The Marine Corps Answered Him First ★ Premium
August 18, 2026 · 21 min read
On August 11 in New Orleans, the Director of the Defense Health Agency told an industry audience that the character of warfare is shifting and health IT is part of that shift. The FY2027 request his enterprise submitted asks Congress for $1.019 billion in medical research, forty-seven million above last year's ask. A Marine Corps procurement line called Field Medical Equipment went from $15.7 million to $227.8 million across the same two budgets.