Story by Maj. Jose Pizarro 65th Medical Brigade In March 2025, Col. Arroyo and Command Sgt. Maj. Price (65th Medical Brigade command team) hosted Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre (the 46th Army Surgeon General) to observe the Brigade’s operations. Lt. Gen. Izaguirre conducted battlefield circulation at LTA Watkins, South Korea with Gen. Xavier T. Brunson […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe SEMBACH, Germany – U.S. Army Medical Readiness Command, Europe (MRC, EUR), in collaboration with the NATO School Oberammergau (NSO), hosted a five-day NATO Joint Medical Planners Course (JMPC) at Sembach Kaserne, Germany April 7 – 11. The training course was provided by a Mobile Education and Training […]
Story by Lori Newman Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, April 10, 2025 – A cancer patient at Brooke Army Medical Center was able to celebrate two significant events in one day. Linda Staggers rang the bell in the Hematology/Oncology Clinic April 4, signifying the end of her […]
Courtesy Story Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System For the Military Health System, readiness is a strategic imperative to ensure warfighter dominance, survivability, and resilience, said the acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Stephen Ferrara. “Readiness cannot be secondary. You cannot do readiness at the last […]
Story by Master Sgt. Rafael Rosa 156th Wing MUÑIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Puerto Rico — Airmen with the 156th Medical Group, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, inaugurated a trauma training simulator lab during the April regularly scheduled drill, Carolina, Puerto Rico, April 6, 2025. The inauguration was conducted by demonstrating the labs capabilities to […]
Story by Airman 1st Class Nelvis Sera Air University Public Affairs MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala.— U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Neal, 42nd Medical Group physical medicine technician, supports the Human Performance Flight by delivering targeted physical therapy services to Airmen. “With fewer than 300 physical medicine technicians across the Air Force, the Human […]
Courtesy Story U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay Courtesy story by Ashley Craig, Navy Office of Community Outreach MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Petty Officer 3rd Class Damelah Fluker, a native of Chicago, Illinois, was meritoriously advanced in rank while serving aboard U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Guantanamo Bay at U.S. […]
USNMRTC Sigonella/USNH Sigonella/USNMRTU Bahrain/USNMRTC Sigonella Detachment Souda Bay The Blood Bank team at United States Naval Hospital (USNH) Sigonella coordinated a Walking Blood Bank (WBB) donor pre-screening event at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella on April 10th and 11th to bolster its emergency preparedness capabilities. This event marked a resounding success, reflecting the unwavering commitment […]
Story by Staff Sgt. Shelby Pruitt-Johnson 3d Audiovisual Squadron JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas – More than 40 U.S. Airmen and Air National Guardsmen participated in Operation Vapor Trails, a recurring medical readiness exercise centered on aeromedical evacuation, March 28, 2025. This iteration was made possible by the coordination—and family bond—between U.S. Air Force Lt. […]
Story by Summer Abdoh Walter Reed Army Institute of Research BANGKOK, Thailand (March 31, 2025) — In the wake of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Southeast Asia on March 28, personnel from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences sprang into action to support emergency medical response efforts at […]