This Surveillance Snapshot provides an overview of the 2024-2025 mid-season analysis of influenza vaccine effectiveness against medically-attended ambulatory influenza infections among active component U.S. service members.

This study reports the prevalence of non-medical risk factors, also known as social determinants of health, among active component U.S. service members and assesses the relationship between these factors and suicide ideation or attempts between 2018 and 2022. This study documents, for the first time, the frequency of diagnosis for non-medical risk ...

Dr. Stephen Ferrara, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Heath Affairs, issues a statement on the transition of the Director of the Defense Health Agency.

The U.S. Navy recognized U.S. Navy Lt. Aidan Stubbs, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, as the Junior Navy Optometrist of the Year for her exceptional leadership, innovation, and dedication to vision readiness—an essential component of operational effectiveness.

In recognition of his leadership and expertise, U.S. Navy Lt. Emmanuel Dadzie has been named as Navy Medicine’s 2024 Junior Health Information Technology Officer of the Year. As the chief informatics officer at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, Dadzie has been instrumental in modernizing the command’s IT systems, enhancing ...

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.

The Fontaine Troop Medical Clinic and the Fort Johnson Department of Public Health will relocate to Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital on April 1, a move aimed at improving patient care and efficiency while saving the Defense Health Agency nearly $19 million in long-term maintenance costs.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.