U.S. Naval Hospital Guam hosted Republic of Korea Military Nursing Academy cadets who met with their U.S. Navy counterparts. The 93 cadets were participants in the Joint Cruise Training Task Group, which includes the island of Guam as one of their training stops.

The Uniformed Services University F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine has announced the appointment of Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Adam M. Willis as chair of the newly integrated Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine.

Two classes of the Hospital Corpsman Basic (HCB) program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) completed an updated pilot curriculum integrating Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) principles into entry-level training, marking a shift in how Navy Medicine prepares corpsmen for the modern battlespace.

Walter Reed again earned an A grade from the Leapfrog Group for fall 2025, reflecting the hospital’s continued commitment to patient safety and high-quality care for service members, their families, and other Military Health System beneficiaries.

Congratulations to Robert Torres III, a Certified Surgical Technologist in Keller Army Community Hospital’s (KACH) Department of Surgery, who was selected as a 2025 Fellow of the Association of Surgical Technologists (FAST) and recognized during the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) Surgical Technology Conference, in Orlando, June 5-7, 2025.

The Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomed Capt. Laurie Chavez to the team as director of the Education and Training Directorate Sept. 12, 2025.

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country using evidence-based measures of patient safety focused exclusively on errors, accidents, ...

Veterinarians and veterinary care technicians from Veterinary readiness Activity, Rheinland Pfalz facilitated a training exercise focused on helicopter medical evacuation familiarization for the 525th Military Police Detachment in Wiesbaden on Dec 2.

Aboard the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort, the Radiology Department turned lessons from a mass-casualty drill into a powerful example of the Navy’s Get Real, Get Better culture of continuous improvement.

Bringing together leaders in military medicine, research, and patient care, the John P. Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center recently hosted its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Summit at the Uniformed Services University.

The Defense Health Agency announced 18 military hospitals received an "A" rating in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assessment for fall 2025. These high grades reflect DHA’s commitment to transparency and continuous improvement in providing high-quality care to its patients.

U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka launched its 2025 influenza vaccination season in October with mass vaccination events at Ikego and additional clinics across the main base of Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka. These annual events are a cornerstone of the hospital’s preventive health mission, protecting the readiness and well-being of service members, ...

Following a pause during the pandemic, Uniformed Services University nursing students have resumed clinical rotations in American Samoa to gain critical experience in resource-limited health care.

Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah Loudon walked across the stage for the University of Minnesota’s August white coat ceremony. The tradition symbolizes her commitment to patient-centered care as an aspiring physician but also validates a new pathway for military medics transitioning into civilian medicine.

U.S. Army Medical Department Activity-Japan/Brig. Gen. Crawford F. Sams Health Clinic hosted Army Brig. Gen. Deydre Teyhen, commanding general of Medical Readiness Pacific and director of Defense Health Network-Indo Pacific, along with Army Command Sgt. Maj. Mike Contreras, during a three-day visit Sept. 24-26.