Retired Army Col. (Dr.) Norman M. Rich, a pioneering combat surgeon and the founding chair of the Department of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University (USU), passed away June 18, 2026, at the age of 92. His medical career spanned more than four decades, during which he helped build the university and shape the future of military medicine. As the ...

During Men’s Health Month, experts at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital are encouraging men to take a holistic approach to wellness by caring for the body, mind and spirit. Together, physical health, mental resilience and spiritual well-being help support readiness, strengthen relationships and improve overall quality of life.

Imagine being hand-selected to lead medical training in a foreign country where their main language is a different one than your own. This recently became reality for Expeditionary Medical Facility 150-Mike Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Marsh, who currently serves as the associate director of medical services at Naval Hospital Jacksonville. Marsh led a two-week ...

Registration opens June 29, 2026, at noon Eastern for the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium — the Department of War’s premier scientific meeting focused on the unique medical needs of the deployed warfighter. This year’s symposium will take place Aug. 3–6, 2026, at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida, ...

Before Utah National Guard members took the field against Hill Air Force Base on June 13, The Ballpark at America First Square was focused on a different kind of resilience.

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy conducted Mercy Exercise 26-3 in San Diego, June 15-18. The quarterly exercise strengthened integration and readiness between reduced operating status and full operating status Sailors through training conducted at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Naval Base San Diego and aboard the Freedom ...

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s strength and conditioning program continues to help Airmen and Soldiers improve mission performance through fitness coaching and education while contributing to the installation’s recent recognition as the 2025 Department of the Air Force Fitness and Sports Program of the Year for Region 2.

Navy Medicine recently announced the recognition of five outstanding hospital corpsmen, awarding them the esteemed Danyelle Luckey Sacred Trust Award. This honor celebrates their unwavering commitment to patient-centered care and exceptional patient advocacy across the military health system.

Eight local high school students spent a week at Naval Hospital Jacksonville participating in its annual Science, Service, Medicine and Mentoring internship at the hospital, June 8-12. The Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts students got a taste of military medicine while working side-by-side with active-duty service members

The hospital corps, signed into action by former President of the United States William McKinley, June 17, 1898, was the solution to the need for well-trained enlisted medical personnel, a need which was emphasized by the Spanish-American War. Hospital corpsmen were meant to be able to deploy with multiple units around the world to maintain the fleet ...

When a charter flight carrying Americans exposed to a rare and potentially deadly hantavirus landed in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 11, 2026, Air Force medical professionals from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing were already in place supporting the response.

When Staff Sgt. Chad Stricker developed an idea to improve patient care training, it was not to compete in an Air Force innovation contest.

Corpsmen assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point competed to win the annual “Corpsman Cup” on Thursday, June 18, 2026. The competition celebrated the 128th birthday of the Navy Hospital Corps and included events stressing the physical and mental grit of the Sailors while evaluating their skills.

Navy Cmdr. Carlton Bennett III served as an enlisted Sailor during a time when nearly every department on a Navy ship had a VCR, typewriters were used to draft official correspondence and paper letters were the only way to send correspondence home to loved ones.

For Army Capt. Vanessa Munro, arriving at the 2026 Warrior Games already feels like a victory. Before the first event began and before scores were posted, Munro's presence with Team Army was a reminder of how far recovery can reach when determination, support and purpose come together.