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Former U.S. Air Force air traffic controller now reaches new heights as family doctor
Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Lindsay Slimski has never let life’s challenges stop her from achieving her dreams of pursuing medicine. She shares her story of resilience in the face of challenges, and her unique approach to becoming a military doctor through the Uniformed Services University’s Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program.
Lapse in Federal Appropriations
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Research physiologist, Dr. Doug Jones and cognitive scientist, Dr. Tim Dunn of the Naval Health Research Center’s warfighter performance department, together with the NHRC public affairs team, have been awarded the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium Warfighter Medical Research Public Communications Award.
This summer, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital welcomed a group of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps nursing cadets to the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana. The Nurse Summer Training Program, known as NSTP, pairs ROTC nursing students with military treatment facilities around the world to complete clinical rotations before commissioning.
Researchers, leadership, and exhibition representatives with Navy Medicine Research and Development kicked off attendance at the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium on Aug. 4.
More than 40 airmen from the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th Medical Group recently returned from two weeks of joint training at U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, where they worked alongside Navy medical personnel in a busy overseas environment.
Amid the beeping monitors and the hurried footsteps of medical personnel, a team of unsung heroes ensures the 78th Medical Group at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, can deliver critical care: The 78th Healthcare Operations Squadron Biomedical Equipment Technicians.
Artificial intelligence and digital tools are transforming how the military trains its medical workforce.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Matthew Case, Chief of the Navy Medical Service Corps and Acting Assistant Director for Healthcare Administration for the Defense Health Agency, visited Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms on July 30 to commemorate the corps’ 78th birthday and highlight the continued importance of military medical readiness in an increasingly challenging global environment.
BRAVE augments local mental health services with video teleconferencing at facilities where mental health services may be in short supply.
For over a century, from the bloodied beaches of Iwo Jima to the desert valleys of Afghanistan, “green side” Navy hospital corpsmen have stood alongside Marines. Today, that legacy lives on with the sailors that comprise the medical team of Task Force Sapper, supporting Marines conducting engineering missions along the U.S. southern border since Jan. 23, 2025.
The Defense Health Agency Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, or EACE, held its Federal Advanced Skills Training earlier this summer. The seminar focused on the holistic connection between mental health and limb loss or limb trauma. Speakers addressed how the mind-body connection is a tool for managing severe, chronic pain, with potential to heal and function in daily life.
Innovators in military medicine received esteemed awards at the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium for their commitment to improving warfighter health. Research focus areas included warfighter readiness, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and mental health.
Dr. Stephen Ferrara urges agility, innovation, and real-world testing to save lives in future conflicts at the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium.
Military and civilian personnel at Travis AFB put their medical readiness to the test during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 July 21 to Aug 2, 2025.
Team members with the Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office joined several hundred military and medical development industry experts today to kick off the Department of Defense’s annual four-day Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 4, 2025.
Are you a TRICARE beneficiary taking a drug for weight loss—such as a GLP-1 medication like Zepbound or Wegovy? Do you have questions about what’s covered—and why?
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