Military medics undergo intensive preparation that spans classroom instruction and field exercises. U.S. Army medics complete 16 weeks of training—six weeks earning their emergency medical technician certification, followed by 10 weeks of combat casualty care.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Chief Select Kazia Marecheau, a Midcoast Maine native, has been selected for advancement to chief petty officer and for a direct commission into the Medical Service Corps after 15 years of naval service.

Embedded in medical specialty outpatient clinics at Walter Reed, Health Psychology Service staff members provide same-day access to care for beneficiaries with behavioral health challenges.

Paraguayan and U.S. medical professionals joined forces during AMISTAD 2025, Aug. 9, 2025, to perform a complex six-hour reconstructive surgery, restoring both the face and the vision of a young man gravely injured in a violent robbery.

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has starkly demonstrated the vulnerability of traditional medical infrastructure to deliberate attack, prompting a remarkable adaptation in Ukrainian battlefield medicine.

U.S. Southern Command and the U.S. Embassy in Asuncion donated a fully equipped dental suite and 17,000 pairs of prescription eyeglasses to the Paraguayan Ministry of Health during a ceremony Aug. 13 at the Unidad de Salud de la Familia Tarumandy in Luque, Paraguay, during AMISTAD 2025.

During a visit to the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute, flight nurses from the Royal Thai Air Force received an education on the Preparatory Iraqi Nursing Course by Dr. Darrin Frye, chief science director, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio.

Mindfulness training offers techniques to help students manage stress and enhance focus in demanding environments.

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It's 6:15 a.m. when U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Allaiha Carrasquillo arrives at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, a specialized center for traumatic brain injury care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Around the Military Health System, Aug. 18-22, 2025, includes a critical milestone in the study of blast overpressure, mitigating the physical and mental demands on the flight aviator, USNS Comfort comes home, training mental health professionals for future military careers, and more MHS news.

Patriot Medic 2025 took place August 6-12 at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, and Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana. The multi-national exercise, led by the U.S. Air Force Reserve, included more than 9,000 personnel from all U.S. military services and international partners including Australian, British and Canadian forces.

U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella has completed a critical renovation of its medical logistics warehouse, strengthening safe and compliant healthcare delivery and ensuring uninterrupted support to U.S. and allied forces across the Fifth and Sixth Fleet.

Researchers at the Uniformed Services University are using fruit flies (Drosophila) to study the protective effects of dietary manganese against radiation exposure. This research could lead to new strategies for safeguarding the health of military personnel and civilians.

His journey took him from chasing championships to chasing vital signs, as U.S. Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman Adrian Paschal shifted from athlete to service member, finding a new way to compete, this time against time itself.