Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented the Purple Heart to six service members — four retired, one on active duty and one receiving it posthumously — during a ceremony today in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.

Brooke Army Medical Center has earned the Leapfrog Full Transparency Badge, recognizing the hospital's commitment to publicly reporting information about patient safety and quality through the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey.

A routine patrol through the Columbia Metro took an unexpected turn when Soldiers with the Arkansas National Guard responded to a civilian experiencing a medical emergency.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Carrie Howe had difficulty beginning and managing tasks with anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder — but a mixed reality game at the Immersive Health Care Technology Demo Day challenged her to move, react and engage with activities.

Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton was recently certified by NASA to unleash the Disorientation Research Device, commonly known as the "Kraken," as a research and training platform for the Artemis Human Landing System Lunar Landing Skills curriculum.

Uniformed Services University medical students deploy globally to master combat casualty care and build military readiness.

Navy Lt. Kathleen Carter was working as a labor and delivery nurse in the multiservice ward at U.S. Naval Hospital Rota when an ordinary shift became a life-changing emergency.

When a life is on the line, experience and practice matter. That's why Soldiers from Det 1, Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, General Support Aviation Battalion, spent two weeks training with flight Paramedics at Boston MedFlight at Hanscom Air Field.

Munson Army Health Center Soldiers who tested their medical skills in realistic battlefield conditions earlier this summer are now passing those lessons to others across the organization.

For the medical teams supporting the historic Artemis II recovery mission this past April, success meant preparing for every possible outcome.

Nearly two decades after they were evacuated from combat with life-threatening injuries, two Marine Corps veterans returned to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center July 29–not as critically-wounded patients, but as survivors.

Six military medicine personnel received the Medal of Honor for their lifesaving actions during World War I. Beginning July 28, 1914, the war defined modern military medicine, fueled by the medical heroes on the front lines.

In a historic medical first, a multi-service, multinational team of American and Canadian military medical professionals successfully bypassed decades of administrative red tape to deliver seamless, life-saving trauma care afloat. Operating aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex during Exercise Rim of the Pacific, this newly forged ...

To ensure the safety of future space explorers, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing is seeking active duty military volunteers for a collaborative study with NASA to evaluate the impact forces astronauts could experience while standing during a lunar landing.

When environmental conditions forced the closure of a medical treatment site during Operation Bold Eagle, personnel from the 7416th Troop Medical Clinic in Lubbock, Texas — a subordinate unit of Army Reserve Medical Command headquartered in Pinellas Park, Florida — quickly shifted from a traditional aid station model to a mobile approach that brought ...