Story by Airman 1st Class Amanda Alvarez 325th Fighter Wing TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The Public Health flight within the 325th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron plays a quiet but essential role in keeping Tyndall’s mission running. The team works to prevent illness, monitor health risks and support every unit on base so Airmen […]
By Roan Smith WRNMMC Office of Command Communications BETHESDA, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is making it easier for patients to schedule specialty care appointments with a new system called proactive booking. This new method is a more efficient and simplified process designed to get patients seen faster. Launched in September 2025 […]
Story by Regena Kowitz Defense Health Network Pacific Rim SAN DIEGO – Behind the doors of an operating room at Naval Medical Center San Diego, a team of medical and dental professionals are redefining what’s possible in the treatment and restoration of patients with life-altering head and neck injuries. The Maxillofacial Restoration Program team at […]
Story by Zeke Gonzalez Walter Reed Army Institute of Research For 2 years, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Europe—Middle East has collaborated with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense to identify and analyze the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms, commonly called MDROs, on the front lines of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. MDROs are microorganisms, mostly […]
By Ann Brandstadter Walter Reed Hospital Communications BETHESDA, Md. – The Soldier Recovery Unit (SRU) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center held “Spirit Week” during the last week of October as part of its adaptive reconditioning program. The week featured daily physical fitness competitions such as pickle ball, volleyball, and basketball, and team building […]
Story by Staff Sgt. Samuel Kim U.S. Army Europe and Africa BAYEUX, France — Master Sgt. (Ret.) Charles Norman Shay, a highly decorated combat medic who served in both World War II and the Korean War, was formally inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3) during a bedside ceremony in Bayeux, France, on […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center By Bernard S. Little WRNMMC Hospital Communications Excellence, integrity and compassion are Walter Reed’s values, and the medical center’s nursing team exhibits these qualities day in and day out. Walter Reed regularly recognizes its nursing team members with the DAISY Award, celebrating the extraordinary clinical […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency For many TRICARE beneficiaries, TRICARE Open Season is the time to make a change to your health plan. As outlined in the TRICARE Choices in the United States Handbook, open season is the annual period when you can enroll or change your health care plan for the following year. This […]
Story by Aleece Williams Naval Medical Research Command SILVER SPRING, Md. – Researchers at Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) submitted a provisional patent for a nanoparticle vaccine to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on September 9. This vaccine development method is intended to prevent malaria but can also be used to develop vaccines against […]
Story by Gino Mattorano Evans Army Community Hospital Four of the Army’s newest nurses graduated from Evans Army Community Hospital’s Clinical Nurse Transition Program in a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The Clinical Nurse Transition Program offers new nurses over 800 hours of hands-on, precepted clinical experience, combined with 48 hours of focused didactic […]