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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Damian Oso, a Sanford, Maine native, combat videographer with Communication Strategy and Operations, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, center, records video footage during a 7th Marine Regiment Infantry Rifle Squad Competition at Range 410, MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 18, 2024. The 7th Marine Regiment Infantry Rifle Squad Competition assesses tactical proficiency and determines the Regiment's most capable squad under simulated combat conditions. Designed to evaluate tactics, techniques, and procedures, the event also promotes professional growth and camaraderie through healthy competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Enge You)

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Mission driven–people powered: Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Braden Johnson

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Army medical soldier powers All-Army Women’s Softball Team to championship

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Aerospace physiology takes Airmen beyond their limits

Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company participate in the first "Mercury Rising" event

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Army command holds Mercury Rising event to strengthen readiness

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New menopause clinical practice guideline helps keep women ‘optimized for the fight’

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Meet NMRTC Twentynine Palms Sailor of the 3rd Quarter: Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Courtlynn Stinson

18th TMC leads Army forces during Trident Resolve 26 in Indonesia

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18th Theater Medical Command leads Army forces during Trident Resolve 26 in Indonesia

Dr. Mydirah Littlepage-Saunders holds her diploma after crossing the stage at the Uniformed Services University's 47th commencement ceremony

Oct. 7, 2026

Human connection: New Uniformed Services University Neuroscience PhD builds a career around the people behind the research

Oct. 7, 2026

Setting the standard: Dr. Christine Whetherbee recognized for pharmacy leadership

USU students move a simulated casualty onto a litter during the university's Gunpowder field exercise.

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Where Uniformed Services University is going: A strategic plan built for a fight without a golden hour

Bradley Reddall, a paramedic with the 412th Medical Group at Edwards Air Force Base in California, is the Defense Health Agency civilian recipient of the Armed Services YMCA 2026 Angels of the Battlefield Award

Oct. 6, 2026

‘Extraordinary’ Defense Health Agency civilian paramedic honored as a 2026 Angel of the Battlefield

Navy Medical personnel train patient transport capabilities at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune

Oct. 5, 2026

Navy Medicine personnel train patient transport capabilities at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune

Oct. 5, 2026

Dental team turns routine appointments into rapid emergency response

U.S. Army Sgt. Clinton Dofredo-Wyatt, 1st Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, nutrition care specialist, poses for a photo during Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2026

Sept. 30, 2026

Maintaining Soldier performance while training in the Himalayas

ASA (IE&E) W. Jordan Gillis Takes the NCAT Exam

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Army nears crucial brain health testing milestone

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Holistic Health and Fitness brings soldiers together for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

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Medical Readiness Command – Europe civilian honored with 2026 Spirit of Hope Award at Pentagon Ceremony

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