health.mil

We performed a comprehensive analysis of health.mil on 2026-07-02. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 7924ms. The page is served over HTTP/1.1 protocol, however no compression (Gzip or Brotli) is enabled, which means the page is transferred at its full uncompressed size. The total page weight is 326 KB. The website uses a secure HTTPS connection with a valid SSL certificate issued by DigiCert Inc (OV type). The connection is encrypted using TLS 1.2 with the ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 cipher suite and sha256WithRSAEncryption signature algorithm. The certificate covers 12 domain(s) (Subject Alternative Names) and expires on 2026-12-18, which is 169 days from now. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 35/100 (below average). The following security headers are properly configured: Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) and X-Frame-Options. However, the site is missing Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy, which could expose the site and its users to cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, and other web-based attacks. Our technology detection scan identified 5 technologies across 5 categories powering health.mil. The detected stack includes React, Webpack, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, and jQuery. The UI is built with React. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, health.mil receives an overall trust score of 79/100, classified as "Likely Safe".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, health.mil receives a trust score of 79/100, which places it in the "Likely Safe" category. This score is calculated by evaluating multiple factors including SSL certificate validity, domain registration history, email authentication protocols, security header configuration, and blacklist status across major threat intelligence databases. The analysis identified several positive trust signals: a valid HTTPS connection protecting data in transit, HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) enforcement preventing protocol downgrade attacks, a valid SSL certificate issued by DigiCert Inc with 169 days until expiration, SPF (Sender Policy Framework) email authentication preventing email spoofing, DMARC email authentication with a reject policy — the strongest available setting, and DNSSEC providing authenticated DNS responses. Areas of concern include: the absence of a Content-Security-Policy header, which leaves the site more vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, missing Referrer-Policy, potentially leaking URL information to third parties, and the domain's WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, making it harder to verify the owner's identity. While these issues don't necessarily indicate malicious intent, they represent areas where the website's security posture could be improved. We checked health.mil against 8 major blacklist databases including Google Safe Browsing, Phishtank, Urlhaus, Openphish, Dnsfilter, Spamhaus Dbl, Surbl, and Virustotal. The domain passed all 8 checks with a clean status, meaning it has not been flagged for phishing, malware distribution, spam, or other malicious activities by any of the tested threat intelligence providers.

Our technology detection engine scanned health.mil and identified 5 distinct technologies across 5 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. UI Library: React — handles the user interface rendering and component management for health.mil. Build Tool: Webpack — bundles and optimizes the JavaScript and CSS assets for health.mil. Analytics: Google Analytics 4 — tracks visitor behavior and provides traffic insights for health.mil. Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager — manages marketing and analytics tags without code changes for health.mil. JavaScript Library: jQuery — provides utility functions and DOM manipulation for health.mil. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Tag Manager container GTM-WP7J88. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

health.mil delivers its homepage in 7924ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 326 KB, and we detected 539 resource requests loading assets from 36 third-party domains. A high number of third-party domains can significantly impact page load time due to additional DNS lookups and TLS handshakes required for each domain. No compression is currently enabled on health.mil. Enabling Brotli or Gzip compression could reduce page size by 60-80% for text-based assets (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), significantly improving load times and reducing bandwidth costs. This is one of the simplest and most impactful performance optimizations available. Asset minification status: 1 out of 2 CSS files and 1 out of 11 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 11 unminified file(s) could further reduce page weight by 10-30% for those assets. Minification is a best practice that reduces download sizes without affecting functionality. From an environmental perspective, each page view of health.mil produces approximately 0.16g of CO₂, earning a carbon rating of B. This places the website among the cleanest on the web, demonstrating efficient use of server resources and optimized content delivery. For reference, the average web page produces about 0.5g of CO₂ per page view. The page weight of 326 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for health.mil. This typically means the site doesn't have enough real-world Chrome user traffic to generate statistically significant field data, or the domain is not included in the CrUX dataset. Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) are important Google ranking factors that measure real user experience.

