Leadership from the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan, met with leaders from the University of the Ryukyus to discuss the importance of a strong relationship between the two health care facilities, which will soon be next-door neighbors.

The Forward Deployable Preventative Medical Unit participated in a first-ever weapons and threat recognition training course, specifically designed and tailored for the unit’s unique mission. FDPMU’s are rapidly deployable and mobile units that support force health protection around the globe.

Despite intermittent downpours and cloudy skies, a palpable sense of excitement and anticipation filled the air as the Public Health Command-Pacific, Veterinary Readiness Activity, Japan and Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo leadership came together on January 18, 2024, to celebrate the opening of the newest veterinary treatment facility in the Pacific.

Navy Medicine supports the force's lethality by maintaining state-of-the-art medical and operational readiness. One way they do it is with the Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) course.

The resiliency room aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy gives sailors access to a massage chair, yoga mat, calming music, scent sticks, and coloring books as ways to decompress and relax while aboard the ship. Sailors can sign up for 30-minute blocks at a time.

New and enhanced health care services are coming to the U.S. Army Health Center Vicenza, Italy, this from Jan. 17 through March 8, 2023.

Over the course of several decades, the Department of Defense’s global health engagement strategy has evolved to better equip its allies for health and human security.

In the vast oceanic stretches of the U.S. Coast Guard's 14th District and the Blue Pacific, skilled medical personnel like U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Zea on fast response cutters, especially during expeditionary patrols, is not just a necessity; it's a lifeline.

As 2023 drew to a close, team members with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, or USAMMDA, at Fort Detrick, Maryland, reflected on their achievements while preparing for 2024.

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division’s Global Emerging Infections Surveillance branch hosted its first Next-Generation Sequencing Summit in Silver Spring, Maryland. Attendees included representatives from the GEIS network of global partner laboratories and other U.S. government agencies. AFHSD is a division of Defense Health Agency Public Health.

The only military hospital in Kuwait with surgical capabilities recently upgraded to a new, state-of-the-art, computed tomography scanner.

Pacific Partnership 24-1 concludes 10 days of medical, humanitarian, and disaster response, collaborating with professionals and U.S. veterans. The mission concluded at its third mission stop on Dec. 21, 2023 in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.

The U.S. Navy Surgeon General has released Navy Medicine’s first-ever campaign plan.

The only military treatment facility with military hospitalization and surgical capabilities in Kuwait upgraded to a new, state-of-the-art computed tomography scanner recently.

U.S. soldiers and NATO partners participated in the European Best Medic Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Dec. 4 to 8, 2023.