Maj. Gen. Malcolm C. Grow didn’t just inherit a job when he became the first surgeon general of the U.S. Air Force in 1949 — he spearheaded innovation which defined modern military medicine for future airmen.

Keith Bass, assistant secretary of war for health affairs, outlines his framework for stronger federal health workforce in support of warfighter readiness.

A long-standing partnership between Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, and the VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System is expanding specialty services and access to care for veterans and service members.

Captain Jordan Cornell, a native of San Antonio, Texas, serves as the Entomology Chief for Public Health in Europe, where his work plays a critical but often unseen role in protecting the health and readiness of U.S. service members. As a subject matter expert supporting the EUCOM region with reach into Africa, Capt. Cornell provides vital assistance ...

Cancer care is a readiness mission, and that guided discussions as the John P. Murtha Cancer Center (MCC) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Department of War’s only Center of Excellence for Cancer Care and Research, hosted its Blood Cancer Summit recently at the hospital. The summit brought together experts, caregivers, and ...

Col. William Lordan Keller spent more than five decades in the U.S. Army, innovating in the operating room and putting patients first — earning the moniker the “Grand Old Man of Army Medicine.”

For the thousands of U.S. Army ROTC cadets who converge on Fort Knox every summer, the "CST” or Cadet Summer Training experience is a rite of passage. According to the U.S. Army Cadet Command, the event is the Army’s largest annual training event, serving as the final crucible before the students commission as officers. While the training is designed ...

MAJ Tatyana Ellison direct commissioned into the U.S. Army Medical Corps as a 60W Psychiatrist through the Culver City recruiting company. A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Leningrad, Russia, she previously served as an enlisted Soldier before pursuing extensive medical education at institutions including Texas Tech, UT Arlington, Baylor ...

Leadership through change was a key theme during Army Medical Logistics Command’s operational update to senior leaders at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command on Jan. 29.

Inside an operating room at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the environment is quiet and controlled. Medical instruments are sprawled out with careful precision alongside the surgical team moving deliberately to prep the room. However, for Maj. Matthew Van Hoof, 86th Dental Squadron oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the work happening here is never ...

Each month, MSMR publishes a reportable medical event update for active component service members as well as Military Health System beneficiaries, documented through the Disease Reporting System internet.

This report describes the trends of tuberculosis testing and latent tuberculosis infection positivity in U.S. Army active component soldiers during the first decade following the 2013 U.S. Army Medical Command policy revision to a targeted, risk-based tuberculosis testing strategy.

This historical review discusses how the primary challenge presented by malaria infections in the Pacific theater during World War II was an inability to return recovered soldiers quickly to their units, with nearly one percent of malaria patients repatriated for ‘chronic malaria’.

This Surveillance Snapshot evaluates adherence to official guidance for disease and injury data reporting during two 2024 exercises, African Lion and Flintlock, in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility.

This editorial presents an overview of the CHAMPS database, illustrating the utility and opportunities for research provided by CHAMPS.