A complete description of the US Army Institute of Surgical Research at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The Army's premier research lab solely focused on combat casualty care and home of the only Burn Center in the DoD.
Col. John Nuckols surveyed the group of several dozen friends and coworkers gathered outside, all of them standing on the southern bank of Nallin Pond on an unseasonably warm December morning, all of whom had arrived – some before sunrise, even – to attend his promotion ceremony.
Soldiers from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command organized a “Stop the Bleed” training class for teachers at the Frederick Classical Charter School on December 16. The event, led by Sgt. 1st Class Dan McGarrah, Senior Enlisted Leader at USAMRDC’s U.S. Army Medical Material Development Activity, comes as part of the command’s enduring commitment to teaching the surrounding community and the public at-large on the...
There’s no point in wasting time as far as Col. John Melton is concerned. That’s what three decades in the Army does to a person – makes you more focused, more disciplined. It’s to be expected, really. So even though his official retirement date doesn’t come around until February of next year, he’s finished all the paperwork already, just to be safe.
After being crowned the winner of the 2021 U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s Best Medic Competition on November 19, Staff Sgt. Paul Tiedemann took a long sigh and – like all perfectionists – immediately started thinking about how to do things better the next time.
For Lt. Col. Jacob Johnson, it’s all about work ethic – up early, stay late, push hard. You’d certainly expect that to be the case for someone just appointed to lead both the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat program office and, also, the Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office. But for Johnson, the workday starts even before he gets to the office. In fact,...
The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s annual Best Medic Competition kicked off on November 15, promising a week’s worth of grueling physical and mental challenges for the assembled participants – a trio of Soldiers tapped from laboratory locations across USAMRDC.
Cpt. Derrick Ball assumed command of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment office during a morning ceremony at Fort Detrick, Maryland, on November 15. Ball replaces outgoing detachment commander Cpt. James Hunt in the role.
