Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s refractive surgery center provides care to enhance the operational readiness of active duty service members.

The Department of Defense is dedicated to safeguard the brain health of service members, with all branches implementing prevention strategies and assessments to mitigate the impact of blast overpressure. Ongoing research, particularly regarding potential thresholds for acute and chronic low-level BOP exposure, aims to enhance operator effectiveness ...

Navy Medicine announced nurses from Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune were awarded the MHS Nursing Leadership Excellence Award in all three military categories at the 2025 Military Health System Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Awardees included U.S. Navy Cmdr. Reginald Middlebrooks as Senior Officer, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Alainna Crotty as Midgrade ...

Behind the scenes, healthcare technology management professionals are a small, yet mighty force and represent the glue that binds the medical continuum of care together throughout the Department of Defense.

Uniformed Services University graduates continue a tradition of service, with many hooded by alumni relatives, underscoring the deep-rooted commitment to military health care.

Members of the Combined Joint Task Force—Horn of Africa Surgeon Cell conducted a battlefield circulation visit to Cooperative Security Location, Kismayo, to provide members with physical therapy care, along with other medical resources, May 19-24.

The Defense Health Agency’s Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office recently completed its support of the ongoing Dynamic Employment of Forces to Europe for NATO Deterrence and Enhanced Readiness, or DEFENDER, exercise at Vepriai Rocket Base in Lithuania, May 19, 2025.

U.S. Navy Capt. Benjamin Quartey, a colorectal surgeon assigned to Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship Seven, provides life-changing care to patients while supporting Navy Medicine’s global mission. Quartey plays a dual role in both hospital care and operational readiness: At NMRTC, Quartey works in the Division of Colorectal Surgery. When deployed, ...

Good mental health is crucial for the well-being and readiness of our military force. My Military Health—the Defense Health Agency’s new care model—is changing how service members get mental health care by making the experience more convenient and user-friendly.

Military medical professionals from various nations gathered for the annual European-African Military Nursing Exchange conference, May 20-23, 2025, to discuss a range of topics revolving around improving the medical profession within the military across different forces.

As the U.S. Navy observes Mental Health Awareness Month this May, Naval Medical Center San Diego recognizes a grassroots effort that continues to make a profound difference in the lives of service members and their families: the creation of the Mental Health Roadmap by Dr. Moriah Nissan and other instrumental contributors.

The U.S. Navy Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort departed Naval Station Norfolk to begin its summer deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of operation in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S.4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2025, May 30.

The 87th Medical Group celebrated a major milestone in military medical readiness with the graduation of two airmen from the inaugural Air Force Paramedic Currency Platform at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 22, 2025.

Medical readiness is combat readiness, and while we’re grateful to have the current moment of relative peace, we must remain vigilant. When the enemy strikes, we need our service members physically fit, mentally aware, and healthy to defend our nation.

Interoperability is one of the biggest challenges facing service members and veterans in their ongoing, lifelong health care, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, recently told a group of military and veteran healthcare leaders.