Background: Skin diseases is the a major health problems that cause morbidity for military personnel either at war or during peace times. Skin diseases cause negative psychological and social impacts on the quality of life of military personnel. The study aimed to assess health needs and problems for military personnel with skin diseases. Research design: Descriptive research design was used to conduct this study. Setting: The study was carried out in outpatient dermatological department at kobri al-kobba medical hospital. Sample: purposive sample of soldiers attending outpatient dermatological department, the total sample included 418 subjects. Tools: Tool I- Self- administered Questionnaire which covers the following parts: The 1st part: Socio-demographic characteristic of military personnel. The 2nd part: Military personnel knowledge regarding skin diseases. The 3rd part: Military personnel health practice regarding skin diseases. The forth part: military personnel health status from medical record. Tool II: The Index instrument to measure the effect of skin disease on military personnel quality of life and health problems related to skin diseases. Results: 69.7 % of the military personnel were 21-24 years old, 32.3 % of the studied military personnel had satisfactory knowledge regarding skin diseases.57.4 % of the studied subject had unhealthy reported practices regarding skin diseases. 44.5% had moderate impact of military personnel health and quality of life. Conclusion: There was positive statistically significance Correlation between knowledge and health practice of military personnel. Recommendation: Develop and implement health education program for military personnel to increase their knowledge about skin diseases and practices should be followed to manage skin diseases