Pulse of Army Medicine 2026 E-Edition

Table of Contents

January

• Hope for the Best, Train for the Worst: Modernizing Army Medicine's Premier Health Physics Course for Multi-Domain Operations and Large-Scale Combat Operations
  By MAJ Matthew C. Brim, CPT Joshua D. Salazar, and CPT Gabriela Montañez

February

• AMEDD Restructure: Impacts to the Mission and Readiness of the Force
  By CPT Maria P. Ong, CPT Nicholas McGregor, and ENS Gavin Clark
• Aiming at a False Target: Medical Readiness Wargames Reveal Goodhart's Law
  By LTC Franklin Annis, LTC David A. Gonski, MAJ Jace Rivard, MAJ Jarrod L. Nicholson, CPT Lance Jandreau, and MSG Andrew D. Baker
• Digital Readiness: Preparing the Future Force for a Battlefield without Electronic Devices
  By CPT Brittany Leonard
• Wired for Readiness: The Role of Wearable Technology and AI in Military Preventative Medicine
  By 2LT Kinley DeSpain and Dr. Hanna Jensen

March

• ‌Subterranean Role 1 Medical Facility Experiment for Large Scale LSCO: Lessons Learned from One of the First Medical Company (Area Support) to Conduct Subterranean Role 1 Medical Operations
  By 1LT Leoniel O. Rodriguez Rosas, CPT Ryan C. Brown, and 1SG Sakeena Lites
• Clinical and Strategic Lessons from Syria: Evolving the Role of the Battalion Aid Station
  By MAJ Cheryl L. Miller, CPT Thomas W. Graham III, and 1LT Aimee M. Feary
• Gator Hole: A Subterranean Exercise
  By MAJ Orphelia Moraga
• ‌Advancing Competence in Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS)
  By By: LTC Samuel Teague, MAJ Wesley Snow, COL Sean Hipp, and SFC Jamez White
• Forging Medical Leaders: A Proposal for the Decision-Centric Medical Staff Ride
  By MAJ Graham Clark
• Patient Regulation in a Multinational, Multi-Corps LSCO Conflict
  By LTC Brian A. Mason
• Survive and Thrive: Requirements for Army Medical Forces in 2040
  By Frank J. Abbott
• Beyond Care: Forging Readiness with Live Fire Exercises
  By CPT Sean Flournoy

April

• Adapting Retention Strategies for the Modern Healthcare Workforce
  By CPT Amelia M. Weaver, CPT Courtney A. Moore, CPT Jeffrey C. Maurer, CPT Michael T. Everett, ENS Laquesha T. Jackson, and MAJ Zachary K. Mabry
• Enhancing Combat Support to Multidomain Operations: A Critical Appraisal and Proposal for Standardizing Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for the US Army
  By CPT Ryan A. Stevens MD, MBA, RDMS, MAJ Chelsea Ausman MD, RDMS, LTC Aicha Hull, MD, CPT Theodore McLean MD, LTC Melissa Myers, MD, MAJ Renato Rapada, DO and MAJ Kristine Jeffers, MD

May

• Hold Capacity: The Key to Conserve Combat Power
  By LTC Vern Campigotto, MAJ Richard Skinner, CPT Hannah Dalke, CPT Gabriel Lizama