Physicians, nurses, dentists, and other Military Health System professionals, along with several facilities, were honored at 2026 MHS with in Dallas, Texas, May 28. The honors highlighted meritorious achievements in a range of topics, including leadership, innovation, and advancements in warfighter healthcare.

USU's MIRROR program leverages artificial intelligence, predictive modeling, and 3D printing to boost warfighter readiness.

USU’s ARMORR unites legacy military medicine programs to enhance warfighter performance, readiness, and combat casualty rehabilitation.

Champions in military medicine were honored by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation with their 2026 Heroes of Military Medicine awards. These individuals demonstrate commitment to innovation and heroism in military health.

For the fifth consecutive cycle, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earned a Leapfrog “A” Hospital Safety Grade, this for Spring 2026, Defense Health Agency officials announced May 6.

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 ...

When service members suffer a traumatic brain injury or from post-traumatic stress, called the “invisible wounds of war,” many may think there’s no road to recovery. But the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed is there to make the road to recovery smoother for these service members and other Military Health System beneficiaries ...

In the rainforest town of Brownsweg, where roads fade into jungle and hospitals are hours away, the weight of entire communities’ health care rests on one doctor.

The Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record Program Management Office recognized at 25th annual Department of War CIO Annual Awards Program. The system improves how the department tracks, understands, and responds to occupational and environmental exposures over a service member’s career.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is at the forefront of enhancing the physical readiness of military members in the Hampton Roads area with the launch of a new virtual physical therapy program called Sword Thrive. This initiative, part of a pilot program by the Defense Health Agency, addresses common barriers to care, such as packed schedules, travel ...

The Breast Health Clinic within the Department of Surgery at Womack Army Medical Center has launched an important new partnership with Otogenetics Corporation aimed at improving and expediting access to genetic testing for patients. This collaboration brings advanced, in-house genetic testing capabilities directly to the clinic, significantly reducing ...

Naval Health Research Center scientists spent six days this winter at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California, doing research in the Sierra Nevada. Working in air temperature hovering at 19 degrees Fahrenheit and with water temperatures at 34 degrees, researchers are working to give U.S. warfighters the tools to win ...

Uniformed Services University scientists are leveraging whole genome sequencing to unlock new insights into neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Being named civilian of the year is a significant professional milestone. For Paula Curielabreu, the Naval Medical Forces Pacific’s Fiscal Year 2025 Civilian of the Year, it is more than an accomplishment. In a command whose core mission is the health and readiness of the nation’s warfighters, the award brings her life’s purpose into “full perspective ...

Cmdr. Richard Thompson assigned to Branch Health Clinic Everett as senior medical officer has been named in the latest Quarterly Joint Outpatient Experience Survey report as ‘Best of the Best,’ a recognition of top-performing clinics and providers based on patient satisfaction survey data.