Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's top priority is caring for service members and their families.

Some military organizations in INDOPACOM give returning soldiers presumptive treatment for filariasis, but with few clinical cases in recent decades, this report reviews the policy’s historical basis.

MSMR publishes a monthly Reportable Medical Event update for the active component and Military Health System beneficiaries. MHS health care providers and public health officials document RMEs through the Disease Reporting System internet.

This report describes the trends of vitamin D deficiency among active component service members in the past five years and identifies factors independently associated with a current deficiency diagnosis, with particular emphasis on the occupation category.

This study assesses associations between demographic factors and incidence of acute hip fracture and hip stress fracture, including age, race and ethnicity, branch of service, military occupation, and recruit status, as well as associations between body mass index.

This report establishes that malaria rates among regionally-deployed Australian military personnel remain relatively low following high rates in the early 2000s.

Entomologists, also known as insect scientists, dive into the intricate and diverse world of insects to uncover the secrets of the largest group of animals on Earth.

Beneath the waves, where steel behemoths patrol in near-total isolation, submarine health is critical. The health of the crew is paramount, but unlike a surface ship, even minor emergencies cannot lead to medical evacuation.

This report provides an updated summary of health care burdens among Military Health System beneficiaries including non-service member dependents during 2023.

This report summarizes the nature, numbers, and trends of conditions for which military members were medically evacuated from the U.S. Central Command or Africa Central Command operations in 2023, with historical comparisons to the previous four years.

This report estimates illness and injury-related morbidity and health care burden distributions among deployed active and reserve component service members of the U.S. Armed Forces in 2023.

This Surveillance Snapshot presents two charts that illustrate 2023 data on the illness and injury health care burdens among reserve component members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

This Surveillance Snapshot summarizes trends in pharmacy prescriptions ordered from 2014 to 2023 for active component service members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Space Force.