By Ann Brandstadter WRNMMC Command Communications When U.S. Army Medical Department’s (AMEDD) retired Lt. Col. Ronna Trent brings her 13-year-old daughter Piper to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), she knows that she will get the best care possible. Trent has resided in Bethesda, Md., for 27 years, and during her 20 years as […]
Story by Jessie Hudson Martin Army Community Hospital Martin Army Community Hospital (MACH) held a change of command ceremony July 21, as Col. John W. Taylor III relinquished command to Col. M. Jordan Inman. Brig. Gen. Jamie Burk, commanding general of Medical Readiness Command-East, presided over the ceremony, which symbolized the formal transfer of authority and […]
Story by C.J. Lovelace U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command FORT DETRICK, Md. — With over 20 years under her belt at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, Kim Dankulich has built a reputation as a subject-matter expert in her field. In recognition of her leadership and strategic medical materiel expertise, USAMMA leaders inducted Dankulich into the […]
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes 18th Medical Command Blood is the fluid that keeps the human heart beating, without it, our internal clock stops ticking and existence stops as we know it. Various-critical situations caused by mankind or natural disasters that require blood to be infused into people to save lives can trigger a […]
Story by Christopher Jones Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga – Cmdr. Christina Carter, a public health nurse currently serving as Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, recently returned from a temporary assignment to the Kingdom of Tonga in June, where she served […]
Story by Spc. Ethan Mccubbins U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet LIMÓN, Costa Rica – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Limón, Costa Rica, July 24, 2025, for the fifth mission stop of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25). “The Continuing Promise team is excited to be here in Costa Rica […]
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Hernandez Army Reserve Medical Command JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Approximately 100 Army Reserve Soldiers, both organic and cross-level augmentees to the Fort Gordon, Georgia-based 1st Medical Training Brigade and the Independence, Missouri-based 139th Medical Brigade, respectively served as observer-controller/trainers and joined several other rotational training units to take part […]
Story by Janice Erdlitz Lyster Army Health Clinic Fort Rucker, Alabama – Senior leaders from the U.S. Army Medical Readiness Command, East visited Fort Rucker on July 22 to learn more about Lyster Army Health Clinic, its people, and its mission supporting Army Aviation. Brig. Gen. Jamie Burk, Commanding General of MRC, East, and Command Sgt. […]
Story by Senior Airman Devlin Bishop Air Forces Southern PARAMARIBO, Suriname – U.S. Air Force medical and support personnel provided care to hundreds of patients while collaborating with local practitioners during a two-week Global health engagement with Surinamese health care providers, July 12-25. AMISTAD 2025 brought together American and Surinamese medical teams across multiple facilities, emphasizing […]
Story by Lt. Col. Kristin Porter 807th Theater Medical Command SEAGOVILLE AND FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — In a show of initiative and innovation, the 965th Dental Company (Area Support) conducted a field dental training operation in Seagoville, Texas, in April, offering dental exams to soldiers on-site during a battle assembly. The mission was more than […]