health.mil resolves to the IPv4 address 214.10.40.15, but does not support IPv6. IPv6 adoption is increasingly important as IPv4 address space becomes exhausted, and some ISPs and regions are transitioning to IPv6-only connectivity. The domain has 1 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 8 name servers: ns01-cc-gw.health.mil, ns01-ee-gw.health.mil, ns01-ncr-gw.health.mil, ns01-nwc-gw.health.mil, ns01-pac-gw.health.mil, ns01-sea-gw.health.mil, ns01-sec-gw.health.mil, and ns01-we-gw.health.mil. Having 8 name servers provides good redundancy — if one fails, the others can continue serving DNS queries. The choice of name servers often indicates the DNS hosting provider or CDN service being used. Email for health.mil is handled by mail.mil with 3 MX records configured: pri-jeemsg.eemsg.mail.mil, sec-jeemsg.eemsg.mail.mil, and pri-nipr.eemsg.mail.mil. Multiple MX records provide failover redundancy — if the primary mail server is unavailable, email will be routed to the next available server. SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is configured, which specifies which mail servers are authorized to send email on behalf of this domain. This helps prevent email spoofing and improves email deliverability. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) is configured with a reject policy — the strongest setting, instructing receiving servers to reject unauthorized emails entirely. DKIM was not detected. Without DKIM, recipients cannot cryptographically verify that emails claiming to be from this domain are authentic. DNSSEC is enabled for health.mil, providing an additional layer of security by cryptographically signing DNS records. This prevents DNS cache poisoning and man-in-the-middle attacks that could redirect visitors to malicious websites. Our subdomain enumeration scan discovered 3 active subdomains for health.mil: admin.health.mil, cdn.health.mil, and www.health.mil. Active subdomains can reveal the organization's infrastructure, including development environments, API endpoints, and third-party service integrations.

The homepage of health.mil contains 2,353 words of visible text content. This is a substantial amount of content that provides good opportunities for search engine indexing. The page is structured with 23 H2 headings, 3 H3 headings, 0 H4 headings. The page includes 32 images. 11 images (34%) are missing alt text attributes, which is a significant concern for both accessibility and SEO. Screen readers rely on alt text to describe images to visually impaired users, and search engines use alt text to understand image content. Only 66% of images have proper alt text — we recommend adding descriptive alt attributes to all images. The link structure consists of 388 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 74 external links pointing to third-party websites. The high number of internal links suggests a well-interconnected site structure, which helps search engines discover and crawl all pages efficiently. There are 11 external JavaScript files, 2 CSS stylesheets, and 2 iframes on the page. The site implements the following web standards and features: Schema.org structured data (Organization), Progressive Web App (PWA) manifest (enabling app-like installation), and RSS feed for content syndication. Notable missing features: XML Sitemap and robots.txt. Adding these could improve search engine discoverability and rich result eligibility. The website has social media presence across 4 platforms: Facebook (@MilitaryHealth), Twitter (@militaryhealth), Instagram (@militaryhealth), and Linkedin (@military-health-system). An active social media presence is a positive trust indicator and helps build brand awareness and customer engagement.

The title tag for health.mil is good at 21 characters: "MHS Home | Health.mil". The length is acceptable, though it may be slightly truncated in some search result displays. The meta description is 492 characters (slightly long): "The Health.mil is the official website of the Military Health System. The Military Health System is one of America’s lar...". Google typically displays up to 155-160 characters of the meta description in search results. A compelling meta description with a clear call-to-action can significantly improve click-through rates from search results. The page language is declared as en and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 4/4 recommended fields: OG title ("MHS Home..."), OG description, OG image (social sharing thumbnail), OG type (website). These tags control how the page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms that support the Open Graph protocol. A Twitter Card of type summary_large_image is configured, which controls how links appear when shared on Twitter/X. The "summary_large_image" type displays a large image preview, which typically generates higher engagement rates than the basic card type. The site implements Schema.org structured data with the following types: Organization. Structured data helps search engines understand the page content and can enable rich results (featured snippets, knowledge panels, star ratings) in Google search results, which can significantly increase click-through rates.