Federal Documents: Honoring the Medical Service of Our Military

This May, we honor the medical service of our military personnel, whose unwavering dedication has been vital in preserving the health and safety of soldiers both in times of conflict and peace.

For over a century, military medical professionals have played a crucial role in the success of U.S. military operations. Their tireless commitment to serving their country, often under challenging and dangerous circumstances, exemplifies the very spirit of selflessness and bravery. This display commemorates the exceptional contributions of those in the Army Medical Corps and other military medical branches who have cared for and protected countless service members.

 

Cover of Combat medic specialist fieldcraft: Fieldcraft II

Combat Medic Specialist Fieldcraft: Fieldcraft II

Office of the Surgeon General

This is a three-part series, that covers the complete course of instruction for Army Medical Department medics (military occupational specialty: 68W), from sick call, through care under fire, to provider resilience. Other topics include handling casualties, documenting injuries and care provided, reducing the spread of infection, managing shock, caring for burn victims, maintaining airways, and addressing injuries to all parts of the body. Tactical Combat Casualty Care is explained in detail. Each chapter begins with a list of core concepts, defines key terms, and provides review questions throughout the text. Many chapters also illustrate specific procedures with step-by-step “skill drills.”

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Answering the Call: The U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 1917-1919: A Commemorative Tribute to Military Nursing in World War I

U.S. Army Medical Department

Gathered here for the first time is a rare and carefully chosen collection that depicts the rich and varied experiences of Army nurses during the First World War as recorded by the U.S. Army Signal Corps photographers.

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33 Years of Army Nursing: An Interview with Brigadier General Lillian Dunlap

Lillian Dunlap

33 Years of Army Nursing is an interview with Brigadier General Lillian Dunlap, reflecting on her 33-year career in the U.S. Army Nursing Corps. It highlights her leadership, challenges, and contributions to military nursing.

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Army Medicine Starts Here! The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence and its Origins: A Pictorial History of the First 100 years, 1920 to 2020

Adriane Askins Neidinger

Marking 100 years of Army professional medical training, this photographic volume shows the history of a century of training that began at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, relocated to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, after World War II, and continued evolving to meet the needs of military medicine into its present incarnation as the Army Medical Center of Excellence.

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A History of the Army Blood Program: How Leaders and Events Shaped the Way Soldiers Receive Lifesaving Blood

Ronny A. Fryar

Throughout its history, the Army Blood Program has collected millions of units of blood to support US military members and beneficiaries in peacetime and war. Today, it collects and manufactures hundreds of blood products each day for use in military treatment facilities across the globe. This history highlights the dedication of Army Medical Department professionals and the advances that ensure the critical mission of providing lifesaving blood.

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The History of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps

Richard V. N. Ginn

Traces the evolution of the corps from its origins during the American Revolution, through its stages of growth and transformation into a separate professional element of the military medical establishment in 1947 and its steady progress during the postwar and Cold War years, to its status in 1994. The lessons of the Medical Service Corps' history are rooted in America's wartime experiences, and they are important ones for future leaders to learn for ensuring continued progress for MSC officers who represent the growth in medical science and military medical operations and administration.

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The Army Medical Department, 1917-1941

Mary C. Gillett

From the Book's Foreword: Long-awaited, Mary C Gillett's final work The Army Medical Department, 1917-1941, complete her four-volume study covering the years from 1775 to 1941. Although the Medical Department had improved medical standards and practices because of the latest advances in scientific medicine and was making significant progress toward creating an organizational structure and a supply system able to handle the demands of a conflict of any size, its reserves of trained personnel and supplies were seriously inadequate when the nation entered world War I in the spring of 1917. The narrative first describes the struggle of an unprepared department to meet the myriad demands of a war unprecedented size and complexity, then follows postwar efforts to meet the needs of the peacetime army during nearly two decades of continental isolationism and budgetary neglect, and finally covers the brief period of growing awareness of America's involvement in another major conflict and the intensive preparation efforts that ensued.

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Upcoming Event

Colonial militia reenactors in a field.

Defenders of Liberty: The Evolving Story of America’s Military

May 22, 2025, 10:00 AM

Join us for a one hour webinar exploring America's military evolution from its colonial militia roots to its modern global presence. This focused session traces the remarkable transformation of U.S. armed forces that began with citizen soldiers defending colonial settlements against Native American tribes and fighting for independence from Great Britain.

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