Courtesy Story Naval Medical Center San Diego Selected as Naval Medical Center San Diego’s Junior Officer of the Quarter, fourth quarter, FY2023, Lt. Victoria Medved, NMCSD Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy assistant department head, exemplifies the significance of the award, 12 Mar. Medved, a Lowell, Mass., native is the daughter of a nurse practitioner and […]
Story by Tech. Sgt. Rachel Maxwell 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Public Affairs KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Under the direction of U.S. Southern Command, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) successfully pioneered its first Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 4–12. The team of […]
Story by Riley Eversull Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina – Twice a week, some inpatient spaces in Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune become a teaching platform for high school academics. Abigail Brown and Madison Pankey observe health care delivery in the intensive care unit on March 5, 2024. Just one floor […]
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle 307th Bomb Wing Maj. Aquila Haney knew her patient, Andrew, was dying. The 2nd Medical Group registered nurse could see it in his eyes. Shock was setting in. She could hear the staggered breathing as his chest filled with air from a bullet wound. “We’ve got you, Andrew,” […]
Story by Telly Myles Supervisor of Shipbuilding Newport News This week, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, USN, Newport News Code 140 Environmental Safety & Health Office took a big step in protecting employee hearing with the arrival of the Mobile Hearing Conservation and Testing Van (MOHCAT). Austen McClelland, an Occupational Safety and Health Specialist […]
Story by Dana Heard 55th Wing Public Affairs OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The 55th Dental Squadron held a free dental day for children at the Ehrling Bergquist Clinic March 8, 2024. The dental clinic welcomed children of active-duty service members as part of a community outreach program. The event allowed the dental clinic […]
Story by Robbie Hammer Defense Health Agency The Defense Health Agency has launched a new feature that lets you request prescription refills through MHS GENESIS. MHS GENESIS is the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record. It’s now in use at every military hospital and clinic worldwide. Prescription refills through the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal […]
Story by André B. Sobocinski, Historian U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Six feet beneath the bustling medical campus at the Walter Reed National Military Center in Bethesda, Maryland, lies a forgotten relic of the Cold War – a fallout shelter that once hosted a groundbreaking experiment. Built in January 1962, this shelter was […]
Story by Hadiyah Brendel Uniformed Services University The Military Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative (MTBI2), a research program at the Uniformed Services University, won three Silver American Advertising Awards at the 2023-2024 competition for their public service announcement video. With the bombardment of advertising on television and social media, you may not give second thought to […]
Story by Tech. Sgt. Sara Kolinski 104th Fighter Wing/Public Affairs The 104th Medical Group recently gained a new aerospace medical technician. Airman 1st Class Sharon Mwathi began her career in the active-duty Air Force, but soon realized that the Air National Guard aligned more with her goals. “I was active duty for two years then […]