U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka conducted an Advanced Trauma Life Support course, reinforcing battlefield readiness and joint interoperability by training Navy, Air Force and host-nation medical personnel in standardized, life-saving trauma assessment and management. The most recent class included two Navy physicians, five Air Force physicians and one ...

Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy conducted its first at-sea surgery as she sailed through the Atlantic Ocean for the first time during Builder’s Trials. The emergency appendectomy was conducted in the ship’s medical facility with doctors and corpsmen from John F. Kennedy and USS Harry S. Truman.

This initiative aims to learn directly from patients to help shape clinical practice guidelines for treatment across military and veteran communities.

A long-standing partnership between Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, and the VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System is expanding specialty services and access to care for veterans and service members.

Before the sun rises over Camp Hansen\,Marines from across III Marine Expeditionary Force gather inside a classroom lined with detailed medical diagrams. Each seat is prepared with a medical aid bag containing the essential tools needed to care for a wounded Marine in combat.

Civilian and military dental professionals from Fort Polk engaged families during the Child and Youth Services Interactive Community Health Fair on Feb. 20 at the Middle School and Teen Center, providing education and hands-on demonstrations focused on building healthy oral hygiene habits early in life.

In September 2025, scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research—West participated in a collaborative effort to collect data on physiological and psychological factors affecting combat medic performance during simulated patient care encounters at Bold Quest 2025.

Mothers, fathers and their newborn bundles of joy gathered Feb. 10 to celebrate successful deliveries, reconnect with Women’s Health team staff, and reflect on how the Centering Pregnancy Program at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center helped prepare them for childbirth and beyond.

Major Daniel Thompson, a British Army surgeon and exchange researcher in the Engineering and Sciences Exchange Program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, has earned the United Kingdom’s top defense medical research honor for advancing AI-driven battlefield wound care.

The senior leaders of Medical Readiness Command, Europe and Defense Health Network Europe, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Roger Giraud and Command Sgt. Maj. Kalani Kalili, hosted a townhall meeting at the Sembach Chapel Feb. 19 for members of both headquarters.

The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis and the U.S. Air Force officially launched the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team LAMAT 2026 mission during an opening ceremony in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, on Feb 22, 2026.

The Brooke Army Medical Center Auxiliary held its annual Welfare Grant Ceremony Feb. 17, at Brooke Army Medical Center.

Ten Army nurses earned their Area of Concentration designator in obstetrics and gynecology after completing the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s Nursing Specialty Course, during a graduation ceremony Feb. 9.

It’s not easy to catch up with a Navy Nurse Corps officer helping run half a dozen clinics, oversee over a hundred staff and coordinate healthcare for nearly 14,000 eligible beneficiaries.

Being named civilian of the year is a significant professional milestone. For Paula Curielabreu, the Naval Medical Forces Pacific’s Fiscal Year 2025 Civilian of the Year, it is more than an accomplishment. In a command whose core mission is the health and readiness of the nation’s warfighters, the award brings her life’s purpose into “full perspective ...