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Former U.S. Air Force air traffic controller now reaches new heights as family doctor
Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Lindsay Slimski has never let life’s challenges stop her from achieving her dreams of pursuing medicine. She shares her story of resilience in the face of challenges, and her unique approach to becoming a military doctor through the Uniformed Services University’s Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program.
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Uniformed Services University and the U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research have collaborated with a team of Tufts University wound healing experts who have invented a novel peptide that significantly improves healing in severe wounds, earning top honors from a leading bioengineering journal.
Sgt. 1st Class David Hong dedicated his 2025 Warrior Games “Heart of the Team” award to Evans Army Community Hospital in a ceremony at Manhart Field on Nov. 25, 2025.
Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Lindsay Slimski was the first and only female member of the first cohort of the Uniformed Services University Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program. The former U.S. Air Force air traffic controller overcame adversity to become a military doctor. “There are a lot of things that can happen throughout our lives, and you can’t really let things hold you back,” she said. “You just have to keep that mindset, no matter what happens and think, ‘I’m going to push myself to move forward.’” The program enables enlisted service members to remain on active duty while enrolled as full-time students in preparation for application to medical school. Slimski serves as a family medicine physician with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
Then Air Force Capt. Tech. Sgt. Lindsay Slimski was the first and only female member of the first cohort of the Uniformed Services University Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program. The former U.S. Air Force air traffic controller overcame adversity to become a military doctor. “There are a lot of things that can happen throughout our lives, and you can’t really let things hold you back,” she said. “You just have to keep that mindset, no matter what happens and think, ‘I’m going to push myself to move forward.’” The program enables enlisted service members to remain on active duty while enrolled as full-time students in preparation for application to medical school. Slimski serves as a family medicine physician with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
Evans Army Community Hospital hosted its quarterly Daisy Award Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, to recognize nurses for the kind, compassionate care they provide to patients. Three individual winners were selected from among 55 nominees.
Evans Army Community Hospital received the highest score amongst all military healthcare facilities for the third consecutive time and an “A” rating for the fourth straight time in the Leapfrog Group’s fall 2025 assessment released Nov. 13, 2025.
Over the last four years, research psychologists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have been developing a new training to proactively address moral injury in service members.
Munson Army Health Center continues to prepare its community for the upcoming flu season.
National Radiologic Technology Week wrapped up in early November Naval Hospital Bremerton with commemorating the essential contributions of military radiologic technologists while marking the 130th anniversary of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen’s X-ray discovery.
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is leveraging advanced cryo-electron microscopy capabilities and expertise cultivated in-house to develop next-generation prevention and therapeutic medical countermeasures to protect the health of U.S. service members and ensure Force Readiness and Resiliency.
Medical Readiness Command, Europe significantly advanced medical combat readiness and solidified partnerships with allied and host-nation forces throughout 2025, officials announced. The command spearheaded multiple initiatives across Europe and Africa, ensuring U.S. Army medical assets are prepared for large-scale combat operations while simultaneously fostering interoperability with international partners.
On November 20, 2025, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's new Nurse Residency Program graduated its first cohort of nurses. The six-month program expounds upon the Nurse Internship Program, which was originally 6-weeks.
Airmen from the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron configured a C-130H Hercules aircraft into a mission-ready aeromedical evacuation layout Nov. 20, enabling a NATO medical evaluation course to conduct its culminating mock assessment.
Barksdale Air Force Base is on track to establish a certified calibration lab for Ludlum radiation meters, making it the only base in Air Force Global Strike Command with this capability and one of two across the Department of War.
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