Story by Kyle Lee Harvey Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center Fort Belvoir, Va. (April 8, 2025) – The Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center (ATAMMC) is proud to join the National Capital Region in commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program and Research Center (WRESP-RC), which has been enhancing the […]
Story by Dan Grubb Womack Army Medical Center Fort Bragg, NC – For Soldiers, physical injuries can serve as a roadblock to performance which is not good when you are a mission-critical component of America’s warfighting machine. This is where Womack’s Occupational Therapy (OT) Department comes in. “Occupational therapists in the military are tasked with […]
Story by Emily McCamy U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay earned national recognition from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) after eliminating surgical smoke from its operating room – one of only 14 military treatment facilities to achieve the “Go Clear” Award. […]
Story by Michelle Stewart Defense Health Network Central Airmen assigned to the 628th Medical Group, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., participated in joint exercise TURBO DISTRIBUTION 25-01 at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass, from March 11 to 18, exercising and inserting medical readiness into the field operation event. “Our goal for the exercise was to minimize […]
Story by Lt. Col. Kristin Porter 807th Theater Medical Command SAN ANTONIO, Texas – U.S. Army Reserve physicians from the 807th Theater Medical Command attended the Critical Care Skills Procedure Anatomy Program at the Centre of Emergency Health Sciences in Bulverde, Texas, on Jan. 11, 2025. Military physicians typically train with mannequins that simulate advanced […]
Story by Regena Kowitz Defense Health Network Pacific Rim CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton (NHCP) welcomed two senior Department of Defense leaders, the Honorable Darin Selnick and Dr. Stephen Ferrara, during an official visit aimed at enhancing support for military medical treatment facilities (MTFs), improving patient care, and bolstering the readiness of […]
Story by Maj. Jose Pizarro 65th Medical Brigade In March 2025, Col. Arroyo and Command Sgt. Maj. Price (65th Medical Brigade command team) hosted Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre (the 46th Army Surgeon General) to observe the Brigade’s operations. Lt. Gen. Izaguirre conducted battlefield circulation at LTA Watkins, South Korea with Gen. Xavier T. Brunson […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe SEMBACH, Germany – U.S. Army Medical Readiness Command, Europe (MRC, EUR), in collaboration with the NATO School Oberammergau (NSO), hosted a five-day NATO Joint Medical Planners Course (JMPC) at Sembach Kaserne, Germany April 7 – 11. The training course was provided by a Mobile Education and Training […]
Story by Lori Newman Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, April 10, 2025 – A cancer patient at Brooke Army Medical Center was able to celebrate two significant events in one day. Linda Staggers rang the bell in the Hematology/Oncology Clinic April 4, signifying the end of her […]
Courtesy Story Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/Military Health System For the Military Health System, readiness is a strategic imperative to ensure warfighter dominance, survivability, and resilience, said the acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Stephen Ferrara. “Readiness cannot be secondary. You cannot do readiness at the last […]