A team of six soldiers from Medical Readiness Command, Europe, emerged victorious at the U.S. Army Medical Command Best Leader Competition, held June 9-13, 2025, at Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii.

“If the doctor is bored, then we are doing our job because no one is getting sick,” is the motto U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Casey Clark lives by.

Leadership from U.S. Naval Hospital Rota recently visited Hospitales Lavinia Asisa Hospital Jerez Puerta del Sur to engage in a collaborative discussion aimed at enhancing healthcare capabilities and bolstering the enduring network partnership between the two institutions.

U.S. Navy preventive medicine teams, deployed across Latvia and Sweden, focused on something less visible but just as critical: ensuring nothing stopped the fight before it even started.

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-West has launched two behavioral health studies focused on repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries and occupation-related repetitive exposure to tier-1 weapons, marking a significant step toward strengthening resilience and performance in operational settings.

For more than half a century, one woman has quietly made history from behind a stethoscope. As the Pennsylvania U.S. Army National Guard’s oldest working civilian nurse, Patricia Ellis cared for generations of patients—long before many of today’s recruits were even born.

Advanced medical developers and acquisition experts with the Defense Health Agency’s Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office joined an elite group of U.S. and international military medical providers last week to observe the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise 2025 at Fort Cavazos, Texas.

Hawaii National Guard medical professionals completed their fourth annual Tactical Combat Casualty Care exchange with partners from the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp O’Donnell, May 18-30.

For U.S. Army Capt. William Eisenhart, a physician assistant currently deployed to Africa with 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, service has never been about a single uniform or title. It’s about impact.

The Naval Medical Forces Development Command celebrated the 127th U.S. Navy Hospital Corps birthday June 17, 2025.

Music has been part of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Todd Freeman’s life since he was 11 years old. In 2005 when he enlisted into the U.S. Army Reserve at 19 years old, there was no doubt in his mind about his military occupational specialty choice: music. Freeman’s military career led him into the Suicide Prevention Program at U.S. Army Civil Affairs and ...

Dr. Michael DeVan, assistant professor of pathology and co-director of the Uniformed Services University pathology course, brings decades of experience in military medicine, transfusion science, and education to the next generation of military physicians.

Last month, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth paused in front of a ballroom of service members and industry leaders at Special Operations Forces Week in Tampa, Florida, and reminded them people matter more than equipment. In alignment with that focus on readiness, a new program is teaching combat medics to handle battlefield behavioral health crises. 

Long after their final salutes, veterans of the Air Force Medical Service continue to serve their communities and their country, proving that the mission never truly ends for those committed to care, readiness, and service.

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