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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.

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March 24, 2026

National Medal of Honor Day: Military Medical Heroes

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There is no higher accolade in the United States Armed Forces than the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is awarded to military personnel serving across the Services for incredible acts of valor and selflessness. Since the Civil War, 79 service members belonging to what we now call the Military Health System have been recognized for this distinction. ...

Fact Sheet
March 24, 2026

DOD Healthcare Management System Modernization Fact Sheet

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The DHMSM Program Management Office oversees deployment, operations, and sustainment of MHS GENESIS®. DHMSM manages the acquisition, testing, delivery, integration, and successful operation and sustainment of MHS GENESIS, a state-of-the-market electronic health record and health care system solution that transforms the way the Department of Defense ...

Fact Sheet
March 24, 2026

MHS GENESIS Fact Sheet

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MHS GENESIS is the Department of Defense's new electronic health record. When fully deployed, MHS GENESIS will provide the DOD's 9.5 million beneficiaries and 205,000 medical providers with a single, integrated health record across the continuum of care – deployed and at home and eventually, through the transition to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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March 24, 2026

Wyoming Airman earns national aeromedical evacuation award

Senior Airman Kaylee Hess, an aeromedical evacuation technician with the 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, stands in front of a C-130 Hercules aircraft

Senior Airman Kaylee Hess, an aeromedical evacuation technician with the 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, was named the 2025 Outstanding Aeromedical Evacuation Crew Member of the Year, an honor recognizing top performers across the Air National Guard’s aeromedical evacuation community.

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March 24, 2026

Beyond the classroom: Guantanamo Bay students explore careers in medicine at Naval Hospital

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Lillian Pfeiffer demonstrates ultrasound technology to students from W.T. Sampson Elementary and High School during a field trip

Students from W.T. Sampson Elementary and High School stepped beyond the classroom and into a clinical environment during a field trip to U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, where Sailors assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay provided hands-on exposure to a wide range of medical specialties March 10, 2026.

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March 24, 2026

Mission: Lifesaver – Fitness as a foundation to readiness

 Chief Hospital Corpsman Joanna Rakes, assigned to Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL), pulls a weighted bag during command-sponsored physical training

A Sailor grips the edge of a stretcher as the ship shifts beneath them, boots pounding across the deck while intercom updates cut through the noise. Every movement is deliberate. In these moments, outcomes depend not just on medical knowledge, but on physical readiness. When the call comes, there is no pause, only execution.

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March 23, 2026

Original style of centrifuge testing during World War I

Original style of centrifuge testing during World War I

"Subjecting the prospective American airman to the falling test" March 19, 1918, reads the caption of a black-and-white photo of an early version of the centrifuge provided by the National Archives. "The sixth sense -- that of equilibrium -- is the function of the labyrinth of the internal ear. When the chair spins, it simulates the conditions World ...

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