Dr. Chuong Do, an inpatient pharmacist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, was recently named the Defense Health Agency Inpatient Pharmacist of the Year and National Capital Region Inpatient Pharmacist of the Year.

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center leaders recognized service members and civilian employees Oct. 28 for their contributions to the hospital’s successful Joint Commission survey during an awards ceremony at Heaton Auditorium. The triennial survey evaluated hospital operations, patient safety practices and compliance with accreditation standards. The ...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTC SD) conducted a first-of-its-kind simulated Role 2 training exercise on Oct. 22 and 29, 2026, designed to prepare expeditionary medical units for high-intensity operations in austere environments. While the realistic training was hosted on-site at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), the ...

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton achieved its fourth consecutive five-star rating in the TRICARE Inpatient Satisfaction Survey for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026.

Growing up in Lomé, Togo along the coast of Gulf of Guinea, Spc. Koffi Ballogou could not have known that his path would eventually lead him to serve in the U.S. Army. In Lomé, life moves to the tempo of coastal trade and bustling open-air markets, yet one young native traded the Atlantic breeze of West Africa for the uniform of an American Soldier; ...

Uniformed Services University students faced simulated drone threats and updated combat casualty care in their military medicine capstone.

Two Soldiers graduated from Phase II of the Army’s 68K Medical Laboratory Specialist Course at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital on Oct. 27, completing 26 weeks of clinical training in the hospital’s Department of Pathology. Spc. Christian I. Bell and Pfc. Fredy J. Munoz Ordonez trained across key laboratory disciplines, including hematology, ...

Under the Pacific Air Forces, the 673d Medical Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson provides healthcare for more than 34,000 women. At this epicenter of medical services is a first-of-its-kind clinic specifically designed to educate, treat and improve the lives of these women. From active duty to dependents and beyond, the JBER Women’s Mid-Life ...

Leaders and clinical specialists from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center met with counterparts from the Netherlands Central Military Hospital and the Institute for Defense Cooperation with Civilian Hospitals in Utrecht Oct 15–16 for a reciprocal key leader engagement and familiarization visit. The engagement built upon an evolving relationship that ...

During a series of orientation visits in September, Capt. Joshua A. Miller, commanding officer, U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Yokosuka (USNMRTC Yokosuka), and director, U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka (USNH Yokosuka), met with leaders from Japanese medical facilities that support the U.S. Navy community in the Kanto region.

The path to becoming a military doctor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences runs through its F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, the nation’s only federal military medical school. You apply through the American Medical College Application Service the summer before you want to start, pass a military medical ...

A newly trained military surgeon may deploy to a location where no other surgeon is on site, and possibly no other physician. The medics, nurses, and technicians there look to that surgeon for direction. With limited supplies, staff, and support, the surgeon works far from the resources of a conventional hospital.

The Wiesbaden Veterinary Treatment Facility, an element of Veterinary Readiness Activity Rheinland-Pfalz, joined forces with the 525th Military Police Detachment, the Wiesbaden Army Health Clinic, and host-nation partner security personnel for a comprehensive Canine Tactical Combat Casualty Care and casualty evacuation training exercise.

Lt. Cmdr. Scott Berkheimer, a pediatrician at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, was named Navy Pediatrician of the Year by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Uniformed Services in October 2026, recognizing his professional accomplishments and dedication to caring for military-connected children and families. Berkheimer provides comprehensive ...

Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River is celebrating National Pharmacy Week by highlighting its award-winning team, led by Defense Health Agency Supervisory Pharmacist of the Year Leslie Ann Jago. Operating across three locations, the team dispenses more than 94,000 prescriptions annually, driving operational readiness and patient safety through ...