Story by Danae Johnson Medical Research and Development Command From teaching life-saving skills to caring for civilian patients alongside Service Members, Military medicine continues to benefit local communities. The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center is bringing together the unity of Army medical care within the San Antonio […]
Story by Staff Sgt. Timothy Leddick 911th Airlift Wing Many have an idea of what jobs exist within the U.S. Armed Forces based on what’s seen. Maintainers working on aircraft, followed by pilots taking off, security forces defending bases or government assets and aeromedical evacuation and staging Airmen performing patient transportations. However, many may not […]
Story by Senior Airman Evan Lichtenhan Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, visited Minot Air Force Base Feb. 5, to observe the 5th Medical Group’s impact on readiness and share the Air Force Medical Service’s efforts to meet the demands of Great Power Competition. During the […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe Landstuhl, Germany – More than 60 U.S. military and civilian medical leaders, providers, and planners from all branches of service from across the European theater assembled in Landstuhl, Germany Feb. 6 – 8 to take part in the first-ever Medical Readiness Command, Europe Strategic Medical Offsite. The […]
By James A. Black WRNMMC Office of Command Communications Women Physicians: Pioneering Health Care and Patient-Centered Service For more than a century, women physicians have contributed to the success of medical care in the United States, playing vital roles in saving the lives of children, adolescents, adults and wounded, ill or injured services members. With […]
Story by Isaac Savitz U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa Okinawa, Japan: This week on Camp Foster, medical personnel from all over the island gathered together in a large audience to attend a two-day refresher course on Military Tropical Medicine (MTM). LCDR Vlad Stanila from U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNO), Preventive Medicine Specialist, coordinated the course, and […]
Story by Walter Ham 20th CBRNE Command MUNICH, Germany – American Soldiers from a one-of-a-kind mobile laboratory command trained with German and Tunisian military medical professionals at the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology in Munich, Germany. During a week-long training session, Soldiers from the 1st Area Medical Laboratory honed their skills to conduct safe and efficient […]
Story by Curtis Hill Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton celebrated 10 years of operation in their newest facility and location on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, with the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop. Providing congratulatory comments at the ceremony were Rear Adm. Guido Valdes, director of Defense Health Network Pacific Rim; Navy Capt. […]
Story by Vivian Mason Uniformed Services University Leonard C. Sperling, M.D., – distinguished professor of dermatology and pathology at the Uniformed Services University, vice Chair of Dermatology, and Sulzberger Chair of Dermatology – was named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Elson B. Helwig Memorial Lecture Award given by the American Society of Dermatopathology. […]
Story by Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital FORT JOHNSON, La. — Sgt. Jacob Loya, radiology specialist at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, passed the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists examination and earned his radiologic technician credentials on Jan. 31, in Shreveport, Louisiana. According to www.arrt.org, the ARRT is the world’s largest organization offering credentials in […]