Story by Staff Sgt. Janae Masoner 139th Airlift Wing Every three years the 139th Medical Group’s Detachment 1, which is the medical element of the Missouri National Guard’s Homeland Response Force, is put to the test on pre-hospital and field treatment during an external evaluation (ExEval). The detachment spent four days at the Crisis City […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Decker Naval Medical Forces Atlantic JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY, Va. – The U.S. Navy conducted the first ever technical test of an Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU) aboard the expeditionary fast transport USNS Cody (T-EPF 14) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, July 15-26. The primary […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center The future of Army and military nursing is training at Walter Reed this summer. “We have six iterations of Army ROTC cadets/nursing students coming through [Walter Reed] this summer for the Nurse Summer Training Program (NSTP),” said Army Col. Wendy Woodall, director for nursing and […]
Story by Jasmine Braswell Air Combat Command JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – The U.S. Air Force Medical Service has implemented a strategic initiative designed to train all medical Airmen to provide foundational clinical support to wounded and injured personnel on the battlefield, MEDIC-X. With MEDIC-X, every Air Force medic, including those not involved in patient […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency [Editor’s note: This article discusses mental health, its challenges, and treatments. If you or someone you know is having a mental health crisis, call the 988 National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and press “1”, or text 838255, or chat, or contact the dedicated Veterans Crisis Line and […]
Story by Ken Cornwell Defense Health Agency In 2017, the Department of Defense embarked on a transformative journey to deploy a new electronic health record, replacing a patchwork of legacy systems it kept alive over three decades, and in effect, become one of the largest single users of a common EHR. MHS GENESIS gives service […]
Story by Kyler Hood Commander Navy Region Hawaii When the 19th amendment was ratified on Aug. 26, 1920, millions of women across the country won the right to vote. On Women’s Equality Day, we honor the hard-fought quest for universal suffrage and celebrate the monumental progress women have made over last century. In the lead […]
Courtesy Story U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa SHOSHONG, Botswana – The Botswana Defence Force (BDF), in partnership with the Mahalapye District Health Management Team, conducted an impactful medical civic action program (MEDCAP) aimed at delivering critical medical care, education and support to rural communities in and around Shoshong, Botswana. Medical clinics are being […]
Story by Michelle Thum Public Health Command Europe Świętoszów, Poland – At the request of U.S. European Command, U.S. Army Public Health Command Europe Environmental Engineers attended the first Combined Drinking Water Summit for the U.S. Department of Defense with the Polish Ministry of Health and Ministry of National Defense from 08 to 12 July. The […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Do you live overseas and need health care? You might be able to get telemedicine care from home. “Different countries have different laws about telemedicine,” said Michael Griffin, a program analyst with the TRICARE Overseas Program Office at the Defense Health Agency. “This means that if […]