Story by Sgt. 1st Class Neil W. McCabe Army Reserve Medical Command [DALLAS] The deputy commanding general of the Army Reserve Medical Command, who is dual-hatted as the Assistant Surgeon General for Mobilization, Readiness and Army Reserve Affairs Office in the Office of the Army Surgeon General, championed artificial intelligence, or AI, at an Aug. […]
Story by Jesse Leger Womack Army Medical Center FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — The Womack Army Medical Center’s Midwifery program marked its 30th anniversary this month, celebrating decades of dedicated service, teaching, and patient care. Since its inception, the program has become a cornerstone of maternal healthcare at the medical center, providing essential services to a […]
Story by Keisha Frith Womack Army Medical Center FORT LIBERTY, NC– In the world of oral surgery, few procedures have as profound an impact on patients’ lives as orthognathic surgery. Also known as corrective jaw surgery, this complex operation can transform the way people eat, speak, and interact with the world around them. For one […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Do you have a new prescription you need to fill? Or maybe you’ve been taking the same drug for years. It’s helpful to know some key terms to get your medications affordably. “Your medical needs and your health plan can affect what you pay at the […]
Story by Sgt. Reece Newton 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element “Save the life of a fellow American, whether in uniform or not!” This simple yet powerful message was the driving force as more than 4,000 U.S. Army Soldiers volunteered and registered into the Department of Defense’s bone marrow donor program “Salute to Life” during […]
Story by Robbie Hammer Defense Health Agency The 2024 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium kicked off in Dallas, Texas, with Patrick (Pat) Flanders, chief information officer for the Defense Health Agency, touching on the Department of Defense’s efforts to modernize health care, providing enterprise intelligence and data solutions, and looking to the future. “The DHA […]
Story by Douglas Stutz Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton For 112 years – and counting – they’ve been the substance behind Sailor smiles. The Dental Corps team assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton celebrated their August 22, 1912, birthdate as part of that skill set delivering the preventive dental […]
Story by Maddi Langweil Medical Research and Development Command Every summer, over 200 students make their way to Natick Soldier Systems Center’s 80-acre peninsula to be exposed to hands on multi-disciplinary educational activities sponsored by the U.S Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM). Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science, commonly known as […]
Story by Samantha Fehr Fleet Readiness Center East MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – An ordinary day at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) took a dramatic turn when a 28-year-old employee suffered a cardiac emergency, but thanks to his supervisor’s swift and potentially life-saving intervention, he is back to his normal self. In […]
Story by Staff Sgt. James Fritz 911th Airlift Wing FORT MCCOY, Wisconsin — As blood drips onto the floor of the tan polyurethane medical tent. Airmen, who were strangers just five days earlier, work together, tying a tourniquet, packing a wound with medical gauze, inserting a laryngoscope. Doing everything they can to save the life […]