Story by Christopher Delano Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune is enhancing Expeditionary Medical Unit capabilities by equipping hospital corpsmen with advance trauma and pre-hospital care skills through an accelerated paramedic training program offered by Navy Medicine. These paramedic-qualified corpsmen will become an essential piece of the En […]
Story by Sidney Hinds Naval Medical Research Command Brain injury poses a serious health threat to U.S. service members across the world. Cognitive impairment resulting from brain injury can negatively impact individual health, unit readiness and the lethal capacity of the nation’s forces. In defense of U.S. service members, Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D) […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe SEMBACH, Germany – U.S. Army Capt. Tyler Sprunger, an Army Medical Service Corps officer and son of retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Sprunger, former command sergeant major for U.S. Army Medical Command, is carving his own distinguished path in the Army. He is building upon a […]
Story by Diana Naranjo Naval Medical Research Command ACCRA, Ghana – Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT, in partnership with the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), hosted a two-week field mission as part of Navy Medicine’s annual Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) course for 15 U.S. military physicians and healthcare professionals from August […]
Story by Daniel Taylor U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 23, 2025) – U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka conducted a large-scale mass casualty drill Sept. 23, testing its ability to triage, treat, and transport multiple simulated patients during a crisis. The exercise included 10 casualty injects, ranging from a femur […]
Story by Kevin Larson Winn Army Community Hospital The daily joy of a family meal turned into an emergency room visit, surgery, and an overnight hospital stay for retired Sergeant First Class Damien Dunn, a Soldier for Life and Winn Army Community Hospital beneficiary. “I’m eating dinner, and I was feeling pain in my kidneys,” […]
Story by Kyler Hood Commander Navy Region Hawaii For most people, a bullet in the heart means certain death. But for a World War II Sailor and his nurse, the precariously located bullet marked the start of an enduring love story symbolizing the resilience of the greatest generation. During the attack on Pearl Harbor on […]
Story by Senior Airman Jessica Duch 115th Fighter Wing Wisconsin Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 115th Medical Group began a training affiliation agreement with UW Health September 12, ensuring Airmen maintain readiness through consistent, real-world experience. The partnership will allow the 115th Fighter Wing’s medical personnel to observe UW Health operations during drill weekends […]
Story by Maristela Romero Air Force Medical Service The Department of Air Force transferred more than 178,000 biological samples from Vietnam and Korean War veterans to the Department of Veterans Affairs in August, concluding an 18-year effort to safeguard them for future studies. The samples, previously stored at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, are […]
By Bernard S. Little Walter Reed Office of Command Communications Surgeons at Walter Reed continue to use innovative approaches to providing presidential-level care to beneficiaries of the Military Health System. “We used a microsurgical robot to do the microvascular anastomosis [as part of a breast reconstruction],” said U.S. Army Col. (Dr.) Paul Hwang, director for […]