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 […]
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 […]