Munson Army Health Center recognized Sgt. Alexander Shannon and Pfc. Harris Halverstadt as the organization’s Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Quarter, respectively, highlighting their commitment to excellence, professionalism, and medical readiness.

U.S. Navy expeditionary medical teams trained in the harsh Alaskan environment as part of ARCTIC EDGE 2026 (AE 26), a large-scale joint and multinational exercise running from February 23 to March 13.

The U.S. Navy Tactical Combat Casualty Care course has long prepared hospital corpsmen for deploying to such locales as an isolated forward operating base to perilous stretch of littoral.

Inside an operating room at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the environment is quiet and controlled.

The latest news from around the Military Health System for the week of March 2-6, 2026, includes a vital collaboration between Department of War and the Department of Veterans Affairs, new whole genome sequencing brain research, and a military surgical milestone.

Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, acting U.S. Navy surgeon general: “By 2027, Navy Medicine will deliver agile, scalable, trained, and certified expeditionary medical teams to provide enduring support to the Navy and joint force.” He joined the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army surgeons general to speak on military medical readiness priorities at the annual meeting ...

Lt. Gen. John DeGoes, surgeon general of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, said the services remain focused on readiness by “organizing, training and equipping smaller medical units of action to go with the force,” with a sharper focus on “returning them to duty, getting aircrew back up in the air, and winning the fight.” He joined the U.S. ...

U.S. Naval Hospital Rota has become the first military treatment facility in the Defense Health Network–Europe to perform computer-assisted hip and knee replacement surgery, marking a significant milestone in advancing musculoskeletal readiness for service members stationed overseas.