Leaders from across the U.S. Army, international partners, industry, and academia descended on the Hampton Roads Convention Center from May 12th through May 14th for the annual Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) Symposium.

For the fifth consecutive cycle, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earned a Leapfrog “A” Hospital Safety Grade, this for Spring 2026, Defense Health Agency officials announced May 6.

Medical Readiness Command, Europe (MRC, EUR) bid farewell to its commanding general and welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony May 13 at Sembach Kaserne, Germany.

USU’s 2026 Graduate Education Awards Ceremony honors the quiet endurance and vital discoveries of military medicine’s rising scientists, health professions educators, clinical psychologists, and public health professionals.

Maj. Erika B. Page, an emergency medicine physician assigned to the Arizona Army National Guard’s 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, was the U.S. Army Honoree at the 2026 Hero of Military Medicine Award that is sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for her leadership, courage and medical expertise during combat operations and humanitarian service.

Military medical leaders, professionals, and civilians who advance warfighter health were recognized at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation’s Heroes of Military Medicine Awards for “laying the next foundation stones, and reinforcing the very groundwork of military medicine for generations to come,” said Keith Bass, assistant secretary of war for health ...

The Philippine Air Force and U.S. Air Force, alongside partners from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, and Royal Canadian Air Force, conducted multilateral medical training during Exercise Balikatan 2026 to advance patient movement capabilities, foster interoperability and expand expeditionary medical care experience.

Cmdr. Vince Deguzman, a Navy Medical Service Corps officer and the director for clinical support services at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, was recognized April 20, 2026, as one of two healthcare leaders with the 2026 Federal Healthcare Executive Award.

The 60th Medical Group at David Grant USAF Medical Center is enhancing mission readiness and returning time to Airmen through a new Continuous Medical Readiness model that consolidates required medical tasks into a single day.

An intensive care unit patient was crashing. Blood pressure dropping, oxygen levels falling, the ventilator struggling to keep pace. The monitors were going off. A nurse cut through the room, adjusting drips, troubleshooting equipment, calling for backup.

Just minutes into an interview with Chief Master Sgt. Virginia Holmgren the senior enlisted leader for the 124th Medical Group, there was a knock at the door.

Aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Navy Lieutenant Joelle Borja and Courtney Hayes share the same goal, ensuring the mental wellness and deployment suitability of Marines and Sailors.

Since the commencement of the partnership between Naval Hospital Jacksonville and the Department of Veterans Affairs late last summer, a groundbreaking milestone took place. For the first time ever, a VA surgeon operated on a patient in NH Jacksonville, which has been a military treatment facility for nearly 85 years. Dr. Mark Gould, a retired Navy ...

During Patient Safety Awareness Week, staff across U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Guantanamo Bay were recognized for advancing a culture of safety aligned with Defense Health Agency priorities and Navy Medicine lines of effort focused on readiness, quality, and high reliability.

In his book “What It Is Like to Go to War”, American author and Vietnam War veteran Karl Marlantes reflects on the lasting moral and spiritual impact of combat. “Combat is a lot of things, but one of them is that it puts you in a different relationship with eternity … it changes … your sense of what matters and your understanding of what it means to ...