Story by Airman 1st Class Joseph Curzi 86th Airlift Wing RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – The 86th Medical Group held its second iteration of Tactical Combat Casualty Care training for German SWAT members from different states throughout Germany, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 28 – Aug. 1, 2025. The five day course followed the […]
Story by Joseph Jones Madigan Army Medical Center MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. – Madigan Army Medical Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., bid farewell to one commander and welcomed another in a change of command ceremony at Madigan’s Swan Plaza on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, as Col. Hope M. Williamson-Younce handed […]
By Roan Smith WRNMMC Office of Command Communications When a young Theresa “Terri” Lavoie told her father — a U.S. Navy officer — that she wanted to become a nurse, he disagreed. He reminded her she had been afraid of taking medicine when she was sick as a child and instead encouraged her to pursue […]
Story by Maristela Romero Air Force Medical Service In times of crisis, Air Force fighter pilots, aircrews, and missile crews lead the charge in defending the nation with medical professionals by their side committed to keeping them healthy and ready for the operational mission. Among members of this warfighting team are aeromedical physician assistants assigned […]
Story by Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital ALEXANDRIA, La. — Leaders from Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital and the Alexandria VA Health Care System met July 18 to explore opportunities for collaboration aimed at improving access to care for veterans and active duty service members across Central Louisiana. The preliminary engagement brought together clinical and […]
Story by C.J. Lovelace U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. — The Army is continuing its transformation effort to bring medical maintenance support closer to operational units without organic maintainers within their ranks. Under an initiative called Medical Logistics in Campaigning, or MiC, the Home-Station Medical Maintenance Support, or HMMS, program was […]
Story by Douglas Holl Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen The Armed Forces Wellness Center headquarters team, which is part of Defense Health Agency-Public Health located in Aberdeen, Maryland, achieved a major milestone with the American Medical Association’s approval of a new Current Procedural Terminology code for air displacement plethysmography, which is a body composition analysis […]
Story by Senior Airman Jennifer Knope 377th Air Base Wing ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The 377th Medical Group from Kirtland Air Force Base joined forces with the New Mexico Veterans Affairs (NMVA) to take part in a large-scale military medical exercise on July 30, simulating the transfer of wounded troops from overseas to U.S. care facilities. […]
Story by Gino Mattorano Evans Army Community Hospital Col. John King assumed command of Dental Health Activity Fort Carson from Col. Pete Guevara in a change of command ceremony July 30 at Founder’s Field. The change of command also marks the realignment of the dental health activity, or DENTAC, under Evans Army Community Hospital. Along […]
Courtesy Story Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office FRANKFORT, Ky. – Army National Guard Soldiers from the Kentucky Medical Detachment (MEDDET) and the 1163rd Medical Company Area Support (MCAS) recently completed overseas deployment training (ODT) rotations at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany. The missions enhanced Soldier medical readiness and strengthened partnerships with active-duty […]