Story by Douglas Stutz Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton The was a slight caveat for Navy Nurse Corps offices stationed at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton in recognizing not only their 2025 Daisy Award winner, but also the other two nominees. All three are temporarily unavailable due to operational commitment. […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency Dear Doc: My husband lost an arm in Iraq, and I’m his full-time caregiver. He’s fully recovered, and we’re grateful to the staff at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth for his excellent care. But we’re back at our duty station now, and I want to keep up with […]
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office 18th Theater Medical Command, Commanding General E. Darrin Cox, discussed the various ways Army Medicine contributes to campaigning in the Indo-Pacific region during Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exhibition 2025 on May 14, 2025. While flanked by his senior enlisted advisor, […]
Story by Nicholas Acosta Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System “Your mission is vital. I think you’re going to see in my story that I’m alive here, up on this really high platform, because of the Military Health System. This is a success story.” That’s Dan Cnossen, a seven-time […]
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Alicia Sacks U.S. Naval Hospital Rota ROTA, Spain – Growing up on a horse farm in Fern Prairie, Washington, HM1 Brandon Day learned early the value of hard work and motivation. Those values—instilled by his grandfather and sharpened through 11 years of dedicated service—have led to his selection as the 2024 U.S. […]
Story by Maj. Jesse Bien 68th Theater Medical Command VEPRIAI, Lithuania – The 519th Hospital Center, commanded by Col. Avery Carney, hosted the Lithuanian Minister of National Defense, Dovile Sakaliene, and U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, Kara C. McDonald, during a site visit to the Swift Response 25 hospital exercise (HOSPEX) at Vepriu […]
Story by Staff Sgt. Jacob Dunlap 123rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment HOHENFELS, Germany — Combat medics and medical personnel with the 501st Aviation Battalion, 1st Armored Division honed their skills in point-to-point blood transfusions May 18, 2025 during Exercise Combined Resolve 25-2 in Hohenfels, Germany. The training scenario focused on rapidly providing blood to soldiers […]
Story by Maristela Romero Air Force Medical Service In a combat zone, a single weapon discharge can unleash a force powerful enough to rattle the brain – without leaving a single visible mark. These invisible blast overpressure injuries, along with more severe traumatic brain injuries, are at the center of a growing Department of Defense […]
Story by Terry Goodman Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System Digital transformation continues to have a significant impact on the way people live and work at a rapid pace, and its influence on health care is no exception. As artificial intelligence capabilities become more widespread and sophisticated, the Department […]
Story by Michelle Stewart Defense Health Network Central The Defense Health Agency announced May 5 that three military hospitals from Defense Health Network Central earned an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2025. The 81st Medical Group, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.; the 673rd Medical Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; and Brooke Army Medical […]