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Beyond the Classroom: Guantanamo Bay Students Explore Careers in Medicine at Naval Hospital
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (729+ words) GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba " Students from W.T. Sampson Elementary and High School stepped beyond the classroom and into a clinical environment during a field trip to U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, where Sailors assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay…...
The Future of Army Medicine: MEDCoE, MRDC host annual Medical Warfighting Forum
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (224+ words) Senior Army leaders, medical professionals, and defense industry partners convened at the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence from March 10-12 for the 2026 Medical Warfighting Forum. This annual event focuses on strengthening medical readiness across the force. As the Army's premier institution…...
BMETs keep dental care moving during LAMAT 2026 in Guyana
17+ hour ago (201+ words) U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Emilbek Dzhoumakeev, 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron biomedical equipment technician (BMET), repairs a waterline on a dental table at the Cheddi Jagan Dental School in Georgetown, Guyana, March 19, 2026. BMET teams helped restore critical medical equipment across Guyana as…...
Innovation drives improvement at NMRTC Twentynine Palms process improvement fair
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (101+ words) Referral coordinator Jazlyn Antoinette Tharp (left) receives a first-place award from Cmdr. William "Bill" Lawson (right), interim executive officer, during the command process improvement fair at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, March 13, 2026. Tharp led the Clear and…...
Combat medic specialist using Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program for her nursing degree
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (134+ words) Spc. Aiyanna Carpenter, a combat medic specialist with 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, speaks about her job as a combat medic specialist and how she is using the Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program to complete her degree in nursing, during an interview…...
LAMAT26 brings new vision to Guyanese patients
18+ hour, 11+ min ago (108+ words) U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Clark Galvez, 59th Medical Wing ophthalmic technician, right, points out medical instruments to Guyanese surgical technicians at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in Georgetown, Guyana, March 18, 2026. The Guyana Ministry of Health identified priority specialties based on national…...
LAMAT 2026 ophthalmology team addresses vision care demand in Guyana
18+ hour, 11+ min ago (104+ words) A Guyanese patient receives an eye exam from U.S. Airmen at West Demerara Regional Hospital, Guyana, March 19, 2026, during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2026 mission, a partnership that embeds U.S. Air Force medical personnel alongside host-nation providers to deliver care and…...
LAMAT 2026 builds healthcare capacity, readiness in Guyana
18+ hour, 11+ min ago (93+ words) U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Bell, 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron medical technician, removes an IV from a Guyanese patient in the emergency room at West Demerara Regional Hospital, Guyana, March 19, 2026. During the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team 2026 mission, routine patient care…...
Guyana, U.S. ophthalmology teams restore vision, strengthen readiness during LAMAT 2026
16+ hour, 42+ min ago (560+ words) Inside Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, a patient regains sight as U.S. Air Force and Guyana Ministry of Health ophthalmology teams work side by side, delivering specialized care while building something far beyond a single procedure. For some patients, it's the first…...
B-roll: US, Tanzanian medical professionals conduct dental surgery during Justified Accord 26
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (337+ words) U.S. military and Tanzania People's Defence Force medical professionals conduct dental work as part of a medical readiness exercise during Justified Accord 26 at Lugalo Military Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 5, 2026. This first-ever MEDREX in Tanzania prepared U.S. military health professionals for…...