SILVER SPRING, Md. (Nov. 19, 2025) A researcher with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), transfers solution to smaller test tubes in the Agile Vaccines and Therapeutics (AVAT) laboratory. Researchers are currently conducting studies to discover critical vaccine components for testing to develop a vaccine that will provide a line of defense against malaria. (U.S. Navy photo by Aleece Williams/Released)
YANGJU, SOUTH KOREA – MARCH 05: U.S. soldiers from 2nd Infantry Division take part in a joint MEDEVAC field training exercise with South Korean soldiers on March 5, 2008 in Yangju, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Naval medical officer Jean-Paul Chretien tells FedScoop how new technology could revolutionize the way traumatic brain injuries are treated in the field.