Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency On Feb. 20, the Defense Health Network-National Capital Region announced the start of a health care awareness campaign titled Unlock Your Health. The campaign, which will run through May 2024, focuses on helping TRICARE beneficiaries understand health care services available to them and how to access care through the NCR’s […]
Story by Michelle Thum Public Health Command Europe Public Health Command Europe’s Entomological Science Program invited the Polish Armed Forces for a joint mosquito surveillance training at the PHCE Headquarters February 12 to 15. Four Polish officers from the Epidemiological Response Centre (ECR) attended the training which focused on tick and mosquito identification and covered […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency Dear Doc, I just found out I’m pregnant with my first baby and am so excited—but also kind of scared. As the partner of an active duty service member, I’d like to find out what resources are available and what I can expect during my pregnancy in […]
Story by André B. Sobocinski, Historian U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Dr. Mike McGinnis was sworn in as the new Navy Medicine Executive Director by Rear Adm. Darin Via, the Navy Surgeon General, on February 6, 2024. He is only the second Senior Executive Service (SES) civilian to serve in this role. “My […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Woods Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – A physical therapist assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune is named Navy Medicine’s Senior Physical Therapy Officer of the Year for 2023. Lt. Cmdr. Laura Riebel, a native of Fairfax, Virginia, was awarded the […]
Story by Vernishia Vaughn Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s pediatric dentistry team is taking proactive efforts to improve dental health among children within the military health National Capital Region (NCR). Riding on the annual observance of Children’s Dental Health Month, the team will provide dental screenings to children […]
Story by T. T. Parish U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) Anyone familiar with WWII will remember the 16 mm film footage of American Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen fighting on the far-flung beaches of the South Pacific, at Normandy, Leyte Gulf, and in the skies above Nazi-occupied Europe. The base of those epic […]
Story by MaryTherese Griffin Army Recovery Care Program FORT BELVOIR Va.- Like many Soldiers before him, 1st Lt. Matthew Hovey never wanted to leave his unit, but an injury from a deployment in 2022 to the Middle East made it difficult. Also, like many Soldiers before him, he wanted to see the mission through because, […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency The TRICARE Pharmacy Program is improving how we manage specialty drugs. Starting March 1, Accredo will provide specialty drugs and enhanced clinical services if you fill TRICARE-defined specialty prescriptions with TRICARE Home Delivery. Accredo will also stay in the TRICARE network as an in-network retail pharmacy. If you or a […]
Story by Elaine Heirigs Naval Health Clinic Lemoore LEMOORE, Calif. (Feb. 8, 2024) Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore trained for real-world events during the Commander Naval Installation Command (CNIC) Citadel Shield/Solid Curtain (CS/SC) 2024 exercise held on Feb. 7, aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore. CS/SC is a yearly force protection exercise planned and conducted […]