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Army Updating Medical Tents with Lighter, Easier Air-Supported Shelters
June 22, 2016 — If you are in the Army, there is a very good chance you have worked and lived in a tent. MORE

Medical Logistics Management Program Honors New Graduates
June 20, 2016 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, a subordinate agency of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, honored the 98th graduating class of the Medical Logistics Management Internship Program (MLMIP) June 16. MORE

Army, Navy Team Up to Tackle Enterprise Clinical Imaging Archive
March 25, 2016 — The Army and Navy have joined forces to solve one the largest digital logistics problems the military has ever encountered -- storing a lifetime of medical images. MORE

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