Story by Desmond Martin Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command September 4, 2025 — In a significant advancement for Navy public health, epidemiologists with the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) are revolutionizing how the fleet monitors illnesses at sea. The initiative harnesses the power of a biosurveillance tool known […]
Story by Samuel King Jr. 96th Test Wing EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The baby could lose her arm. That was the call to action that prompted two 96th Test Wing units to team up for a critical life flight mission July 23. A two-month-old with an arterial blood clot that threatened […]
Story by Tech. Sgt. Ana Gomez 301st Fighter Wing NAS JRB FORT WORTH, TEXAS – The 301st Medical Squadron held an assumption of command ceremony September 13 at 1 p.m. at the Texas Air National Guard Band Hall. The ceremony, presided over by the Commander of the 301st Fighter Wing, U.S. Air Force Col. Abel […]
Story by Brian Valencia 59th Medical Wing Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas – The 59th Medical Wing hosted a demonstration of SimX’s Virtual Reality Operational Medical Training at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, giving leaders and educators a chance to explore how immersive technology could support medical readiness. The SimX system, known as VALOR (Virtual […]
Courtesy Story Air Force Medical Service In a simulated drone-attack scenario at Fort Detrick, Maryland, medics moved quickly – recording vital signs, injuries, and treatments on a tablet before transferring the data with a single scan. The process took seconds, but the implications were far-reaching. In a real mission, that same patient information could follow […]
Story by Andrew Ortuzar Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Norvell Walker Grant, the first surgeon general of the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Army Air Forces, is known as the grandfather of the present-day Air Force Medical Service. David Grant USAF Medical […]
Courtesy Story Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System Air Force Brig. Gen. (Dr.) John R. Andrus recently served as the Joint Staff Surgeon, culminating a 37-year career in military health. Like his predecessors, he brought deep experience and insight to advise top leadership within the Department of Defense on […]
Story by Airman 1st Class Maria Washler AFN Tokyo BATURAJA, Indonesia – U.S. Army surgeons from multiple units visited Indonesian civilian and military hospitals during Super Garuda Shield 25 in Baturaja, Indonesia, Aug. 26, 2025. “We went out into the local community to see how they operate; how they perform medicine in this part of […]
Story by Robert Hammer Defense Health Agency With the theme of “Empowering Care, Enhancing Readiness: Harnessing Health IT Innovation,” the 2025 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium kicked off in Nashville, Tennessee, with Pat Flanders, chief information officer for the Defense Health Agency, addressing more than 2,300 attendees Aug. 26. Besides his role as the DHA […]
Story by Susan McGovern U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise FORT DETRICK, Md. – U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise’s Operational Medicine Information Systems – Army (OMIS-A) developed and piloted a web-based application that eliminates key challenges associated with the deployment and maintenance of the current Health Assessment Lite Operations (HALO) electronic health record (EHR) […]
