Story by Lt.Cmdr. Alicia Sacks U.S. Naval Hospital Rota ROTA, Spain – The Chief, Bureau of Medicine, and Surgery (BUMED) recently recognized Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (HM1) Jason S. Kutzler, as the Navy Medicine Senior Independent Duty Corpsman of the Year (IDCOY) for June 2024. The IDCOY award is a highly competitive achievement that recognizes […]
Story by Capt. Jordyn Craft 179th Cyberspace Wing BROWNING, MT – U.S. service members from more than 50 units across the country arrived in Montana this week for Blackfeet Tribal Health – Operation Walking Shield, an Innovative Readiness Training medical mission in Browning, Montana, July 15 to 29, 2024. Approximately 200 service members from the […]
Story by Michelle Thum Public Health Command Europe LANDSTUHL, Germany – After six years of service, Public Health Command Europe Preventive Medicine Soldier reflects on his career and continues to work hard to keep service members safe. Florida-native, Sgt. Cole Barnett worked a variety of jobs after high school until he joined the U.S. Army […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe KAUNUS, Lithuania – A team of five medical experts from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center travelled to Kaunus, Lithuania recently where they spent a week discussing delayed evacuation casualty care with members of the Lithuanian Military Medicine Center of Excellence. The overall purpose of the event was to […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe LANDSTUHL, Germany – The 7450th Medical Operational Readiness Unit (FWD) Det 64 relinquished authority of the Deployed Warrior Medical Management Center (DWMMC) at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) to the 7451st Medical Operational Readiness Unit (FWD) Det 2, during a transfer of authority ceremony July 8. The […]
Story by Maristela Romero Air Force Medical Service Air Force medical leaders hosted a tabletop exercise to identify command authorities and design an efficient chain of communication within the Air Force Medical Command, or AFMEDCOM, to support the status of readiness for medical Airmen and the tasking process to deploy them. The tabletop exercise held […]
Story by Julie Lucas Naval Hospital Jacksonville Defense Health Network (DHN) Atlantic released its results from the Joint Patient Experience Survey (JOES) for fiscal year 2024, 2nd Quarter, and several Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville assets were named “Best of the Best.” Providers from Family Medicine Physician Lt. Cmdr. Mitchell Selco, Dermatology Physician Assistant Elizabeth Anderson, […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center U.S. Navy Capt. Juan Rosario recently came onboard as the new chief of staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. “I am deeply honored and excited to join WRNMMC as the new chief of staff,” Rosario said. “This institution has a long-standing reputation for […]
Story by Thomas Cieslak Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point A Sailor serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is the first military applicant to receive an Optician’s License from the state of North Carolina. Hospital Corpsman Second Class Rylie Maloney, the Optometry Leading Petty Officer aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, passed the American […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s electrophysiology laboratory recently performed the Department of Defense’s first pulsed field ablation (PFA) to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib). PFA offers a safer option for AFib, according to retired U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Matthew Needleman, a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist. Needleman […]