Public Health Command Europe noncommissioned officer is reflecting on a career he never expected to pursue, one that now allows him to mentor soldiers, support military families and give back to the communities he calls home.

For one combat medic specialist at Munson Army Health Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, a long-held ambition is about to become a reality.

This past December, representatives of ministries of health and defense from 34 African nations and the U.S. came together in Rabat, Morocco, for the 11th African Partnership Outbreak Response Alliance Workshop, focusing on strengthening health security by operationalizing civil-military collaboration in outbreak preparedness and response.

Dr. Stephen Ferrara reflects on the Military Health System’s successes in 2025 and reinforces the critical role of medical support to warfighters to increase Joint Force readiness. Ferrara was the acting assistant secretary of war for health affairs from Jan. 20, 2025, to Jan. 12, 2026, and now serves as the principal deputy assistant secretary of war

Keith Bass, a retired U.S. Navy commander and health care leader, was sworn in Jan. 12, 2026, as the assistant secretary of war for health affairs.

The Armed Services Blood Program at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is celebrating its blood donors and thanking them for donating life to military members and their families. The program recently held a recognition ceremony to extend their heartfelt appreciation to Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point and local recruiting points of contact around ...

This letter to readers from MSMR's editor-in-chief reviews the journal's accomplishments in 2025 and plans for 2026.

This report describes the incidence, clinical characteristics, specifically prior illness or immunization, clinical course, and electrodiagnostic findings of U.S. active component service members with clinically confirmed Guillain-Barré syndrome, from 2014 through 2022.

This Surveillance Snapshot provides chikungunya case counts for all Military Health System beneficiaries, from 2020 through 2024, utilizing Defense Health Agency data confirmed via medical chart review.

This case report details the process of differential diagnosis of Ross River virus in an individual diagnosed in Queensland, Australia in 2024. The report demonstrates the need for better clinical awareness among medical care providers for U.S. service members presenting with febrile illness or joint pain following deployment to Australia.

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 study utilized self-reported racial and ethnic data from 235,608 live births to pregnant active component service members documented by the Birth and Infant Health Research program.

New reforms to the Military Health System privileging process will allow providers to carry their privileges between any stateside and overseas military hospitals and clinics without repeating the process upon arrival. The updated policy will streamline the privileging process and bolster readiness across the MHS.

When Maj. Gen. Joseph Ignatius Martin joined the U.S. Army in 1918, he began a military career that spanned 37 years, becoming one of the most influential leaders in military medicine.

When she found it hard to reconnect with family after a deployment, this military commander and mental health professional realized she too needed a helping hand.