This report updates prior summaries of the numbers, rates, trends, and causes of deaths among service members from all components of the U.S. Armed Forces from 2010 through 2020.

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms launched a new “Commanding Officer for a Day” initiative on Feb. 19, 2026 aimed at strengthening leadership development and providing junior officers a firsthand look at the responsibilities of command.

A soldier assigned to Tripler Army Medical Center has been recognized at the highest level for enlisted pharmacy technicians, earning the Larry C. Nesmith Enlisted Technician Award for exceptional technical expertise, leadership, and commitment to patient safety on Feb. 4.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 909th Air Refueling Squadron practice aeromedical evacuation procedures over the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 17, 2026. The training demonstrated the units’ ability to rapidly reconfigure a KC-135 Stratotanker to safely transport patients during medical emergencies.

Naval Medical Center San Diego Director, U.S. Navy Capt. Elizabeth Adriano, presented U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chad Laughrey, chaplain at NMCSD, with his board certification from the National Association of Veterans Affairs Chaplains at NMCSD, Feb. 17.

A physician from the Department of Veterans Affairs performed a landmark cardiac procedure at the Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center, the first time that it has been performed successfully in the state of Nevada. This achievement represents a significant step forward for local cardiac care and showcases the success of a resource-sharing ...

“It’s Not Just Care, It’s Family” focuses on drawing awareness to the continuity of care service members and their families receive when they come to Walter Reed, and this care includes children’s oral health to enhance troop readiness.

Dr. Joseph Pasternak, a graduate of the Uniformed Services University and current director of the Refractive Surgery Center at Walter Reed, leads a team utilizing advanced laser technology to ensure warfighters and USU students meet rigorous military vision standards.

Munson Army Health Center supported soldiers from the 329th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, based in Parsons, Kansas, by conducting an annual medical readiness processing event at Fort Leavenworth, Feb. 19, to ensure the unit remains medically ready to answer the nation’s call.

This initiative aims to learn directly from patients to help shape clinical practice guidelines for treatment across military and veteran communities.

U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka conducted an Advanced Trauma Life Support course, reinforcing battlefield readiness and joint interoperability by training Navy, Air Force and host-nation medical personnel in standardized, life-saving trauma assessment and management. The most recent class included two Navy physicians, five Air Force physicians and one ...

Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy conducted its first at-sea surgery as she sailed through the Atlantic Ocean for the first time during Builder’s Trials. The emergency appendectomy was conducted in the ship’s medical facility with doctors and corpsmen from John F. Kennedy and USS Harry S. Truman.

A long-standing partnership between Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, and the VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System is expanding specialty services and access to care for veterans and service members.

The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis and the U.S. Air Force officially launched the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team LAMAT 2026 mission during an opening ceremony in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, on Feb 22, 2026.

In September 2025, scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research—West participated in a collaborative effort to collect data on physiological and psychological factors affecting combat medic performance during simulated patient care encounters at Bold Quest 2025.