Story by Christopher Jones Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Rear Adm. Matthew Case, Chief of the Navy Medical Service Corps (MSC) and Acting Assistant Director for Healthcare Administration for the Defense Health Agency, visited Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms on July 30 to commemorate the corps’ 78th birthday […]
Story by Staff Sgt. Jerry Zuetrong Army Reserve Medical Command In a dynamic display of joint medical readiness, Army Reserve Soldiers and U.S. Air Force personnel teamed up during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025, a large-scale training exercise, to test large-scale casualty evacuation operations and reinforce critical interoperability between services. Hosted at Travis Air Force Base, […]
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) departed from Limón, Costa Rica, August 1, 2025, after spending eight days providing medical care, dental care, veterinary care, and multiple subject matter exchanges for Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25). […]
Story by T. T. Parish Operational Medical Systems Team members with the Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office joined several hundred military and medical development industry experts today to kick off the Department of Defense’s annual four-day Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 4, 2025. MHSRS is a DoD-sponsored event that brings […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency [Editor’s note: This article discusses mental health and resources that can help. The 988 National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is just a call or text away. You can reach them by calling and pressing “1” or texting 838255. There’s also a dedicated Veterans Crisis Line and Military […]
Story by Lisa Braun Medical Education Training Campus Three instructors with the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) located on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, presented a continuing education (CE) session at the American Medical Technologists (AMT) Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa. July 23. Army Sgt. 1st Class Devin Bigelow, Combat Medic Specialist […]
Story by Warren Wright Fort Drum MEDDAC FORT DRUM, New York – Soldiers, civilian employees, friends and family of the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, also known as MEDDAC, and Guthrie Army Health Clinic welcomed the unit’s new commander during a change of command ceremony at the Memorial Park in Fort Drum, New York, July 18, […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sasha Ambrose U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery FALLS CHURCH, Va. – For one U.S. Navy Sailor, the path to medicine didn’t begin in a lab or a lecture hall – it started in a recruiter’s office with a leap of faith. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry […]
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 […]