Story by Andrea Jenkins Air Forces Southern The United States and Paraguay launched a bilateral medical mission Aug. 4 as part of AMISTAD 25, an Air Forces Southern-led exercise focused on strengthening partnerships, enhancing readiness and improving access to health care. The global health engagement, scheduled through Aug. 15, is taking place in various hospitals […]
Courtesy Story Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command CRANE, Ind. — Industrial hygienists from the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) returned to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane July 22-24, 2025, to assess and support ongoing efforts to mitigate blast overpressure (BOP) exposure risk during weapons testing. The visit […]
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Brandi Gibson USNMRTC Sigonella/USNH Sigonella/USNMRTU Bahrain/USNMRTC Sigonella Detachment Souda Bay SIGONELLA, Italy — Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Destanee Willison assigned to Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella, recently returned from a temporary assigned duty in support of the 2025 African Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference, where she provided direct medical […]
Story by Robert Hammer Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System Artificial intelligence and digital simulation tools are transforming how the military trains its future medical workforce. Military doctors, nurses, medics, and U.S. Navy corpsmen can now rehearse battlefield care in the field, trauma bays, or even downrange: repeating each […]
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Hernandez Army Reserve Medical Command FORT GORDON, Ga. – Thirty-nine Army Reserve Soldiers of the Richmond, Virginia-based 7457th Medical Operational Readiness Unit collaborated alongside their Active Component counterparts during the Eastern Phoenix 2025 training exercise held in between the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Fort Gordon, Georgia, […]
Story by Emily Swedlund Naval Medical Research Command KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The eight Navy Medicine Research and Development (NMR&D) commands wrapped up attendance at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium (MHSRS), which began on August 04 and concluded on August 07. MHSRS, a four-day event which takes place annually at the Gaylord Palms Resort & […]
Story by Airman 1st Class Joseph Curzi 86th Airlift Wing RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – The 86th Medical Group held its second iteration of Tactical Combat Casualty Care training for German SWAT members from different states throughout Germany, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 28 – Aug. 1, 2025. The five day course followed the […]
Story by Joseph Jones Madigan Army Medical Center MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. – Madigan Army Medical Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., bid farewell to one commander and welcomed another in a change of command ceremony at Madigan’s Swan Plaza on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, as Col. Hope M. Williamson-Younce handed […]
By Roan Smith WRNMMC Office of Command Communications When a young Theresa “Terri” Lavoie told her father — a U.S. Navy officer — that she wanted to become a nurse, he disagreed. He reminded her she had been afraid of taking medicine when she was sick as a child and instead encouraged her to pursue […]
Story by Maristela Romero Air Force Medical Service In times of crisis, Air Force fighter pilots, aircrews, and missile crews lead the charge in defending the nation with medical professionals by their side committed to keeping them healthy and ready for the operational mission. Among members of this warfighting team are aeromedical physician assistants assigned […]