Military medicine has a long and celebrated history. We apply lessons from our past to improve the care of military personnel and their families today and in the future. New surgical techniques, powerful painkillers, antibiotic drugs, and triage and evacuation procedures have revolutionized military medicine.
In this section, you'll find featured stories and information about the history of military medicine.
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8/27/2015
Army Specialist Diana Fontenelle preps blood for an incoming trauma patient.
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8/27/2015
Dr. Edward Curtis dislodged this lead bullet from President Abraham Lincoln’s brain during autopsy. It was fired by John Wilkes Booth with a .44 caliber Deringer pistol.
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8/26/2015
Navy Ensign Christine Harrington (left) and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Harrison Mwanzi, from the hospital ship USNS Mercy, explain the procedures for treating cardiac arrest at an advanced cardiovascular life support subject matter expert exchange at Da Nang Central Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2015.
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8/26/2015
Senior Airman Alexandra Washington, communications and navigations technician assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, checks antennae signals on a B-52 Stratofortress, while wearing hearing protection.
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8/25/2015
Air Force Lt. Col. Alice Briones and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lisa Rivera examine tissue slides from organs in order to complete findings for an autopsy report. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Magan Delussey)
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8/25/2015
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Taylor Boynton, a preventive medicine representative, assembles mosquito traps.
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8/25/2015
Navy Cdr. Jena Vedder, a clinic manager with National Intrepid Center of Excellence, demonstrates the center’s Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN)
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8/24/2015
Air Force Capt. Deann Hoelscher (right), 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team physician deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, California, and U.S. Capt. Jason Frias, 455th EAES CCATT critical care nurse, also deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis AFB, ensure a patient is properly secured prior to an aeromedical evacuation mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tony Wickman)
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8/24/2015
Sitting in front of a computer for hours can make your eyes tired, and your visual performance can suffer.
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8/21/2015
Private Jeanette Lee of the Army Reserve’s 244th Aviation Brigade undergoes vision screening during a mass medical-readiness event hosted by the Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. More than 300 Army Reserve and Army National Guard Soldiers had the opportunity to take care of their Periodic Health Assessments, dental exams, vision screenings, HIV blood draws, immunizations, hearing tests and temporary or permanent profiles during the event. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Salvatore Ottaviano)
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8/21/2015
Crewmembers of the hospital ship USNS Mercy train to participate in a mass casualty drill during Pacific Partnership 2015 recently. The current stop in Vietnam will culminate in a disaster medicine drill where both U.S. and Vietnamese medical personnel will participate both on and off USNS Mercy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William McCann)
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8/21/2015
Dr. David Smith, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Health Readiness Policy and Oversight, addresses attendees of the MHS Research Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Smith said the knowledge learned at the conference will pay dividends for military medical research for years to come.
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8/20/2015
Army Sgt. Jonathan Reiff, team leader attached to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan, lifts his 80-pound ruck sack as he prepares to leave for a multiple day mission.
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8/19/2015
New tourniquets are credited with saving between 1,500 and 2,000 military personnel during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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8/19/2015
Air Force medical personnel check for puncture wounds on a simulated head wound victim during a training exercise.
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