Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland was the first Black woman and family practice physician to lead the 12-year-old agency.

The attack of Pearl Harbor led to the construction of Tripler Army Medical Center. For four years following the 1941 attack, the patient population at Tripler General Hospital remained at ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Feb. 7, 2025) – The U.S. Army wants Soldiers and their families to trust that they will receive world-class medical care—on the battlefield and in garrison. “For Soldiers ...

A spokesperson for the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) tells the newspaper that no disease-causing materials have been found outside authorized areas at the site.

Crosland, the first Black woman to lead the Defense Health Agency, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy West Point and entered the Army as a Medical Corps officer in 1993. Prior to her last ...