Military members and their families depend on blood donors every day, and your donation can save a life. The need for blood donations is constant, and the Armed Services Blood Program reminds everyone that donors are the heart of the program. Donating on a regular basis ensures military health care operations worldwide have a steady supply of quality ...

Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six commemorated 75 years of exemplary service in force health protection on March 27, 2024, honoring a legacy of unparalleled achievements.

Nearly 80-years after being declared missing in action during World War II, U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Henry L. Stevens, of Monroe, Alabama, has been accounted for.

On the morning of March 20, 1969, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Tommy Vickers, stationed in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, was looking for his friend and fellow corpsman after Viet Cong had run over their positions at An Hoa.

"Do your best at what is at hand. Value how you do it with the people around you, make it a positive experience.”

The Navy physicians and surgeons assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton took a brief respite to recognize their Navy Medical Corps 153rd birthday, March 4, 2024.

The annual Military Health System Excellence Awards were presented to leaders from across the MHS in a ceremony at the 2024 annual meeting of AMSUS, the Society of Federal Health Professionals, held in National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 15.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Angie Carper, Madigan Army Medical Center, representing Medical Readiness Command, Pacific, won the 2024 Medical Command Career Counselor of the Year. The award was announced in a ceremony Feb. 15, 2024, at MEDCOM headquarters on Fort Sam Houston. This is the second time Carper has received this award.

On Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darin Via, the Navy surgeon general, Governor of Maryland Wes Moore, Dawn Moore, the first lady of Maryland, and U.S. Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, commanding officer of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, took part in a dedication ceremony to celebrate the ...

The first-ever U.S. Coast Guardsmen graduated from the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Interservice Physician Assistant Program in a ceremony at the hospital Feb. 1, 2024.

After more than a year of research and application, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Forensic Pathology Investigations division recently received its accreditation through the National Association of Medical Examiners.

Leonard C. Sperling, distinguished professor of dermatology and pathology at the Uniformed Services University, vice Chair of Dermatology, and Sulzberger Chair of Dermatology, was honored with the Elson B. Helwig Memorial Lecture Award by the American Society of Dermatopathology for his significant contributions to the field, including his extensive ...

American military medicine has been the cornerstone of medical accomplishments since the founding of the United States. The efforts and innovations of the military medical research community has advanced the treatments, logistics, procedures, and medications often taken for granted in today’s civilian medical settings. From emergency response to ...

On the battlefield and off. Yesterday and today. Women in military health have been more than doctors or nurses. They're role models. They're leaders and heroes. Here's to all that women do. The Military Health System honors women in military health.

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Scott Dingle relinquished his position as the U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command to U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mary Izaguirre in a ceremony on Jan. 25, 2024.