Story by Andrew Ortuzar | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System | 11.21.2025
Army Capt. (Dr.) Kristan Baird was a medic deployed in Afghanistan. Once home again, juggling family life and figuring out what’s next, she decided to become a military doctor. Her journey began in the Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, or EMDP2, at the Uniformed Services University....
Story by Janet A. Aker | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System | 09.08.2025
Army Spc. Four Donald “Doc” Evans was the first Vietnam medic posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He died treating and dragging the wounded to safety while in a firefight on Jan. 27, 1967. Evans Army Community Hospital on Fort Carson honors him by excelling in award-winning, patient-centered care....
Story by Senior Airman Matthew John Braman | 59th Medical Wing | 08.13.2025
Senior Airman Ebenezer Owusu Arthur, a 59th Medical Wing central sterile processing technician, recently competed in a military-only soccer tournament hosted by Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake. Growing up in Ghana, Arthur learned discipline and resilience through the sport, which he continues to carry into his Air Force career. His journey serves as a reminder to fellow Airmen that......
Story by Senior Airman Anneliese Kaiser | 141st Air Refueling Wing | 08.01.2025
The Air National Guard 141st Medical Group attended bi-annual simulation lab medical training at the Washington State University College of Medicine in Spokane, Washington, Aug. 1, 2025. The training focused on basic medical skills as well as simulations for treating severe injuries that could occur at homestation or in a deployed environment. “The goal here is for all of our medical......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Victor J. Caputo | 49th Wing | 07.21.2025
The medics of the 49th Medical Group added a new layer of depth to their monthly training day by incorporating field tactics and wartime medical practice in a Medic-X exercise here on 16 July, 2025....
Story by Sgt. David Thomson | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.18.2025
For Pfc. Nathan Owens, the path to service wasn’t straightforward but it was always calling.
Story by Senior Airman Nicholas Momotiuk | 181st Intelligence Wing | 07.11.2025
Indiana State Fire Marshal Steve Jones presented Technical Sgt. Bram Sanders, a medic from the 181st Medical Group, assigned to the 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package, Medical Element element, with the Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Heroic Life Saving Award during a ceremony at Fire Station No. 5 in Terre Haute, Indiana,......
Story by Douglas Stutz | Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton | 06.11.2025
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer – There are 58 names prominently displayed on Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Heroes Wall of Honor....
