USUHS
How Can Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield Shape Moral Injury?
BLUF – Uniformed Services University researchers are examining how artificial intelligence in battlefield decision-making may contribute to moral injury, with Air Force 2nd Lt. Raymond Gilmore studying how excessive trust in AI recommendations, distrust of algorithms and uncertainty about human responsibility can produce guilt, shame and psychological distress following combat decisions. For Navy Medicine, this emerging research highlights the need to prepare behavioral health providers to recognize and treat moral injuries associated with AI-assisted warfare, including the psychological effects of remote operations, ambiguous accountability and lethal decisions influenced by autonomous systems.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/10/how-can-artificial-intelligence-on.html
7 Leaders Share Military Medicine Lessons in the USU President’s Strategic Leadership Speaker Series
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University highlighted lessons from seven senior military medical leaders in its President’s Strategic Leadership Speaker Series, emphasizing competence, character, mentorship, knowing and caring for subordinates, high-reliability healthcare, and leading effectively in complex operational environments. For Navy Medicine, the presentations by former Navy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham and former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Capt. Stephen Ferrara offer practical leadership insights for developing medical officers who can balance patient safety, organizational performance and operational readiness.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/10/7-leaders-share-military-medicine.html
Where USU Is Going: A Strategic Plan Built for a Fight Without a Golden Hour
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University unveiled its 2026–2029 strategic plan to prepare military medical professionals for large-scale combat operations where the traditional Golden Hour for casualty evacuation may no longer exist, emphasizing prolonged field care, curriculum modernization, artificial intelligence, international partnerships and expanded medical education programs. For Navy Medicine, the plan establishes a goal for all USU students to demonstrate validated combat medical proficiency and obtain Joint Medical Role certifications by FY 2028, while expanding medical school enrollment to 200 students annually, nursing enrollment by 10% and allied health programs by 50% to strengthen the future operational medical workforce.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/10/where-usu-is-going-strategic-plan-built.html
USU Tracks Rapid Antimicrobial Resistance in Ukraine Combat Wounds
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University is collaborating on the ARROW study of more than 900 combat trauma patients across five Ukrainian hospitals, finding that highly antibiotic-resistant bacteria carrying NDM and OXA-48 resistance genes can emerge early in the casualty evacuation process, complicating wound treatment when evacuation and surgical care are delayed. For Navy Medicine, these findings underscore the need to strengthen infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, rapid diagnostics and treatment protocols for prolonged field care, particularly during large-scale combat operations where delayed evacuation may render standard antibiotics ineffective.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/10/usu-tracks-rapid-antimicrobial.html
USU Partners with Navy Medicine to Modernize Hospital Corpsman Training and Expand Educational Opportunities
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University is partnering with Navy Medicine to modernize Hospital Corpsman Basic training by awarding transferable college credits toward associate and bachelor’s degrees, aligning instruction with national EMT certifications, and establishing new EMT-Basic and Paramedic Navy Enlisted Classifications. For Navy Medicine, the initiative strengthens trauma care, expeditionary medical readiness and joint interoperability while providing corpsmen with recognized academic credentials and expanded career opportunities, particularly as they prepare for independent clinical decision-making in austere environments and support En-Route Care and Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical Systems.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/10/usu-partners-with-navy-medicine-to.html
For This Navy Doctor, Studying Death Is Part of Serving the Living
BLUF – Navy Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Emerson Maniwang, a 2019 USU graduate and former Seabee battalion surgeon, is completing a forensic pathology fellowship at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to develop expertise in determining causes of death, identifying remains and recognizing mortality trends that can inform public health and prevention. For Navy Medicine, his training demonstrates how forensic pathology can improve combat casualty care and force protection by identifying preventable deaths and potentially survivable battlefield injuries while preparing medical teams for casualty identification and mortality analysis during large-scale combat operations.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/10/for-this-navy-doctor-studying-death-is.html
USU’s National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation Strengthens Partnerships for a Changing World
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University’s National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation is bringing disaster medicine, global health engagement and security-cooperation education under one organization to strengthen U.S. and partner-nation health systems and improve readiness for disasters, humanitarian crises and conflict. For Navy Medicine, the institute provides a framework for expanding medical interoperability with allies and civilian partners—including shared trauma systems, evacuation planning and medical logistics—capabilities increasingly important for distributed operations where U.S. forces may depend on partner nations for casualty care and sustainment.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/09/usus-national-institute-for-defense.html
On Day 3 of MHSRS 2026, USU Research Confronts the Threats a Force Can’t See
BLUF – On the third day of the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium, Uniformed Services University researchers highlighted studies focused on improving warfighter survivability and recovery, including advances in prolonged casualty care, infectious disease prevention, rehabilitation, operational psychology, and the use of artificial intelligence and data science to support military medical decision-making. For Navy Medicine, the research demonstrates how multidisciplinary collaboration is accelerating the translation of scientific discoveries into practical capabilities that enhance expeditionary medicine, combat casualty care, force health protection, and readiness across the Military Health System.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/08/on-day-3-of-mhsrs-2026-usu-research.html
As MHSRS 2026 Opens, USU Research Looks to the Future Fight
BLUF – Uniformed Services University researchers opened the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium by presenting research focused on future battlefield challenges, including more realistic airway management training, early detection of blast-related brain injury, penetrating brain trauma, and drug-resistant combat wound infections, while military leaders emphasized translating scientific discoveries into capabilities that improve warfighter care. For Navy Medicine, the presentations highlight continued investment in operationally relevant research that will strengthen combat casualty care, traumatic brain injury management, infectious disease response, and expeditionary medical readiness for future large-scale conflicts.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/08/as-mhsrs-2026-opens-usu-research-looks.html
USU Medical Students Forge Officer and Provider Roles in Global Rotations
BLUF – The article highlights how fourth-year Uniformed Services University medical students use month-long global health and operational medicine rotations in locations such as Peru, Ghana, Kenya, and Thailand to strengthen both their identities as military officers and future physicians, gaining firsthand experience in austere medicine, multinational collaboration, leadership, and cross-cultural care. For Navy Medicine, these rotations help develop operationally minded physicians who are better prepared for expeditionary missions, humanitarian assistance, and coalition operations by building the clinical adaptability and leadership skills needed to care for service members and partner forces worldwide.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/07/usu-medical-students-forge-officer-and.html