Washington, D.C.; December 13th, 2025
Throughout 2025, Medical Readiness Command, Europe made significant progress enhancing combat medical readiness, expanding multinational training and cooperation, and strengthening partnerships with allied and host nation forces across Europe and Africa, officials announced in a year in review report from the U.S. Army. Medical Readiness Command, Europe serves as the primary medical readiness force for U.S. Army Europe and Africa, generating individual and collective readiness of the medical force while providing health service support and force health protection to supported units. A Year in Review – Medical Readiness Command, Europe Enhances Combat Readiness, Strengthens Partnerships in 2025 highlighted multiple training initiatives, exercises, and joint engagement activities that prepared medical personnel for complex battlefield scenarios and increased interoperability with partner nations. Medical Readiness Command, Europe significantly advanced medical combat readiness and solidified partnerships with allied and host-nation forces throughout 2025, officials announced. A Year in Review – Medical Readiness Command, Europe Enhances Combat Readiness, Strengthens Partnerships in 2025 emphasized that simulated realistic combat casualty care training at the European Medical Simulation Center at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center provided evidence-based medical and trauma simulation training to all Department of War medical professionals operating in the joint warfighter environment. Medical personnel assigned to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center participated in large-scale mass casualty exercises in support of Defender Europe 25, showcasing the command’s ability to respond rapidly to complex medical emergencies involving multiple patients and simulating real-world combat scenarios in a multinational setting.
Brigadier General Roger Giraud, commander of Medical Readiness Command, Europe, stated that the command’s mission continued to be the individual and collective readiness of the medical force while providing high-quality health service support and force health protection capabilities to enable operational readiness across U.S. Army Europe and Africa. A Year in Review – Medical Readiness Command, Europe Enhances Combat Readiness, Strengthens Partnerships in 2025 noted that a key highlight of the year was the MRC,EUR Best Leader Competition, a rigorous event designed to assess and enhance the skills of medical Soldiers, testing proficiency, leadership, and physical endurance to ensure preparedness for demanding battlefield conditions. The report also described how tailored medical training programs, including a six-week specialized Platoon Combat Medical Training Program conducted in the United Kingdom, provided care scenarios in austere environments for hundreds of trainees, further developing capabilities for trauma care with limited resources.
Interoperability remained a central theme throughout the year, with Medical Readiness Command, Europe actively participating in multinational events that brought together military medical planners, leaders, and specialists from across NATO and partner nations. A Year in Review – Medical Readiness Command, Europe Enhances Combat Readiness, Strengthens Partnerships in 2025 detailed how the command facilitated key leader exchanges with Swiss military medical leaders and supported the NATO Medical Planners Course in April, enhancing coordination capabilities for joint medical operations. The command’s personnel also played a critical role in training exercises across Africa, including the Ghana Medical Readiness Exercise, which focused on improving medical capabilities and partner capacity building with Ghanaian military forces, further demonstrating the command’s commitment to readiness beyond the European theater.
The report observed that the Medical Readiness Command, Europe contributed to broader U.S. Army readiness initiatives by participating in the U.S. Army Medical Command’s Phoenix Shield table-top exercise and supporting the 32nd Annual Multi-national Military Medical Exchange in Lisbon, Portugal, where discussions centered on best practices and emerging trends in military medicine with participants from around the globe. Beyond future readiness, the command recognized historic contributions during the year by hosting an inactivation ceremony for Dental Health Command Europe, marking the end of a long-standing medical support structure and transitioning responsibilities to other U.S. Army medical entities in the theater. The command also emphasized public health support, with its Public Health Command Europe assisting at the 2025 International Veterinary Summit in Ettal, Germany, fostering collaboration among allied veterinary and public health professionals to ensure the well-being of military working dogs and animal support resources.
Through these diverse initiatives and engagements, Medical Readiness Command, Europe demonstrated its ongoing commitment to ensuring the medical readiness of U.S. Army forces while reinforcing partnerships with allied and host-nation medical forces, solidifying its role as a critical enabler of U.S. Army operations in both the European and African theaters. The year in review report underscores the importance of integrated medical readiness in preparing for large-scale combat and joint multinational operations, reflecting the command’s strategic focus on forging relationships, enhancing capabilities, and maintaining the health and preparedness of Soldiers and partners alike.
Sources
• A Year in Review – Medical Readiness Command, Europe Enhances Combat Readiness, Strengthens Partnerships in 2025 (official U.S. Army article).
• Medical Readiness Command, Europe mission statement and organizational overview (official U.S. Army Medical Readiness Command, Europe website).
• Defender Europe 25 outreach and medical readiness exercises involvement (U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training summaries).
• U.S. Army participation in multinational medical exercises contributing to interoperability and partner capacity building.
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