Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Woods Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – United States Navy Lieutenant Kenneth J. Bush is named Navy Medicine’s Junior Information Technology Officer of the Year for 2023. Bush serves as chief information officer with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune. “[Bush] successfully restructured […]
Story by Ronald Wolf U.S. Army Medical Command FALLS CHURCH, Va. — About 200 people gathered at the National Museum of the Army to congratulate Maj. Gen. Michael L. Place on his retirement, Jan. 30. He retired as the Deputy Commanding General (Support) and the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Medical Command. The retirement was […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Are you preparing for a trip to the doctor’s office or the pharmacy? If so, make sure you have your proof of TRICARE coverage. For most people with TRICARE, you’ll need to show your Uniformed Services ID card to your provider as proof of TRICARE eligibility. […]
By Bernard S. Little WRNMMC Command Communications Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s Directorate of Medicine/Cardiology Service’s staff members came together Feb. 2, 2024, wearing red in observance of National Wear Red Day and American Heart Month. “The Cardiology Service wants to highlight the month and raise awareness about heart disease prevention,” stated Joan LoepkerDuncan, […]
Story by Airman 1st Class Matthew John Braman 316th Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – The 316th Medical Group held a live-flight Tactical Combat Casualty Care training event with the organization’s Ground Surgical Team and Critical Care Air Transport Team, Jan. 25. The training is a new line of effort for the 316th […]
Story by Elaine Heirigs Naval Health Clinic Lemoore LEMOORE, Calif. (Feb. 2, 2023) Dr. Dustin Schleif is a physician in the Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) at Naval Health Clinic (NHC) Lemoore since the department reopened in the fall of 2017. He came to the Central Valley while completing the rural track for Loma Linda University’s […]
Story by Staff Sgt. Kelsey Martinez 59th Medical Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO- LACKLAND, Texas – In early December 2023, military personnel from the Air Force, Army, and Marines joined forces for Operation AGILE Medic (OAM) at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The exercise united over 100 physicians, nurses, medics, and support […]
Story by Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital FORT JOHNSON, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital hosted a ceremonial cake cutting to commemorate the 123rd anniversary of the United States Army Nurse Corps, Feb. 2, at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Lt. Col. Nicole Rau, deputy commander of nursing for BJACH, […]
Story by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux 59th Medical Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The Department of Defense’s only Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team travelled to El Paso, Texas, on Oct. 23, 2023, to support a civilian patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The ECMO team, located at Brooke Army […]
Story by Bryan Gatchell U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria JOINT MULTINATIONAL READINESS CENTER, Germany – To better accommodate the Soldiers of the Hohenfels community, several health services from U.S. Army Health Clinic Vilseck are providing outreach services to Hohenfels. Soldiers at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center now have access to chiropractic care, nutrition consulting, occupational therapy […]