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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Shemariah Thurman, Aerospace Medical Technician with 30th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, checks a patient's vitals at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Sept. 24, 2025. This check was for a routine medical exam. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daekwon Stith)

30th Medical Group earns gold medal for excellence in primary care

Sept. 24, 2025

The award, ranking medical groups across the DOD on performance in primary care, signifies the 30th MDG’s ability to exceed demanding benchmarks.


Representatives from Brooke Army Medical Center, the Center for the Intrepid, the U.S. Army Surgical Research Institute, the 59th Medical Wing, and many more present their research at ProPEL 2025 in San Antonio, Texas

DHA and VelocityTX partner to accelerate military medical innovation

Sept. 23, 2025

This partnership positions VelocityTX as a trusted operational hub for translational science, agile infrastructure deployment, and cross-sector collaboration.


Team members from the Topeka-based VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System and Leavenworth’s Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center met with leaders at Munson Army Health Center on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Sept. 17.

Munson, VA collaborate to enhance healthcare, strengthen readiness

Sept. 23, 2025

The visit underscored the commitment between Munson and the VA to leverage resources and expertise to better serve their respective patient populations.


Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Shane McEntire, a vascular surgeon at Brooke Army Medical Center, shows the device used to perform the TransCarotid Artery Revascularization procedure to Air Force Maj. (Dr.) William Harris, vascular surgeon, and DeAnn Yanez, a nurse in the vascular surgery clinic, Dec. 12, 2017. Surgeons must be specially trained or assisted by someone who has been trained on the device used during the TCAR procedure before they can do this surgery. (U.S. Army photo by Robert T. Shields)

Patients rank DHN Central clinics ‘best of the best’

Sept. 22, 2025

Each quarter, the Military Health System uses JOES data to generate a "best of the best" report.


Seeing the forest with all the trees…hospital corpsmen assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton join a young beneficiary in an impromptu tree pose designed to test balance and stability during Health Promotion’s Health Fair held in conjunction with the September focus on National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.

Weighing in on childhood obesity awareness month

Sept. 22, 2025

Statistical evidence indicates that childhood obesity in North American has tripled over the last three decades.


Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center behavioral health experts offer information and resources to help with Suicide Prevention and Awareness. (Courtesy Photo)

Finding Hope: Raising awareness on suicide prevention

Sept. 19, 2025

There are often red flags that may indicate someone is at risk of suicide, including talking about wanting to die and expressing feelings of hopelessness.


Brooke Army Medical Center staff members run a mock code exercise during the Surgical Cardiac Unit Advanced Life Support training at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Aug. 20, 2025. The CSU-ALS curriculum includes advanced resuscitation algorithms tailored to cardiac surgical patients, team-based simulations, and hands-on training with real-world scenarios.

Safety first! How leadership drives high reliability

Sept. 19, 2025

The Defense Health Agency is committed to high reliability in military medicine, driven by leadership at every level.


The Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office is developing a Broad-Spectrum Snakebite Antidote, in oral form, to help mitigate the dangers posed by venomous snakes across the Indo-Pacific. (Official Defense Health Agency Photo by T. T. Parish/Released)

OPMED team developing modern solution for snakebite treatment

Sept. 17, 2025

The Indo-Pacific hosts thousands of islands, natural and manmade, and more than 60 varieties of venomous snakes.


Defense Health Agency-Public Health experts say optimizing personal resiliency enhances situational awareness and supports warfighter readiness and lethality. Resiliency can help warfighters better manage natural stress responses, improve levels of awareness, and support quicker and more accurate decisions while under duress. (Defense Health Agency-Public Health graphic illustration by Andrew Leitzer)

Commentary: Resilience is a dynamic tool for sharpening warfighter lethality

Sept. 17, 2025

This article discusses ways that resilience supports personal readiness and promotes warfighter lethality.


Acting Defense Health Agency Director Dr. David Smith and DHA Senior Enlisted Leader Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tanya Johnson met with medical teams from the U.S. Army medical Corps at Camp Kosciuszko in Poland. Dr. Smith recently visited several DHA facilities in Europe — focused on fostering collaboration, advancing initiatives like MHS GENESIS, and ensuring the voices of those on the front lines of military health care are heard.

Military medical leaders strengthen global military health partnerships across Europe

Sept. 17, 2025

Accompanied by key DHA leaders, acting director Dr. David Smith visited facilities in Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, and England.


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