Army Medicine

Vintage pharmaceutical instruments are displayed during William Beaumont Army Medical Center’s National Pharmacy Week celebration, Oct. 18.

U.S. Army Specialists Young Won Ham (left) and Marina Houff (right), Joint Task Force Bravo preventive medicine, test a local water source in Tocoa, a municipality in Colon, Honduras Dec. 06, 2018. The preventi More

Did you know Army Ambulance Corps was established on March 11, 1864? This was the outgrowth of Surgeon Jonathan Letterman's Civil War ambulance corps that was implemented in the U.S. Army of the Potomac on Aug More

Trench Art (Shell Casings, Canteens, Mess Kits, Souvenirs), World War I, Western Europe. Photographed at U.S. Army Medical Department Museum, Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 11JUN15. (U.S. Army ph More

(Chief Seattle graphic by Martin Čížek, which can be found at: File:B-17E_19_BG.jpg; and B-17 crew positions graphic, which can be found at: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/details/die-besatzung/) Here the E mo More

FORT HOOD, Texas –Flanked by opposing team members from Warrior Transition Unit’s B Company, Staff Sgt. Richard Moran tries to wheel into shooting position during the company’s Aug. 9 wheelchair basketball co More

03 December 1956: The first nurses (all males) reported for airborne training. In the 1950s, a handful of Army Nurse Corps male nurses-many of whom where anesthetists-became jump-qulified. Some of these officer More

At left, Tamara Hoffman, a Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center (CRDAMC) nurse, is all smiles as Col. Jennifer Robison, chief of nursing, applauds Hoffman after being awarded the Fort Hood hospital’s quarterly D More

Lt. Col. Christopher Lindner, deputy commander for inpatient services, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Maj. Keisha McDaniel (second from right), officer in charge, mother-baby ward, and 1st Lt. Emily Lesz More

1st Lt. Caitlin O’Conner, staff nurse at CRDAMC’s Mother Baby Unit, tells her poignant story about her recent deployment to Puerto Rico as part of the Army Nurse Corps’ 117th Anniversary celebration Feb. 2. In More

Capt. Raina Covington, pharmacist, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, read the Medical Services Corps history during a celebration of the 99th anniversary of the Medical Services Corps at WBAMC, June 30. In More

Col. Susan Argueta, Deputy Commander for Nursing at the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity Bavaria, was the Guest Speaker at the Women's Equality Day Observance event, hosted by the 7th Army Training Command More

Staff Sgt. Edric Guillen, assigned to Regional Health Command Europe, navigates a trench during an obstacle course for the 2018 21st Theater Sustainment Command Best Medic Competition Aug. 29, 2018 at Landstuhl More

Built in1917, this was one of the 2 ambulances most commonly used by the U.S. Army during World War I. It operated in the U.S. and overseas. Features such as size and weight made it a less desirable vehicle tha More

Carentan, morning of 13 June 1944. The town, which provided a crucial link between Utah and Omaha beaches, had fallen to the 101st airborne division. As the enemy pressed a counterattack, the lightly armed Amer More

Soldiers display the various uniforms of Army Nurses from World War II through the modern era during the Army Nurse Corps 115th anniversary celebration at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Feb. 2. On Feb. 2 More

Stanley Onubiyi, RN, a Community Health Nurse at the Baumholder Army Health Clinic, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Sgt. Corianne Finch at the Hall of Champions on Baumholder, Germany, on Dec. 31, 20 More

The U.S. Army Medical Service Corps was formally established in 1947, however corps officers celebrate the anniversary of their corps on June 30, 1917. The Medical Service Corps began during the American Revolu More

The 133rd Birthday of the Army Medical Department Enlisted Corps was celebrated with a ceremony hosted by CSM Michael L. Gragg,Command Sergeant Major, United States Army Medical Command. Surrounded by the histo More

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The Army Career Program (CP) 53 (Medical) Planning Board (CPPB) met on Aug. 14-15, 2019, to discuss issues related to CP53 medical careerists with emphasis on Medical Readiness. CP53 is the Army's lead for car More

A young boy plays on a tricycle (U.S. Army photo)

Maj. Gen. Lloyd Miles, I Corps deputy commander, speaks at the June 3 graduation ceremony for Madigan Healthcare System’s Graduate Medical Education.

Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jeremy Cannon checks on a critically injured patient at the San Antonio Military Medical Center intensive care unit, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Dr. Cannon, chief of trauma and acute care More

Spc. Eijah Allman (left), medic, and Maj. Wes Theurer (right), physician, C Company, 2nd Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, treat a neck wound on a simulated injury at the National T More

Brianna Sackreiter was the first ECMO patient treated at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Feb. 11. ECMO is a life-saving device that mimics the natural function of the heart and lungs, allowing an infant or More

Children of Fort Hood Warrior Transition Brigade families race to haul in eggs during the WTB's Easter Party, held March 31 at the new WTB complex. Besides the traditional egg hunt and Easter bunny visit, the R More

Capt. James Pritchard, Warrior Transition Brigade’s 1st Battalion chaplain, anoints WTB nurse case manager Capt. Hiram Nieces hands with aromatic oil while Capt. Bonnie Collins looks on during the May 7 Blessin More

Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, Army Surgeon General, met with former San Antonio city councilman Carroll Schubert and other civic leaders following the quarterly AUSA luncheon May 31st. Schubert serves on the city a More

Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, Army Surgeon General and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command, presents the Distinguished Service Medal to Maj. Gen. David Rubenstein for exceptionally meritorious service in More

Genette Burgess (center) spends time with her husband Dan and children 9-year-old Kaylee and 10-year-old Gracie at the Warrior and Family Support Center. The family often goes to the WFSC to relax between Dan’s More

Capt. Michael Clemens, general surgery resident, practices on the laboratory virtual simulator in the simulation center at San Antonio Military Medical Center. The center offers simulation labs made to replicat More

Lt. Col. Anthony Terreri, San Antonio Military Medical Center radiologist, and Patrick O’Brien, nuclear medicine services supervisor, examine images on the computer screen from the gamma camera in the Nuclear M More

Lieutenant Gen. Robert Brown, commanding general of I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., speaks to members of the local media Aug. 2 during a press conference at Madigan Army Healthcare System to addres More

The first class of 12 graduating nursing residence participate in a graduation ceremony, Aug. 20, at San Antonio Military Medical Center.

Just pinned Navy chiefs are “piped aboard” after receiving their anchors during the chief petty officer pinning ceremony at the Fort Sam Houston Theatre, Sept. 14. The new chiefs walk across a red carpet, while More

Looking at the Carl R. Darnall-produced suicide-prevention brochure are Fort Hood Warrior Transition Brigade soldiers from left, Staff Sgt. Andrea Brewer, 1st Sgt. Judenia Allen and Chaplain Kyle Welch. The bro More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn and Army Maj. Gen. Ted Wong speak during the San Antonio Medical Health System one year anniversary celebration at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houst More

Early detection of the breast cancer can provide early treatment for the service member and or their beneficiaries. For those women diagnosed with localized (Stage 1) breast cancer there is a more than 98 perce More

A wounded warrior from the Rangers, a wheelchair basketball team from Brooke Army Medical Center, shoots for two during the championship game between the Rangers and the Hustlers out of Harker Heights, Texas. More

Maj. Gen. M. Ted Wong, commander of the Southern Regional Medical Command, briefs Chilean Brig. Gen. Oscar Enrique Boettiger Bacigalupo, director of Health Services, Headquarters General Staff, army of Chile, a More

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital commander Col. Paul R. Cordts solicits the help from 5-year-old Justin Okoro Feb. 1 during the kick-off to Patient Recognition Month at the hospital.

Fort Campbell Better Opportunities for Soldiers (BOSS) President Spc. Lance Christie handed a pink teddy bear Feb. 1 to Stacey Burkepile. Stacey, who has four children, is staying with her 11-day-old son, Walke More

U.S. Army Capt. Christine Deehl, right, a dietician with Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, assists Lynn Claywell with reading the bioelectrical impedance machine at a Wellness Class offered honoring patients More

Army Capt. Richard E. Crocker, a certified registered nurse anesthetist from Albuquerque, N.M., assigned to the 14th Combat Support Hospital, checks equipment at his forward surgical location in Afghanistan, Ma More

Former Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Emergency Center chief returned to visit BACH March 15, this time as a Tennessee state senator. Blanchfield Army Community Hospital's Interservice Physician Assistant More

Solopilots ceremony, recognizing the original US Army helicopter ambulance pilots who were first to fly helicopters totally dedicated to battlefield medical services, Air Medical Evacuation Pavilion, AMEDD Muse More

Fort Hood Warrior Transition Brigade soldiers from 1st Battalion, B Company greet WTB soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Corey Edwards and Sgt. Jacob Ellingson, during the annual Ride 2 Recovery Texas Challenge. The six- More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Aatif Sheikh, a pharmacy consultant with Task Force Medical-Afghanistan, speaks to medical providers from across Afghanistan at the pharmacy conference at Bagram Air Field in Parwan province, More

