Military medical leaders, professionals, and civilians who advance warfighter health were recognized at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation’s Heroes of Military Medicine Awards for “laying the next foundation stones, and reinforcing the very groundwork of military medicine for generations to come,” said Keith Bass, assistant secretary of war for health ...

The Philippine Air Force and U.S. Air Force, alongside partners from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, and Royal Canadian Air Force, conducted multilateral medical training during Exercise Balikatan 2026 to advance patient movement capabilities, foster interoperability and expand expeditionary medical care experience.

Cmdr. Vince Deguzman, a Navy Medical Service Corps officer and the director for clinical support services at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, was recognized April 20, 2026, as one of two healthcare leaders with the 2026 Federal Healthcare Executive Award.

The 60th Medical Group at David Grant USAF Medical Center is enhancing mission readiness and returning time to Airmen through a new Continuous Medical Readiness model that consolidates required medical tasks into a single day.

An intensive care unit patient was crashing. Blood pressure dropping, oxygen levels falling, the ventilator struggling to keep pace. The monitors were going off. A nurse cut through the room, adjusting drips, troubleshooting equipment, calling for backup.

Just minutes into an interview with Chief Master Sgt. Virginia Holmgren the senior enlisted leader for the 124th Medical Group, there was a knock at the door.

Aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Navy Lieutenant Joelle Borja and Courtney Hayes share the same goal, ensuring the mental wellness and deployment suitability of Marines and Sailors.

Since the commencement of the partnership between Naval Hospital Jacksonville and the Department of Veterans Affairs late last summer, a groundbreaking milestone took place. For the first time ever, a VA surgeon operated on a patient in NH Jacksonville, which has been a military treatment facility for nearly 85 years. Dr. Mark Gould, a retired Navy ...

During Patient Safety Awareness Week, staff across U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Guantanamo Bay were recognized for advancing a culture of safety aligned with Defense Health Agency priorities and Navy Medicine lines of effort focused on readiness, quality, and high reliability.

In his book “What It Is Like to Go to War”, American author and Vietnam War veteran Karl Marlantes reflects on the lasting moral and spiritual impact of combat. “Combat is a lot of things, but one of them is that it puts you in a different relationship with eternity … it changes … your sense of what matters and your understanding of what it means to ...

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Martin E. Romero Alvarez, a native of Dalton, Ga., is assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Rota, where he works in telemedicine, supporting remote patient care and medical coordination for Sailors and Marines across the region.

As operational requirements continue to expand across the Fleet and joint force, the Navy Medicine Enterprise is facing an increasing need for medical logistics officers according to Cmdr. Rannie Gibson, assistant specialty leader for Navy medical logisticians and assigned to Naval Medical Forces Atlantic’s N4 Directorate, during the 2026 Navy ...

Researchers with Navy Medicine Research & Development’s Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), showcased innovative fatigue-monitoring technology during the Department of War Lab Day at the Pentagon on May 6.

Navy Medicine is modernizing expeditionary medical logistics to support the Fleet and Marine Corps in contested environments. During the 2026 Navy Medicine Logistics Symposium, leaders focused on sustaining scalable, modular systems designed to handle prolonged care and delayed patient movement.

After 31 years of military service, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Sean T. Collins, Air National Guard assistant to the Surgeon General and director of Space Force Medical Operations Directorate, retired during a ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., May 1, 2026.