A mobile medical documentation tool developed by Air Force Research Laboratory researchers is now deployed and being tested on Maryland State Police medevac helicopters. This marks the first time medical providers are using Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit to document and transfer civilian patients in the U.S.

Chief Hospital Corpsman Christopher Marlo, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, became one of the first Hospital Corpsmen in Mississippi to receive Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) credentials after passing the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) in December 2025.

Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center has received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2025, demonstrating a commitment to providing high-quality care to all patients.

Warfighting is at the forefront of everything we do in the Army, and over the past five years, the culture of human performance has evolved to ensure that Soldiers are prepared to fight and win our nation’s wars.

Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Laura Barrera shares her journey from enlisted senior airman to a flight surgeon and emergency physician. She credits her success to the Uniformed Services University’s Enlisted to Medical School Preparatory Program, or EMDP2 — which charts a course for enlisted service members to become doctors, including challenging coursework, ...

Soldiers from the Joint Base San Antonio Soldier Recovery Unit competed in the Joint Base-San Antonio Adaptive Sports Camp Nov. 12-21, 2025.

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.

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.

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, ...

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.