Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency Falls Church, Va. – On Feb. 5, the Defense Health Agency and TRICARE announced the start of a health care awareness campaign in the National Capital Region. Planned through May 2024, the program is titled Unlock Your Health. The campaign focuses on helping TRICARE beneficiaries understand health care services available […]
Story by Sgt. Jalen Miller Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa A team of service members rush out of their vehicles carrying containers filled to the brim with needles, medications, gloves, and a variety of veterinarian essentials. They set up shop in the center of a village and open their collapsible steel fences […]
Story by Michael Wilson Naval Medical Research Command SAN DIEGO – Personnel with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) provided training on biological attack response and mitigation to Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) from January 24-25. The training provides shipboard medical laboratory technicians with biological warfare confirmatory detection expertise to enhance […]
Story by Sgt. Oniel McDonald 1st Armored Division FORT BLISS, Texas –The El Paso Community College concluded its inaugural accelerated paramedic program May 2023. The course had a total of 16 candidates, three of whom were Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division. EPCC administrators tailored the course to enhance lifesaving skills for combat medic specialist […]
Courtesy Story Air Force Medical Service The Air Force designated Jan. 22-26, 2024, as Biomedical Sciences Corps Appreciation Week, a week to honor the history and recognize the men and women who comprise the BSC and all that they bring to the fight. The Biomedical Sciences Corps’ [https://www.airforcemedicine.af.mil/About-Us/Medical-Branches/Biomedical-Sciences-Corps/] roots date back to 1917 when the […]
Story by BUMED PAO U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery SAN DIEGO – Lt. Cmdr. Brendan Good, a native of Talent, Ore., and member of the staff at Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) was recently recognized by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as the Health Facility Planning and Project Officer (HFPPO) […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Decker Naval Medical Forces Atlantic Reserve Component Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (RC NMFL) held a 4-day annual leadership sync for 20 commands within the region that focused on Navy Medicine and Navy Reserve priorities on board Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex, Jan. 18-21. Nearly 50 Navy […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe Porsangmoen Camp, Norway – Sgt. Miles Atkins, a combat medic assigned to the U.S. Army Health Clinic Grafenwoehr, Germany, braved sub-zero temperatures while taking part in the NATO Cold Weather Combat Medic Instructor Course in Norway Nov. 28 to Dec. 13. Atkins was among a group of […]
Story by Hadiyah Brendel Uniformed Services University The Military Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (MiCOR) program at the Uniformed Services University (USU) is expanding its initiative to resume electrocardiogram (ECG) screening on basic training recruits. The screening utilizes improved ECG interpretation to reduce occurrences of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in service members through identification and prevention. Before […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency TRICARE offers comprehensive coverage to help you get and stay healthy. Knowing what’s included in this coverage can help you make the most of your benefit and avoid unexpected costs. Here’s how to find out about your TRICARE coverage for medical and pharmacy services. Find covered health services You can […]