Courtesy Story Walter Reed National Military Medical Center By WRNMMC Office of Command Communications Walter Reed’s Refractive Surgery Center provides care to enhance the operational readiness of active-duty service members. The center is staffed by physicians and technicians who use three state-of-the-art lasers to provide advanced vision correction procedures such as LASIK (Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis) […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Walter Reed continued its modernization journey with a ribbon cutting for the medical center’s new state-of-the-art Roosevelt Pavilion on June 3. “Today, we are not just cutting a ribbon. We’re opening the doors to a new era of care, readiness, and innovation – one that […]
Story by Robert Whetstone Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, June 4, 2025 — Brooke Army Medical Center took first place during the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council’s annual Decontamination Rodeo, May 15, 2025, at the STRAC facility. The annual DECON Rodeo competition generates various challenges to competitors […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in 2006 while on his third combat tour in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Col. Kenneth Dwyer said, “I am only here today because of the dedication, excellence, and commitment of practitioners of military medicine, and especially, nurses.” Currently the Commander […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency An airman who endured a long battle with physical and mental conditions from traumatic brain injury is grateful for the efforts of his Military Health System healthcare team whom he says saved his life. He’s now running 100 miles a week, taking part in marathons, and remains […]
Story by Tech. Sgt. John Linzmeier 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard Hawaii National Guard medical professionals completed their fourth annual Tactical Combat Casualty Care exchange with partners from the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp O’Donnell from May 18-30. This Subject Matter Expert Exchange was facilitated by the State Partnership Program and helped […]
Story by Paul Lagasse Medical Research and Development Command FORT DETRICK, Md. – As the U.S. Army celebrates its 250th Birthday this month, Defense Health Agency Research & Development-Medical Research and Development Command commemorates its long and storied history of ensuring the nation’s Warfighters have the advanced treatments, trauma care solutions, and life-saving medical devices […]
Story by Gustave Rehnstrom Winn Army Community Hospital Lt. Col. Lucas Groves assumed command of Tuttle Army Health Clinic from Lt. Col. Rebecca Sinclair during a ceremony June 5 at Truscott Air Terminal, emphasizing the clinic’s pivotal role in sustaining medical readiness across one of the Army’s most operationally active regions. “Tuttle Army Health Clinic […]
Story by Tech. Sgt. Melissa Dearstone 134th Air Refueling Wing The 134th Medical Group has officially formed two full Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT), with plans already underway to develop a third team. This achievement comes nearly three years after the group was initially approached about establishing these specialized teams, a task that has […]
Story by 1st Lt. Katherine Sibilla U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa ACCRA, Ghana — Twenty-seven U.S. medical professionals from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LMRC), Dental Health Activity Rheinland-Pfalz, Public Health Command Europe and the North Dakota National Guard concluded a medical readiness exercise (MEDREX) on May 23, 2025 in Accra, Ghana as part […]