Lt. Col. (Dr.) Alexander T. Augusta faced challenges as he worked towards military medical excellence. His unprecedented impact on wartime care, hospital leadership, public health, and medical education paved the way for those behind him. Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center honors its namesake through high-quality, award-winning healthcare dedicated to warfighter medical readiness.
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Senior military medical leaders gathered onstage at the 2026 Military Health System Conference, in a resounding display ...
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The U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps celebrates its 77th anniversary on July 1, 2026. From assisting in medevac during World ...
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Florent Groberg, a retired U.S. Army captain and Medal of Honor recipient, delivers the keynote address at the 2026 ...
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Known as the “Father of Gastric Physiology,” Maj. (Dr.) Williams Beaumont showed that scientific research and medical ...
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Shortly after his appointment in January 2026, Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs Keith Bass visited military ...
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"Subjecting the prospective American airman to the falling test" March 19, 1918, reads the caption of a black-and-white ...
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Lt. Gen. John DeGoes, surgeon general of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, said the services remain focused on ...
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Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, acting U.S. Navy surgeon general: “By 2027, Navy Medicine will deliver agile, scalable, trained, ...
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U.S. Army Soldier with 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, assesses the ...
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Then Air Force Capt. Tech. Sgt. Lindsay Slimski was the first and only female member of the first cohort of the Uniformed ...
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Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Lindsay Slimski was the first and only female member of the first cohort of the Uniformed Services ...
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Army Capt. (Dr.) Kristan Baird shares her journey as a new mother pursuing a lifelong dream to become a doctor. As a U.S. ...
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Army Capt. (Dr.) Kristan Baird shares her journey as a new mother pursuing a lifelong dream to become a doctor. As a U.S. ...
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Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Laura Barrera (left front), pictured here with Uniformed Services University's second Enlisted to ...
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The Department of War today announced the extension of the Pilot Health Insurance Enhancement for DOW Civilian Employees ...
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A major study at the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal is tracking concussion and blast exposure effects on EOD ...
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Ten years ago, the Department of Defense (now Department of War) and the NCAA launched a bold experiment in partnership: ...
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Army Spc. Four Donald Ward “Doc” Evans, Jr. was the first Vietnam War medic to receive the Medal of Honor posthumously ...
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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Norvell Walker Grant (1891-1964), known as the “grandfather” of the present-day Air Force ...
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Last Updated: July 06, 2026