The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act bans the use of live animals in live fire training exercises and prohibits ...

The U.S. military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone, ending an exercise made obsolete by simulators that mimic ...

CAMP CARROLL, Republic of Korea — Soldiers at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea, or USAMMC-K, conducted a joint sling load training Feb. 13, 2025, with the 2nd Combat Aviation Battalion to ...

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – The annual Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise is in full swing this week at Fort Cavazos. Running June 8-13 this year, the exercise brings together military medical professionals ...

Senators are delving into the question of whether the military establishment is prepared to handle mass combat casualties. Shown here, Idaho National Guard members conduct medevac training in 2022.

World Wide Technology Inc. will assist in the largest consolidation of military medical training in Defense Department history, thanks to a two-year, $27 million contract for technical and supply ...

Military doctors and nurses are not getting enough hands-on patient care, leaving them ill-prepared to care for troops in combat and causing them to separate from service altogether, according to a ...

Soldiers secure a casualty during casualty and medical evacuation training in Sa Kaeo Province, Thailand. (Staff Sgt. Effie Mahugh/U.S. Army) Top enlisted leaders who work on U.S. Army medical and ...

Army recruits who lost excess weight to enter military training experienced fewer musculoskeletal injuries (MSKIs), particularly in the lower extremities, during basic combat training than those who ...

Cuts to the military medical budget over the years and delays in implementing reforms across the Defense Department health system have undermined the Pentagon's ability to care for troops in wartime, ...

The Army will slash nearly one dozen mandatory training programs for its soldiers in the summer as it looks to streamline their time to focus on combat readiness tasks, service officials said. The ...