Story by MaryTherese Griffin Army Recovery Care Program FALLS CHURCH Va., – Army Spc. Joaquin Pina, a water treatment specialist at Ft Drum, New York, has quite the story to share. It was a typical fall day in upstate New York, and typical Army training was in full swing until a very atypical thing happened […]
Story by Erin Perez U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS—U.S. News and World Report ranks several programs at the Fort Sam Houston-based U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence highly in their most recent report on the best graduate health schools. Within the MEDCoE Graduate School, there are 14 […]
Story by Walter Ham 20th CBRNE Command ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – A seasoned Medical Service Corps colonel retired from the U.S. Army after more than three decades of serving around the world. Col. Matthew J. Grieser retired during a widely attended ceremony, April 11, at the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command […]
Courtesy Story U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence FORT LIBERTY, NC-The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity), conducted a customer test of the Advanced Medium Power Source (AMMPS) 120kW Microgrid System at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, Mar.19 though 21. The test was conducted in partnership with the Project Management Office, Expeditionary Energy and Sustainment […]
Story by Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital FORT JOHNSON, La. —Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital recently joined forces with Louisiana State University, Alexandria to serve as a clinical training site for their associate degree in medical laboratory science. Jeff Langston, dean for the LSUA College of Health & Human Services, said he appreciates the opportunity […]
Story by Kathryn Ellis-Warfield U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — Transformational change was the focus of a three-day exercise that brought together more than 100 stakeholders from throughout the Army. The target: Integrate medical materiel into Army sustainment processes and systems. “It is critical that we evolve medical logistics as we evolve […]
Story by Justin Moeller Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Blanchfield Army Community Hospital prioritizes clinical missions to keep up with the latest medical innovations in treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). BACH Chief of Otolaryngology Maj. Alexander Lanigan leads his team offering the only current FDA approved device assisted upper airway stimulation therapy for the Defense Health […]
Story by James Black Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Expert Field Medical Badge: A Test of Knowledge, Stamina and Resilience Over 100 service members from across the Defense Health Agency (DHA) competed to earn the U.S. Army’s Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) in March after undergoing a series of challenging written exams and grueling […]
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes 18th Medical Command PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu Ann Marie Yastishock visited Port Moresby General Hospital and saw the work of U.S. Army doctors, nurses, and medical specialists who are sharing best practices, learning, and helping patients […]
Story by Capt. Billy Lacroix U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa LUANDA, Angola — Military and medical planners from U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) concluded their final preparations for the medical readiness exercise program-Angola (MEDREX) here, from April 7 to 13. This sets the stage […]