Inside the high-precision laboratories of the U.S. Army Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment Activity, accuracy is measured in micro-tolerances and exact scientific standards. For Shanna, a health physics student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a summer rotation at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command subordinate unit provided ...

Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the images of that day remain part of the nation’s collective memory. For Sandra Nunez-Lopez, the memories are also deeply personal.

A Uniformed Services University medical student and former emergency medical technician carries her firefighter father’s September 11 lessons into military medicine.

A medical exchange designed to share military practices became something more when U.S. and Angolan medical professionals found themselves working side by side to stabilize a critically burned patient at Hospital Militar Principal, Sept. 4.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, recently held their 41st annual Surgery for Trauma Day, bringing together military, government and civilian healthcare experts to discuss evolving approaches to trauma care and surgical readiness. Nine speakers from various entities — including ...

The Department of War is expanding access through the Pilot Health Insurance Enhancement for DOW Civilian Employees in Japan, including eligibility for authorized dependents of DOW civilian employees. This expansion reaffirms the DOW’s ongoing commitment to ensuring high-quality healthcare access for civilian personnel and their families in Japan.

Reducing delays in specialty care and helping service members return to duty sooner are among the efforts that earned two Kenner Army Health Clinic nurse case managers recent People’s Choice Awards.

U.S. Naval Hospital Rota received the Gold Star level of the 2025 Navy Surgeon General’s Blue H Health Promotion and Wellness Award for its efforts to promote healthier lifestyles and strengthen readiness across the Naval Station Rota community.

Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Yokosuka, Japan, joined U.S. and Japanese military, government, medical and emergency response organizations for Exercise Big Rescue Kanagawa 2026, Sept. 1, at the Kanagawa Prefectural Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Center and Fire Academy in Atsugi City, Japan.

For Capt. Delaney Washburn, to be a Trusted Care Hero is less about recognition and more about the daily effort it takes to meet the mission and provide high-quality patient care.

U.S. Air Force medical Airmen from Osan Air Base and Kunsan Air Base, along with U.S. Army medical Soldiers from Camp Humphreys and Camp Casey, completed the Joint Trauma System Valkyrie Role 3 Course, a standardized walking blood bank training event, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 10-14, 2026.

Hospital corpsmen assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Detachment Bridgeport strengthened their expeditionary medical skills during air medical evacuation familiarization training with the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center and Nevada Army National Guard on July 15.

Madigan Army Medical Center recently celebrated the promotion of one of its most recognizable team members when Earl, a black Labrador retriever who supports staff and patients throughout the medical center, advanced from major to lieutenant colonel.

On Sept.11, 2001, the nurses and doctors at the DiLorenzo Pentagon Health Clinic established triage and treatment sites within minutes of impact of the hijacked plane into the building — while the clinic director desperately tried to reach the scene. Ten days later, a military doctor deployed to ground zero in New York City to provide care. These ...

Naval Medical Forces Pacific hosted a senior delegation of Japanese government and officials, clinical leaders and academic researchers Aug. 25, 2026, to deepen bilateral medical collaboration and examine the operational requirements of maritime healthcare across the vast Indo-Pacific region.