Military medicine has a long and celebrated history. We apply lessons from our past to improve the care of military personnel and their families today and in the future. New surgical techniques, powerful painkillers, antibiotic drugs, and triage and evacuation procedures have revolutionized military medicine.
In this section, you'll find featured stories and information about the history of military medicine.
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1/19/2016
![Medical personnel use litters to transport wounded to an Air Force C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The patients were being medically evacuated from Al-Jubayl Air Base, Saudi Arabia to Germany during Operation Desert Storm.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161018235828im_/http://health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/CCATT1.ashx?mw=120)
January 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Desert Storm, and also a turning point in Air Force Medical Service’s Critical Care Transport Teams
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5/13/2015
![Nurses of the Army Nurse Corps are pictured here during World War II. More than 56,000 nurses served in World War II. It was the largest group of nurses to serve in the Army Nurse Corps. Photo Credit: U.S. AMEDD, Office of Medical History](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161018235828im_/http://health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/NurseHistoryPartIIPhotoA.ashx?mw=120)
The history of military nurses is explained in the second of a three-part series by the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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3/30/2015
![The career of U.S. Air Force Maj. Julie Skinner has included care for wounded warriors while a flight nurse and achievements in nursing administration.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161018235828im_/http://health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/womens%20history%20month.ashx?mw=120)
U.S. Air Force Maj. Julie Skinner began her career as a flight nurse in war zones and then moved into nursing administration, where she has earned a reputation for making improvements to systems and processes.
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2/24/2015
![In 1970, Dr. Joseph Alexander (second from right) led a team of five other transplant surgeons at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to perform the Army's first kidney transplant operation. (Walter Reed Army Medical Center Photo)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161018235828im_/http://health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Binding%20wounds%20part%203.ashx?mw=120)
In the final part of our series, we look at African-Americans’ service after integration in the U.S. military’s medical services.
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2/11/2015
![African-American nurses exit a plane at Tuskegee Army Air Field. Approximately 29 black nurses served at the air field. (Tuskegee Army Nurses Project)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161018235828im_/http://health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Binding%20Wounds%20Fighting%20to%20Serve%20AfricanAmericans%20in%20Military.ashx?mw=120)
In part two of our series, we look at African-Americans’ service in the U.S. military’s medical services
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