Łódź, Poland - With a final swing of the hammer, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Clinton Murray affixed the U.S. Army Europe and Africa crest onto the wooden patch board at the Polish Military Medicine Training ...

Serhii Tyschenko, a Ukrainian combat medic, spent 472 days in a bunker. His case appears to be an extreme example of a ...

In between rescue missions in eastern Ukraine, in the midst of heavy combat, Yuliia Romanenko got some elating news: she was expecting a child. But she did not even consider quitting her job as a ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgarian Armed Forces showed off their combat lifesaving training to the U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria, Ms. Herro Mustafa, and key facilitators from U.S. Army Tennessee National Guard ...

An unexpected champion emerged at the Army’s recent Best Squad Competition when a combat medic who was “voluntold” to face off against Special Forces, infantrymen, and other top soldiers from across ...

An infantry company is taking casualties and a medic has no good options. As the wounded pile up, the golden hour — the standard of modern medical care that moves a soldier from the battlefield to ...

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WARRENTON, Ore. — Combat medics with the Oregon National Guard are adapting their battlefield medicine skills for large-scale combat operations through innovative training that includes ...

March 28, 2003 — Editor's Note: As U.S. troops advance through Iraq into Baghdad, their medical support system is a lifeline enabling them to survive enemy fire, extreme desert conditions, and even ...

Sgt. Brian Lieberman received the Soldier's Medal for saving a gunshot victim during an active shooting at his apartment complex in North Carolina. An airborne soldier was recently recognized for ...

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