At the Uniformed Services University, military medicine is evolving to treat food as a critical component of operational readiness and clinical care. Through a comprehensive Medical Nutrition Curriculum, the university is equipping future military physicians to support warfighter health, performance, and readiness across all four years of medical ...

Arctic Edge, a U.S homeland defense exercise demonstrating U.S. military extreme cold weather capabilities in the arctic region, provides the NAMRU San Antonio Biomedical Systems Evaluation and Engineering team with an environment to evaluate medical procedures and devices.

The Air Force Surgeon General is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Air Force Medical Service Annual Awards. The awards include both individual and team awards.

Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms completed National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-certified spirometry training on Feb. 26, expanding the command’s ability to detect occupational lung disease early and protect the respiratory health of service members and civilian personnel.

Joint Task Force–Bravo medical teams strengthened long‑standing partnerships across Honduras in February 2026 through a series of Global Health Engagements designed to enhance shared medical capability, expand patient care, and build capabilities to respond to disasters.

When Dr. Audra McCoy explained fiscal oversight importance for prescribed medications, the Defense Health Agency responsibility to operational readiness as a combat support agency became further defined.

Reynolds Army Health Clinic in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, specializes in warfighter readiness – principles designed by Maj. Gen. Charles Reynolds, the 25th Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and the clinic’s namesake.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is at the forefront of enhancing the physical readiness of military members in the Hampton Roads area with the launch of a new virtual physical therapy program called Sword Thrive. This initiative, part of a pilot program by the Defense Health Agency, addresses common barriers to care, such as packed schedules, travel ...

2nd Lt. Megan Doherty, an M.D./Ph.D. candidate at the Uniformed Services University (USU), is working to address a critical challenge in cancer research: improving outcomes for uterine leiomyosarcoma (uLMS), a rare and aggressive cancer with a five-year survival rate of just 30%–50%. Through her research, Doherty is developing advanced tumor models ...

The Department of the Air Force released the Family Preparedness Guide, Feb. 18, as a centralized resource to help Airmen and Guardians make informed decisions through all stages of family planning and readiness.

Our resilience is built through a preventive maintenance model of wellness. We would never wait for an aircraft’s engine to fail mid-flight before performing maintenance. Our amazing maintainers whether they are Airmen or Guardians conduct rigorous, schedule checks to ensure all of our equipment is sound, reliable, and ready.

The Military Health System launched the Modified Waiver Payment Program March 9, 2026, to give eligible civilian, non-beneficiary patients financial relief for care at a military hospital or clinic. MHS officials said the program aims to reduce financial harm and create a fairer system for patients.

The Uniformed Services University leverages the Military Health System Data Repository and advanced "omics" to identify preclinical markers for over 25 chronic diseases, enhancing warfighter readiness and long-term health.

The Breast Health Clinic within the Department of Surgery at Womack Army Medical Center has launched an important new partnership with Otogenetics Corporation aimed at improving and expediting access to genetic testing for patients. This collaboration brings advanced, in-house genetic testing capabilities directly to the clinic, significantly reducing ...

The U.S. Navy has finalized a strategic training plan for its next-generation operational medical technology, a critical step toward enhancing the health and readiness of Sailors and Marines across the globe.