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital commander Col. Paul R. Cordts and Spc. Jacob Oe of the 594th Transportation Company, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, team up to cut a cake during the Nati More

Acting senior commander for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Brig. Gen. Mark R. Stammer, affixes the Purple Heart Medal to retired Sgt. Nathaniel Von Beitler's chest April 23 at the Fort Campbell Warri More

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital's (BACH) Deputy Commander for Nursing U.S. Army Col. Peter Kubas serves the first cut slice of cake after BACH's Nurses Week Opening Ceremony May 6, 2013 to kick off the week More

"Great American Country" host Nan Kelley speaks with U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Loheide about his injuries and commitment to helping other Soldiers as they heal at the Fort Campbell Warrior Transition Bat More

The Fort Campbell Warrior Transition Battalion command team, Col. William Howard and Command Sgt. Maj. James Smith, pin the Department of the Army Safety Excellence Streamer to the WTB colors during a ceremony More

Staff Sgt. Todd Domerese shares his story of traumatic brain injury and road to healing at a groundbreaking ceremony June 13 at Fort Campbell, Ky. for the third in a series of nine National Intrepid Center of E More

Capt. Joel Hanna, healthcare specialist, salutes Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Weydemuller, health care recruiter, Army Medical Recruiting Center, Aurora, Colo., after being promoted from specialist to captain, July 1 More

In March 2009, the vice chief of staff of the Army released the Army Campaign Plan for Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention, and chartered the Army Suicide Prevention Task Force and the Army More

Staff Sgt. Jose Pantoja, medic, hoists an evacuee to safety as part of Colorado flood evacuation operations. Army Medicine MEDEVAC crews from 2nd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment (2-4 GSAB) stationed out of For More

Lt. Col. Jorge Carrillo (right), acting director, MILVAX-VHCN, and Dr. Limone Collins, deputy director of clinical services, will lead the integration of military vaccine programs into one unified organization, More

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Spc. Samuel Barnett receives the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification Badge, and is photographed with his mother, Ms. Carol Lackhard, at a badge ceremony inside the Memorial Amphitheater Chapel in Arlingt More

Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, the surgeon general and commanding general U.S. Army Medical Command (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. Donna Brock, greet Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) employees during their annual Org More

Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, the 43rd U.S. Army surgeon general, addresses the audience after having the French National Order of Legion of Honor bestowed upon her at the French Embassy in Washington, Nov. 12, More

Risk communication concepts are embodied in Army Medicine’s efforts to build partnerships with academic, government, and corporate experts to combat health risks associated with military health issues, such as More

From the right, Maj. Sina Haeri, medical surgeon, San Antonio, and Lt. Col. Raymond Frost, Columbia, Mo., 320th Medical Company, 324th Combat Support Hospital, San Antonio, cut into the patient (wearing a "cut More

The Santa Ynez band of Chumash Indians once covered a huge swath of central California with a population of more than 100,000. Today, the band lives on a 137-acre reservation in Santa Barbara County.

Command Sgt. Maj. Harold P. Estabrooks (center) coins Spc. Felicia M. Noel (right) June 4, 2014, for her outstanding support toward the overall mission during the closing ceremony of Medical Task Force Shelby a More

Col. Peter Lehning, commander of Task Force 31, and Command Sgt. Maj. David Franco salute the colors during the change of responsibility ceremony for the NATO North Kabul International Airport hospital, June 30 More

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Tenhet and Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin H.S. Scott Jr. sign the Army Medicine Healthcare Covenant during a Northern Regional Medical Command employee town hall meeting July 30. The covenant s More

Army-Baylor graduate students are photographed following a group presentation on homeland security and hospital preparedness that integrates concepts of high reliability healthcare. The group members are part o More

Sergeant John C. Lamme, a healthcare specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, puts together a machine gun during a t More

Solopilot, Helicopter Ambulance Pioneer, U.S. Army Medical Services, 1952-1959, recognizing the original US Army helicopter ambulance pilots who were first to fly helicopters totally dedicated to battlefield me More

Early morning fog covers the Air and Ground Medical Evacuation Pavilions, AMEDD Museum, JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 03NOV2015. (U.S. Army photo by Francis S. Trachta/Released)

American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT), Traveling Vietnam Wall, MacArthur Field, Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 12NOV15. (U.S. Army photo by Francis S. Trachta/Released)

Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, U.S. Army surgeon general and commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, briefs Army Medicine in Europe leaders on becoming a High Reliability Organization (HRO) during a two-day regional s More

Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Megan Tatu congratulates Col. Sridhar Natarajan on his “A” Proficiency Designator Award, which recognized him for outstanding Army Medical Department leadership, distinguished qualifica More

