Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms launched a new “Commanding Officer for a Day” initiative on Feb. 19, 2026 aimed at strengthening leadership development and providing junior officers a firsthand look at the responsibilities of command.

Naval Medical Center San Diego Director, U.S. Navy Capt. Elizabeth Adriano, presented U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chad Laughrey, chaplain at NMCSD, with his board certification from the National Association of Veterans Affairs Chaplains at NMCSD, Feb. 17.

A physician from the Department of Veterans Affairs performed a landmark cardiac procedure at the Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center, the first time that it has been performed successfully in the state of Nevada. This achievement represents a significant step forward for local cardiac care and showcases the success of a resource-sharing ...

Munson Army Health Center supported soldiers from the 329th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, based in Parsons, Kansas, by conducting an annual medical readiness processing event at Fort Leavenworth, Feb. 19, to ensure the unit remains medically ready to answer the nation’s call.

Dr. Joseph Pasternak, a graduate of the Uniformed Services University and current director of the Refractive Surgery Center at Walter Reed, leads a team utilizing advanced laser technology to ensure warfighters and USU students meet rigorous military vision standards.

“It’s Not Just Care, It’s Family” focuses on drawing awareness to the continuity of care service members and their families receive when they come to Walter Reed, and this care includes children’s oral health to enhance troop readiness.

U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka conducted an Advanced Trauma Life Support course, reinforcing battlefield readiness and joint interoperability by training Navy, Air Force and host-nation medical personnel in standardized, life-saving trauma assessment and management. The most recent class included two Navy physicians, five Air Force physicians and one ...

Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy conducted its first at-sea surgery as she sailed through the Atlantic Ocean for the first time during Builder’s Trials. The emergency appendectomy was conducted in the ship’s medical facility with doctors and corpsmen from John F. Kennedy and USS Harry S. Truman.

This initiative aims to learn directly from patients to help shape clinical practice guidelines for treatment across military and veteran communities.

A long-standing partnership between Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, and the VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System is expanding specialty services and access to care for veterans and service members.

Before the sun rises over Camp Hansen\,Marines from across III Marine Expeditionary Force gather inside a classroom lined with detailed medical diagrams. Each seat is prepared with a medical aid bag containing the essential tools needed to care for a wounded Marine in combat.

Civilian and military dental professionals from Fort Polk engaged families during the Child and Youth Services Interactive Community Health Fair on Feb. 20 at the Middle School and Teen Center, providing education and hands-on demonstrations focused on building healthy oral hygiene habits early in life.

In September 2025, scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research—West participated in a collaborative effort to collect data on physiological and psychological factors affecting combat medic performance during simulated patient care encounters at Bold Quest 2025.

Mothers, fathers and their newborn bundles of joy gathered Feb. 10 to celebrate successful deliveries, reconnect with Women’s Health team staff, and reflect on how the Centering Pregnancy Program at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center helped prepare them for childbirth and beyond.

Major Daniel Thompson, a British Army surgeon and exchange researcher in the Engineering and Sciences Exchange Program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, has earned the United Kingdom’s top defense medical research honor for advancing AI-driven battlefield wound care.