Military Surgeons Are Losing Medical Skills, Study Says. Could Off-Base Care Be Why? As the number of general surgery procedures done in military hospitals has dropped since 2015, surgical skills have declined...
The Navy Hospital Ship Politicians Want in LA Is Stuck in Maintenance in Portland The Mercy is undergoing a major maintenance overhaul at Portland's Vigor Industrial shipyard, where it has been since July.
Defense Department Restarts Massive Military Health System Overhaul The process had been paused for months during the coronavirus pandemic.
Active-Duty Air Force Teams Deploy to Texas as Fort Bliss Declares Public Health Emergency Three Air Force medical teams are deploying to El Paso, Texas, where area hospitals are overflowing with COVID-19 patients...
She Was the Most Influential Nurse in US Military History She was the first woman to be a commissioned officer in the U.S. military and she ensured other women would be too.
More Than 25,000 Former Soldiers Have Now Volunteered to Return to Duty Now, the service is working to process the horde of volunteers, ensuring those it takes are properly qualified and certified.
Military’s Plan to Cut 18,000 Medical Billets Is on Hold During Pandemic Critics are calling for the Military Health System's overhaul to be reconsidered in the wake of the pandemic.
Security Lapses at US Military Hospitals Put Staff, Patients at Risk, IG Finds Investigation into physical controls at eight military hospitals and clinics found disparities that leave them vulnerable.
Army Researchers Begin Animal Testing of Coronavirus Vaccine The military is also testing a number of drug mixtures that could dampen the severity of the coronavirus' symptoms.
Military Reverses Course, Will Open Field Hospitals to Coronavirus Patients The centers were originally expected to take patients with non-COVID-19 conditions to relieve pressure from hospitals.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...