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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.
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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Robert McGill, a dental technician with 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and a native of Heidelberg, Mississippi, was selected as Warrior of the Week by his command for his unwavering commitment to mission readiness and excellence in patient care.
U.S. Naval Hospital Rota’s Surgical Services team received the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Go Clear Award, becoming the first military hospital or clinic in the U.S. European Command to achieve this national certification for eliminating surgical smoke in operating rooms.
There’s one primary difference between a Defense Health Agency military treatment facility such as Naval Hospital Bremerton and any civilian equivalent in healthcare delivery. “We go to war,” said Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, to a packed auditorium. Dr. Ferrara toured Naval Hospital Bremerton as part of his first official trip to the Pacific Northwest, July 14, 2025.
According to Terry Lerma, Naval Hospital Bremerton emergency manager, everyone should have some sort of emergency plan to implement if there is a timely need to evacuate to a safe locale.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Pamela Miller, medical 0fficer of the U.S. Marine Corps and vice chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for Reserve Policy and Integration, visited multiple Navy Medicine facilities across Southern California this week, reinforcing the importance of medical force generation—whether by supporting the transformation of recruits into U.S. Marines or training the next generation of U.S. Navy emergency physicians.
Indiana State Fire Marshal Steve Jones presented U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bram Sanders, a medic from the 181st Medical Group, assigned to the 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package, Medical Element element, with the Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Heroic Life Saving Award during a ceremony at Fire Station No. 5 in Terre Haute, Indiana, on July 10 for his lifesaving response to a May 16 plane crash at the Terre Haute Regional Airport.
Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton changed command on July 11, 2025, during a ceremony held in the Medal of Honor Promenade of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
At Cadet Summer Training in Fort Knox, Kentucky, on July 8, 2024, Military Intelligence Officer U.S. Army Maj. John Howell of the Washington Army National Guard made his debut as a volunteer with the Salute to Life initiative — an event dedicated to helping soldiers with blood disorders find lifesaving bone marrow and stem cell donors.
Jessica Hernandez, the Physical Evaluation Board Liaison at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, was recognized for her exceptional contributions to medical readiness and disability case management across the command.
At Kenner Army Health Clinic, high-quality patient care begins long before a doctor enters the room. Behind every working vital signs monitor, infusion pump, and imaging machine is a team of experts who ensure the technology is accurate, reliable, and safe to use.
Five of the U.S. Army’s newest nurses graduated from the Evans Army Community Hospital Clinical Nurse Transition Program in a ceremony on Friday, July 11, 2025. The Clinical Nurse Transition Program offers new nurses over 800 hours of hands-on, precepted clinical experience, combined with 48 hours of focused didactic education and seminars.
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases recently demonstrated its ability to rapidly deploy a comprehensive biosurveillance capability overseas as part of African Lion 2025, U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual joint exercise.
Midway through a training mission, a pilot begins experiencing blurred vision and disorientation—symptoms that could signal a serious underlying issue. An aeromedical nurse practitioner quickly assesses the situation, stabilizes the pilot, and clears them—or grounds them—with confidence, protecting both the airman and the mission.
The Uniformed Services University’s 14th Enlisted to Medical School Preparatory Program class begins two-year academic journey towards medical school.
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