Initially rejected by the army, Magura joined the defenders after her unit agreed to accept her. Her first combat role was as a medic, saving friends during the Zaporizhzhya counteroffensive. She saw ...

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, ...

James "Jimmy" Twedt, a 17-year-old from Roland, Iowa, was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Twedt, a Navy corpsman, was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his ...

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.

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (July 28, 2025) -- U.S. Navy Reserve medical personnel applied their life-saving skills during a battlefield stress test July 24 at Fort Drum’s Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation ...

Military members left their families behind to answer the call for help in NYC. Army Col. Edward Ramirez, who has 27 years of service as a combat medic under his belt, never expected his next ...

The U.S. military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a ...

Somewhere in South Korea, Jan. 26, 1957: Medics of Medical Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division treat a “wounded” soldier in the field. The medics participated in a field training ...