Providing health care to the nearly 55,000-person beneficiary population and the 188,768-person Western Pacific-eligible referral population in Okinawa presents unique challenges.

Brooke Army Medical Center provides emergent and rehabilitative services for San Antonio and the south Texas community to ensure patients receive safe, quality care.

The Department of the Air Force updated its medical guidance for shaving profiles, Dec. 15, 2025, to align with the Secretary of War’s grooming standards.

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is leaning forward to increase access to on-installation mental health services, with mental health clinics planned for Japan, Okinawa and Korea.

One hundred seventy members of the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy Medical Treatment Facility along with Marines from the Expeditionary Medical Facility, 4th Marine Medical Battalion and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, participated in a mass casualty response drill on Naval Air Station North Island.

U.S. Naval Hospital Guam announced today that it received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2025, demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement in providing high-quality care to its patients.

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.

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.

The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System received visitors from the offices of the Secretary of War for Health Affairs, the Defense Health Agency, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Dec. 12, 2025.

Two mental health nurses from the 911th Aeromedical Staging Squadron provided vital behavioral health support to the Ellwood City community during “Operation Healthy Ellwood,” an Innovative Readiness Training mission held July 23 to Aug. 1, 2025.

The Maxwell Medical Group bioenvironmental engineering flight is working behind the scenes to optimize its processes while continuing to protect the health and readiness of personnel and their families at Maxwell and Gunter.

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune nurses are recognized for their dedicated, compassionate care through The DAISY Foundation. Seventeen nurses were recognized for their DAISY Award nominations in a ceremony on Nov. 24. The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is a national recognition that honors nurses for their lasting impact on their patients.

USU alumnus and Tripler Army Medical Center resident Capt. (Dr.) Bradley Pierce recognized for developing field-ready medical technologies that bridge the gap between engineering and combat casualty care.

Hospitalman Apprentice Skylar L. Foote, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during an awards ceremony Nov. 19, 2025, for her decisive actions that helped save a passenger’s life aboard a commercial flight.

A biodefense initiative spearheaded by teams from the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch, and the Department of War Global Respiratory Pathogen Surveillance Program at Defense Center for Public Health–Dayton, has established a flexible model for rapid pathogen characterization within the DOW.