Story by Lori Newman Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 22, 2024 – Medical Readiness Command, West held its Best Leader, Best Squad competition May 13-17. This year, MRC, W teamed up with the Medical Center of Excellence to hold the first consolidated competition where the competitors could also […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center “We have to be our best on their worst day,” said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Clinton K. Murray in discussing the care military health care providers must give service members and other beneficiaries of the Military Health System (MHS) every day. Murray, the commanding […]
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Neil W. McCabe Army Reserve Medical Command [MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.] Thirty-eight “Warrior Medics” assigned to the Army Reserve Medical Command’s Pinellas Park, Fla., headquarters and headquarters detachment, conducted litter training with a UH-60 Black Hawk military ambulance Saturday with Army Reserve crew chiefs from Golf Company, 5th General […]
Story by MaryTherese Griffin Army Recovery Care Program FALLS CHURCH, Va.,—Maj. Chelsea Johnson has many years of service in the U.S. military. She started in the Air Force, and when she earned her nursing degree, she wanted to be commissioned. “She‘s been in 31 years, joined active guard and reserve, and started Air Force. She […]
Story by Christopher Jones Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office Chief medical noncommissioned officers, whose military occupational specialty is 68Z where they specialize in healthcare, came from across the United States to gather at Fort McCoy for the two-day 68Z Active Guard Reserve Forum from May 7-8. The summit, aimed at enhancing collaboration and discussing future […]
Story by Maj. Vonnie Wright 21st Theater Sustainment Command BAUMHOLDER, Germany – 30th Medical Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command in collaboration with the 810th Hospital Center, 75th Field Hospital, 7455th Medical Operations Unit and Medical Readiness Training Command successfully completed the final testing portion of the hospital exercise utilizing a 32-bed field hospital issued from […]
Story by Sgt. Christopher Neu 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade FORT CAVAZOS—During the month of May, the Department of Defense recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s an opportunity to highlight the mental health issues that service members face and the resources that are offered to them. “Historically, there was a lot of stigma associated around […]
Story by Erin Perez U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON—Soldiers from the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence participated in the command’s Best of the Best Competition May 13-17. The MEDCoE Best of the Best Competition promotes readiness and resiliency through a series of tasks and challenges that provide […]
Story by Ellen Crown U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command BAUMHOLDER, Germany – From the front lines to the supply lines, the Army is testing its ability to rapidly and dynamically project power around the globe in support of large-scale combat operations. One cornerstone of Army readiness is the Army Prepositioned Stocks, or APS, program. APS […]
Story by PHILIP REGINA U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa DAMONGO, Ghana — As exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24) unfolds across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, U.S. Army Soldiers and Marines conducted humanitarian work with lasting impact. From May 17-18, a civil affairs team from U.S. Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) joined civil […]