Story by Tech. Sgt. Justin Norton 302nd Airlift Wing PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — More than 40 personnel from 15 units across three U.S. military service branches participated in a campaign to augment health services in multiple locations across El Salvador, Aug. 19 to Sep. 6. Service members supported the AMISTAD campaign by integrating […]
Story by C.J. Lovelace U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command CAMP CARROLL, Republic of Korea — U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command supported an Eighth Army deployment readiness exercise July 31, supplying medical sets and equipment to an armored division unit participating in Operation Pacific Fortitude. Pacific Fortitude is a readiness validation exercise, where an Army unit […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Flu season is right around the corner—which means it’s time to start thinking about getting vaccines for common respiratory diseases. If you live or travel overseas, it’s important to know where you can get these vaccines. TRICARE covers flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, […]
Story by Senior Master Sgt. DeAndre Curtiss 374th Airlift Wing U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Papua New Guinea Defence Force personnel culminated three days of aeromedical evacuation training and subject matter expert exchanges with a field training exercise during Pacific Angel 24-1 at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, August 28, 2024. U.S. […]
Story by Ken Cornwell Defense Health Agency Providers now have access to the mobile Warfighter Brain Health Provider Toolkit app, an important new tool to assist in the assessment of mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion. The Defense Health Agency launched the app in May 2024. “The WBH Provider Toolkit is an app […]
Story by Maria Christina Yager Munson Army Health Center Public Affairs FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas – Six pharmacy team members from Munson Army Health Center earned recognition as top performers for Defense Health Network West in the Defense Health Agency’s annual civilian pharmacy award competition. The awardees are: Dr. Jarrod Miller, PharmD, Outpatient Pharmacist of the […]
Story by Gino Mattorano Evans Army Community Hospital Evans Army Community Hospital has established a training program for medical Soldiers assigned to Fort Carson operational units to help them ensure they are ready to perform their wartime mission when called upon. The program, a revitalized version of the Medical Skills Readiness (MSR) initiative, provides critical […]
Story by 1st Lt. Ariana Wilkinson 36th Wing QUANG NAM, Vietnam – United States Air Force medical teams from multiple major commands including Air Education and Training Command, Pacific Air Forces, and Air Combat Command conducted a four-day Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) with the Vietnamese Air Force in Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces, […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Jan. 1, 2025, marks the start of health care delivery under TRICARE’s new regional contracts. There will be changes to the TRICARE regions in the United States as part of the new contracts. While there will still be two TRICARE regions, six states currently in the […]
Story by Ayan Sheikh DC National Guard FORT BELKNAP AGENCY, Mont. – Under the vast Montana sky, where horses and buffalo graze on tall prairie grass, 17 members of the District of Columbia Army National Guard Medical Detachment participated in a joint mission providing healthcare services to the Fort Belknap Reservation community and their pets […]