In the military, physical endurance, mental sharpness and emotional resilience are essential to mission success. Yet, one of the most powerful tools to maintain these qualities—sleep—is often undervalued.

The Blast Overpressure Tool's library now includes blast exposure profiles for all 15 weapons systems designated as “Tier 1” by the Defense Health Agency in its landmark 2023 medical study of the health effects of blast exposure on service members.

Researchers at the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory’s Warfighter Performance Group have undertaken a research program called operator state monitoring to develop ways of reliably monitoring aviators’ cognitive functions in order to predict and mitigate those deficits--cutting-edge medical modernization that will improve warfighter ...

Two soldiers from Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital became part of a small community of highly skilled U.S. Army medical professionals Aug. 11, earning the Expert Field Medical Badge during the Expert Infantry, Soldier and Field Medical Badge testing event hosted by the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at the Joint Readiness Training ...

Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Health Promotion and Wellness Center department head provides programs designed to enhance operational readiness. It has also bolstered Health Promotion and Wellness being officially recognized--again--for command excellence with the annual ‘Blue H’ Award, with Gold Star.

USU faculty presented research on pain management, military nutrition, infectious diseases, and environmental health risks at the Military Health System Research Symposium.

Medical Service Corps Officers from across Southern California gathered at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar’s Officers’ Club for the 2025 Southern California MSC Symposium, hosted by the Southern California Medical Service Corps Officers Association (SoCal MSCOA).

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Alvin Ciasico, from Naval Medical Research Command, was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on Aug. 11 at an all-hands call and awards ceremony for actions he took in administering emergency medical aid.

Young Investigators and researchers with poster presentations—representing the future of military health research—received top honors at the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium on Aug. 7 in Kissimmee, Florida.

The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs continue burn pit exposure support of more than 4.7 million veterans in a toxic exposures registry and offer updated healthcare provider training on those exposures.

This summer, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital welcomed a group of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps nursing cadets to the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana. The Nurse Summer Training Program, known as NSTP, pairs ROTC nursing students with military treatment facilities around the world to complete clinical rotations before ...

The Warfighter Readiness, Performance, and Brain Health project management office took part in the Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida.

Research physiologist, Dr. Doug Jones and cognitive scientist, Dr. Tim Dunn of the Naval Health Research Center’s warfighter performance department, together with the NHRC public affairs team, have been awarded the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium Warfighter Medical Research Public Communications Award.

Researchers, leadership, and exhibition representatives with Navy Medicine Research and Development kicked off attendance at the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium on Aug. 4.

More than 40 airmen from the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th Medical Group recently returned from two weeks of joint training at U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, where they worked alongside Navy medical personnel in a busy overseas environment.