Military moves to issue medical disqualifications earlier in the recruitment process
The military will prescreen prospective recruits for 28 medical conditions that are highly unlikely to receive enlistment waivers.
By Tanya Noury
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All Marines required to follow grooming standards within 12 months or face separation
The Corps announced that even those who request exemptions for medical conditions can face administrative separation after 12 months of non-compliance.
Drone warfare has dramatically changed the battlefield. Is the US medical corps ready?
Studies from the Ukraine war show drone-delivered explosives are more destructive and lead to a wider range and higher severity of traumatic injury.
By Lisa M. Krieger, The War Horse
Military hospitals, clinics resume billing civilians following 3-year pause
An estimated 137,000 civilians are expected to receive bills for medical care they received at military hospitals and clinics since 2023.
By Karen Jowers
Largest US military hospital abroad halts labor, delivery services amid Iran war
The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany is pausing its labor and delivery services to focus on its “primary objective,” a memo states.
Opinion
Drone warfare requires new age of battlefield medicine
"We should not wait for American soldiers to be engaged in a drone war to modernize how we train, equip and support those tasked with saving them."
By RJ Russel