Story by Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole 90th Missile Wing In 1917, the Army Sanitary Corps was created to combat infectious diseases during WWI. Evolving from the Army Sanitary Corps in 1949, the Air Force Medical Service was born. After nearly 20 years of expansion and reorganization of the AFMS, Special Order GA-5 was signed […]
Story by C.J. Lovelace U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Perseverance pays off. It may have taken a few tries, but Sgt. Benjamin Jackson, a biomedical equipment specialist at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe, can now proudly wear the Army’s Expert Field Medical Badge. Jackson earned the badge Dec. 20, 2024, after […]
Story by Zeke Gonzalez Walter Reed Army Institute of Research In January 2025, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research joined forces with the 65th Medical Brigade at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, to conduct a train-the-trainer course on Behavioral Health Guidelines for mEdic Assessment and Response. Designed to equip medics and unit helpers—many without prior […]
Story by Maj. Sabas Salgado 756th Medical Detachment The 9th Hospital Center (HC), 1st Medical Brigade, held its annual best squad competition from 23 January 2025 to 24 January 2025. Soldiers from the 9th HC spent weeks practicing for this extremely difficult event, in which they battled to identify the best-performing squad. The competitors endured […]
Story by Burrell Parmer Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Feb. 6, 2025) – Three Soldiers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio have been recognized for their outstanding support and leadership throughout Navy Medical Research and Development (NMR&D) during 2024. The following Soldiers assigned to […]
Story by Hugh Fleming Tripler Army Medical Center TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Hawaii — Capt. Pablo Delis, an OB/GYN resident physician at Tripler Army Medical Center, was named winner of the organization’s Best Leader Completion during a Jan. 30 awards ceremony at the hospital’s Kyser Auditorium. Delis, along with Sgt. Drew Smoker, Cpl. Peyton Mitchell, […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Feb. 5, the Kroger Family of Pharmacies rejoined the TRICARE Pharmacy Program network. This means that TRICARE beneficiaries now have access to over 2,200 additional network pharmacies across 35 states. These pharmacies are in rural, suburban, and urban locations. Kroger Pharmacy is a retail network […]
Story by Maj. Travis Mueller Joint Force Headquarters – Pennsylvania National Guard HERSHEY, Pa. – Three Airmen with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 193rd Special Operations Wing are the inaugural graduates of a new program and partnership between Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center here and the National Guard Bureau. Shortly before graduating, Air […]
Story by Capt. Leanne Demboski 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard in support of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine mission participated in a weekly mass casualty triage wargame exercise at Grafenwoehr […]
Story by Christopher Jones Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms corpsmen have been participating in cross-training sessions with Army veterinarians at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), enhancing their readiness to provide medical care to military working dogs (MWDs) in field and deployed settings. The initiative, […]