U.S. Army Pacific’s 18th Theater Medical Command is serving as the Army Forces Headquarters for Exercise Trident Resolve 2026 in Banten Province, Indonesia, Sept. 20–26. Co-hosted by the United States and Indonesia, the exercise brings together ASEAN and ADMM-Plus partners to strengthen cooperation across military medicine, cybersecurity, and ...

Approximately 400 military and civilian personnel gathered to reinforce a shared commitment to patient-centered care during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2026.

During Pacific Partnership 2026, the humanitarian and disaster management mission’s medical line of effort personnel have bolstered host nations’ healthcare capacity and crisis readiness by hosting public health fairs, joint medical symposiums, and community outreach events, offering comprehensive health screenings and preventive care education in ...

When a medical crisis unfolds in an unfamiliar environment, a forward surgical team may have little time to understand local health threats, assess available resources or adapt to an unfamiliar medical system before patients begin arriving.

To prepare for multi-domain, contested environments of future near-peer conflicts, more than 130 Total Force medics integrated with combat warfighters and international partners during the nation’s largest live-fire exercise, Northern Strike Exercise 26-2, in Alpena, Michigan, Aug. 9-11.

When thousands of swimmers flock to the emerald waters of Carters Lake each summer, water safety is paramount. Until recently, verifying that the lake's designated swim beaches met stringent federal and state water quality standards meant collecting water samples, driving them down to a contract laboratory in Calhoun, and waiting nearly a week for ...

16 military medical professionals completed a two-week 2026 Military Tropical Medicine program in Ghana on August 14, gaining firsthand experience with tropical medicine and infectious disease challenges that threaten the operational readiness of U.S. forces.

Medics, nurses and physicians from the Massachusetts National Guard, Paraguayan Armed Forces and Kenyan Defense Force participated in critical care interventions training at Boston Bioskills Lab in Lexington, Massachusetts, Aug. 19-20. The event equipped medical personnel with the skills and knowledge to manage complex injuries they may encounter ...

Staff with Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH, alongside Peruvian counterparts, participated in the Military Tropical Medicine Field Mission August 2-14.

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center hosted leaders and clinicians from Knappschaft Kliniken Saar on Aug. 19. to strengthen medical coordination between the U.S. military’s premier overseas trauma center and one of Germany’s leading healthcare networks. The visit went beyond a traditional facility tour, providing an opportunity for medical professionals ...

U.S. Airmen from the 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron completed a two-week Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Honduras in June 2026, gaining hands-on experience providing patient care in resource-limited environments alongside U.S. and Honduran medical professionals.

Leadership from U.S. Army Public Health Command Europe and the German military, or Bundeswehr, met Aug. 12-13 to prepare a modernized Memorandum of Understanding, renewing a decades-long partnership focused on military public health and veterinary services.

Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center continues to enhance military medical readiness with the development of a Surgical and Critical Care Physician Assistant Residency program.

Joint Task Force-Bravo collaborated with Panama’s Ministerio de Salud to host a Medical Readiness Training exercise from Aug. 4-7, at Escuela Altos de los Lagos in Colón, Panama, during the Panamanian-led multinational exercise, PANAMAX 2026.

A team of U.S. military medical experts from various commands across Europe travelled to Tunis, Tunisia July 28-30 where they took part in an AFRICOM-led military medical subject matter expert exchange with members of the Libyan Armed Forces Medical Services.