A screen shot of the winning video submitted by students at Wiesbaden High School. Middle and high school students from Department of Defense Dependent Schools across Europe submitted videos about the Performan More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent, Pacific Regional Medical Command commander, delivers opening remarks for the PRMC Strategic Off-Site at the Hale Ikena Jan. 20, 2015, at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. The PRMC Stra More

Lt. Gen. Nadja West, the 44th U. S. Army Surgeon General, assumes command of U.S. Army Medical Command at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 10. The reviewing officer for the ceremony was Army Vice Chief of Staff, More

Capt. James Hardin, 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment physician assistant, applies sutures to a Soldier’s laceration incurred during field training at Suwon Air Base, Feb. 25, 2015. About 1,500 More

Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Reserves 402nd Forward Surgical Team, from Devens, Mass., evaluate casualties and treat wounded Soldiers during the units culminating training exercise (CTE), held here, April More

Runners take off for the 17th Annual Combat Medic 10k at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., May 9. This year's event saw an increase in participation to more than 150 runners and walkers. (U.S. Army photo by Lisa Tourtelot)

Participants stand for the invocation at a change of responsibility and retirement ceremony on Fort Huachuca, Ariz., May 15. Sgt. Maj. Douglas Noetzleman relinquished his responsibility at Raymond W. Bliss Army More

Jacob Staggs, son of Lt. Col. Robert Staggs, receives a Certificate of Appreciation for Patriotic Civilian Service award during a ceremony at the Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., May 2 More

Col. Jeffrey A. Lawson (left), Keller’s deputy commander of Clinical Services and acting hospital commander, and Officer Candidate Ross Thibodeau pose with Thibodeau’s diploma from the U.S. Army Academy of Heal More

Posing with their John A. Feagin Sports Medicine Fellowship Class diplomas are (from left-right) Maj. Estephan Garcia; Col. Steven J. Svoboda, director, John A. Feagin Sports Medicine Fellowship and Maj. Jeanne More

Spc. Kalynn Cleary (right) and Capt. Andrew Kim, Keller Army Community Hospital’s Company commander, pose with Cleary's promotion certificate during the Monday afternoon ceremony at the Mologne Cadet Health Cli More

Lt. Col. Edgar Arroyo, the new commander of Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center, accepts the command colors from Maj. Gen. Thomas Tempel, the commanding general of Western Regional Medical Command, at the chang More

Col. Michael T. Neary, an orthopedic from Keller Army Community Hospital, examines the ankle of a U.S. Military Academy Cadet to verify that previous injuries will not interfere with his military training and/ More

Womack Army Medical Center’s Gastrointestinal Endoscopy unit earned recognition status by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. The WAMC GI Endoscopy Unit is only the second in the Department of More

Durham, N.C., native Christy Blankenship, a non-medical attendant (NMA), prepares medications for Sgt. Eric Osborne, a patient and Soldier with the Warrior Transition Brigade-National Capital Region who hails f More

The Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center pharmacy on Fort Huachuca, Ariz., is hard at work to improve efficiency and the patient experience with a number of changes coming through the rest of 2015. (U.S. Army ph More

Medical personnel from the Eisenhower Army Medical Center conduct a procedure in the operating room on Aug. 17, 2015. (DoD Photograph by John Corley, EAMC Medical Photographer, U.S. Army/Released)

Patriot Day on 9/11 is known for honoring the memory of the nearly 3,000 people who were killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Each year, in the USA dedicates this day to remembering those who di More

Army Medicine wants to raise awareness for Suicide Prevention Week. We can all help prevent suicide. There are many options for 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, and prevention and cri More

Staff Sgt. Jonathan Parish, noncommissioned officer in charge, Intensive Care Unit, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, participates in a tug-of-war competition during WBAMC’s Organizational Day at Biggs Park More

Dr. Randall Roy, an orthopedic surgeon with Canyon Vista Medical Center, addresses providers and staff during the last "lunch and learn" lecture at Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Sep More

Fort Bliss Warrior Transition Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. Bruce J. Carter, Soldiers, and staff members would like beneficiaries to learn more about how ‪#‎ARMYMEDICINE‬ innovates the system for health.

Early morning fog covers the Air and Ground Medical Evacuation Pavilions, AMEDD Museum, JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 03NOV2015. (U.S. Army photo by Francis S. Trachta/Released)

Patricia Huffman, wife of outgoing Western Region Medical Command Command Sgt. Maj. Marshall Huffman, receives a bouquet of red roses in recognition of her loyal and dedicated support of the WRMC, during a chan More