When NASA needed someone to help solve the problem of keeping astronauts alive during a three-year mission to Mars, they called a retired Marine Colonel who had already flown four Space Shuttle missions, completed a dual residency in internal medicine and pediatrics, run an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia, and cared for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. In a conversation recorded from Sydney, Australia, Dr. David Hilmers joined WarDocs to lay out a blueprint for military medicine's most urgent...

What happens when a thousand wounded service members arrive on American soil in a single day — and they keep arriving for a hundred days straight? That is the scenario Dr. Paul D. Biddinger is paid to plan for, and in his WarDocs interview, he delivers a clear-eyed, data-grounded assessment: the U.S. healthcare system is not ready — and it needs to start building that readiness now. The Capacity Crisis Nobody Talks About Dr. Biddinger opens with a fact that reframes the entire LSCO...

The Journey from Combat to Classroom Military service often provides a wealth of practical experience, but the transition to civilian leadership requires a different set of tools. In this episode of WarDocs, we sit down with Master Sergeant (Retired) Jonathan Lu, a former 18 Delta Special Operations Medic whose career path serves as a blueprint for professional evolution. From the front lines of route clearance to the corridors of academia, Lu’s story is a testament to the transformative...