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.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...