element of Veterinary Readiness Activity Rheinland-Pfalz, joined forces with the 525th Military Police Detachment, the Wiesbaden Army Health Clinic, and host-nation partner security personnel for a comprehensive Canine Tactical Combat Casualty Care and casualty evacuation training exercise.

Lt. Cmdr. Scott Berkheimer, a pediatrician at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, was named Navy Pediatrician of the Year by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Uniformed Services in October 2026, recognizing his professional accomplishments and dedication to caring for military-connected children and families. Berkheimer provides comprehensive ...

Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River is celebrating National Pharmacy Week by highlighting its award-winning team, led by Defense Health Agency Supervisory Pharmacist of the Year Leslie Ann Jago. Operating across three locations, the team dispenses more than 94,000 prescriptions annually, driving operational readiness and patient safety through ...

A High-Flying Career, Suddenly Grounded For Staff Sgt. Michael Murphy, who enlisted in 2011, the Army was a calling. Despite having what he jokingly called a "nerd MOS" flying drones, Murphy embraced a "Soldier first" mentality

Getting patients to the right care during a mass casualty incident requires a coordinated response across hospital teams, first responders and regional medical partners. Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital and Fort Polk response partners met Oct. 15 to review lessons from a previous exercise and identify improvements in communication, casualty ...

At Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, healthcare quality is a daily priority that supports patient safety, readiness, and positive outcomes for Military Health System beneficiaries. Walter Reed staff members focus daily on protecting those who protect the nation, and their work reflects the hospital’s mission of “one team optimizing health, ...

National Veterinary Technician Week is celebrated every year in the third week of October by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America and the American Veterinary Medical Association, to recognize the work that veterinary technicians provide.

TRICARE Open Season begins Monday, Nov. 9. If you’re eligible for TRICARE, this is your chance to enroll in a health plan or change plans for coverage that starts Jan. 1, 2027. You can make eligible changes through Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Hearing a driver shout, “Help, my wife is having a baby!” was not how Patrizia Brown, a certified nursing assistant in the Women’s Health Clinic at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, expected to start her morning Oct. 7. But at about 7 a.m., as Brown was leaving the parking garage, she heard the call for help and a car hon and sprang into action, ...