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Photo By Daniel Martinez | Airman 1st Class Lily Manning, 55th Medical Support Squadron pharmacy technician, looks through pill bottles at the Ehrling Bergquist clinic June 2, 2025. Air Force pharmacy technicians are responsible for preparing drug orders, answering patients questions, calculating the amount of ingredients needed to make compound drugs, conducting inspections or storages areas, and safeguarding pharmaceuticals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Martinez)

Getting prior authorizations for TRICARE prescriptions: Your questions answered

Nov. 12, 2026

Prior authorization is a routine process to ensure your prescription drug is safe, medically necessary, and cost-effective.


Lt. Gen. Mary Izaguirre, Army Surgeon General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command, receives the Medical Readiness Command, West colors from Command Sgt. Maj. Dedraf Blash during the MRC, West assumption of command ceremony Nov. 9, 2026 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Taylor Assumes Command of Medical Readiness Command, West

Nov. 10, 2026

Brig. Gen. Jonathan “Craig” Taylor assumed command of Medical Readiness Command, West Nov. 9.


Courtesy Photo | TRICARE Open Season is your chance to choose the health plan that fits your family’s needs. Don’t wait! Start reviewing your options today.

TRICARE Open Season starts today, Nov. 9

Nov. 09, 2026

Take time now to review your options and learn how to make enrollment changes, if necessary.


Soldiers pose with a modified Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplane, an early aeromedical evacuation vehicle, in 1917 during in World War I. Medical innovations during war transformed combat care, leading to breakthroughs that paved the path for high-quality warfighter care today. Photo ID: Reeve 17633 Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine

How World War I advanced United States military medicine

Nov. 09, 2026

From blood transfusions to specialized aviator healthcare, wartime innovated care for service members.


Photo By Ricardo Reyes-Guevara | Medical students treat a simulated casualty as instructors observe during Operation Bushmaster at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Oct. 21, 2026. Bushmaster is the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ capstone field exercise, testing fourth-year medical students’ skills and leadership in an austere environment. (DOW photo by Ricardo J. Reyes)

Walter Reed officers and NCOs put future physicians to the test at Bushmaster

Nov. 06, 2026

We need to work and train together to achieve medical and military success.


Watch DHA Director Navy Vice Adm. Darin Via and DHA Command Senior Enlisted Leader FORCM PatrickPaul “PaP” Mangaran introduce a new video series dedicated to bringing you the latest DHA news…in (approximately) a minute!

Introducing DHA’s New Leadership Series–the Mission Minute

Nov. 06, 2026

Watch DHA Director Navy Vice Adm. Darin Via and DHA Command Senior Enlisted Leader FORCM PatrickPaul “PaP” Mangaran introduce a new video series.


Photo By Chuck Kennedy | Norma Quintanilla of the Uniformed Services University’s National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation teaches scouts hemorrhage control at the Stop the Bleed station at the National Museum of Health and Medicine’s annual Scout Day. She explained that the training uses lessons from military medicine to help civilians respond to life-threatening injuries. Scout Day took place at the museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, Oct. 24, 2026. (National Museum of Health and Medicine photo by Chuck Kennedy)

NMHM Scout Day teaches lifesaving skills that support military readiness

Nov. 06, 2026

This event taught scouts how to recognize danger, call for help, and take action before first responders arrive.


Katherine Grosso, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System medicolegal death investigator, poses for a photo, Oct. 16, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Grosso is one of six MDIs in the federal government’s only medical death investigation system. MDIs are responsible for investigating deaths of service members, civilians, contractors, and dependents associated with the military that occur within exclusive federal jurisdiction. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

Singer to Medicolegal Death Investigator—Katherine Grosso

Nov. 06, 2026

“I feel like this is the most important thing that I have ever done.”


Photo By Staff Sgt. Anthony Herrera | A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division reunites with his family after returning from supporting NATO operations in Eastern Europe as part of Task Force Marne at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 11, 2026. The unit spent nine months deployed to train alongside allied forces, conducting live-fire exercises and strengthening coordination with partner militaries across the region. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Anthony Herrera)

Get to know your 2027 TRICARE health plan costs

Nov. 05, 2026

Review TRICARE health plan costs, so you can learn how your healthcare expenses may change next year.


Photo By Lt. Col. Sabas Salgado | U.S. Army Soldiers with the 121st Field Hospital, 549th Hospital Center, 65th Medical Brigade, screen and collect fresh whole blood from a volunteer donor during a walking blood bank battle drill in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. The Joint Trauma System validated the hospital's walking blood bank battle drill during exercise Pacific Medic Forge 26-2, the first time the program validated a Role 3 field hospital while using the JOMIS systems.

121st Field Hospital earns walking blood bank validation, employs digital health records

Nov. 04, 2026

Blood and data are both lifelines for a modern field hospital.