Deep in the Mojave Desert, where Marines train for some of the military’s most demanding operational environments, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Raphael R. Claxton is helping prepare Navy Medicine personnel for a mission of their own: protecting the health of the force wherever it deploys.

The 18th Wing conducted operational readiness exercise Beverly Beach 26-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug 3-5, 2026, demonstrating the Wing’s capacity to generate sorties, defend the base, respond to emergencies and sustain the force during contingency operations.

Three Uniformed Services University dental faculty, all program alumni, earned top 2026 Army, MHS, and USU honors in military medicine.

Tools like precision treatments, genetic testing, early detection assessments and tests, and the use of nanotech will be the standard of “the most advanced healthcare system of the future” all healthcare beneficiaries deserve.

Mission Delta 6, 66th Cyberspace Squadron, Detachment 1, utilized the Schriever SFB Guardian Resiliency Team’s 12-week, Walk-to-Run program to boost unit fitness scores on Schriever SFB, Colorado, beginning March 27, 2026.

Airmen assigned to the 187th Fighter Wing, known as the Red Tails, trained to generate and sustain F-35A Lightning II combat airpower under pressure during Operation Tuskegee Thunder at Dannelly Field, Alabama, Aug. 12-14.

Driving rapid capability development for the front line, team members from the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Medical Products (PAE-MP) highlighted critical medical solutions during the annual Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 3 – Aug. 6, 2026.

At Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, the 937th Training Support Squadron prepares active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve medical personnel for those challenges through five different courses; Expeditionary Medical Readiness Course, Expeditionary Medical Support, Ground Surgical Team, Patient Decontamination and Aeromedical Evacuation ...

Representatives from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENT met with leaders of the Multinational Force and Observers during a July visit to the Sinai Peninsula.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center surgical and treatment innovations continue science breakthroughs of namesake Army Maj. (Dr.) Walter Reed.

The 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium closed on Aug. 6 with Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences researchers working across military medicine: artificial intelligence at the point of injury, the security of the drug supply, the hidden dangers of hard training, and the health of the women who serve.

Exertional or exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis is a medical condition frequently observed in the setting of military training and operations.

The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Directorate of Global Health Engagements, in collaboration with cadre from the Uniformed Services University, National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation, and U.S. Africa Command, successfully conducted a Fundamentals of Global Health Engagements course at the Ramstein Air Base Aug. 3-7.

Munson Army Health Center will offer its next Combat Lifesaver course Aug. 24-28, providing active duty, U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with skills to deliver lifesaving care when medical personnel are not immediately available.

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.