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Motorcycle Inspections Help Soldiers Ride Safely
March 17, 2016 — Fort Detrick, with its backdrop of the Catoctin Mountains and never-ending country roads that wind through Central Maryland, is a motorcycle rider's dream. MORE

Soldiers getting junctional tourniquet designed to save lives
March 2, 2016 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA), a subordinate command within the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), is fielding a new junctional tourniquet designed to save warfighters from dying on the battlefield after injuries to the groin or armpit area. MORE

USAMMA Signs Agreement for New Medical Device Cybersecurity Pre-assessment Process
February 25, 2016 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA) entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with DeltaStrac™ LLC in January 2016, to start a new cybersecurity pre-assessment process for medical device vendors hoping to do business with the Army. MORE

New Medical Vital Signs Simulator 'Lightens the Load' for Army Equipment Specialists
February 5, 2016 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA) has selected and begun fielding a new Medical Vital Signs Simulator (MVSS) for testing, calibrating and repairing medical equipment such as vital signs monitors and pulse oximeters. The MVSS performs the functions of three instruments, providing a lighter load of gear for biomedical equipment specialists in the field. MORE