Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Do you have a new prescription you need to fill? Or maybe you’ve been taking the same drug for years. It’s helpful to know some key terms to get your medications affordably. “Your medical needs and your health plan can affect what you pay at the […]
Story by Sgt. Reece Newton 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element “Save the life of a fellow American, whether in uniform or not!” This simple yet powerful message was the driving force as more than 4,000 U.S. Army Soldiers volunteered and registered into the Department of Defense’s bone marrow donor program “Salute to Life” during […]
Story by Robbie Hammer Defense Health Agency The 2024 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium kicked off in Dallas, Texas, with Patrick (Pat) Flanders, chief information officer for the Defense Health Agency, touching on the Department of Defense’s efforts to modernize health care, providing enterprise intelligence and data solutions, and looking to the future. “The DHA […]
Story by Douglas Stutz Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton For 112 years – and counting – they’ve been the substance behind Sailor smiles. The Dental Corps team assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton celebrated their August 22, 1912, birthdate as part of that skill set delivering the preventive dental […]
Story by Maddi Langweil Medical Research and Development Command Every summer, over 200 students make their way to Natick Soldier Systems Center’s 80-acre peninsula to be exposed to hands on multi-disciplinary educational activities sponsored by the U.S Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM). Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science, commonly known as […]
Story by Samantha Fehr Fleet Readiness Center East MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – An ordinary day at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) took a dramatic turn when a 28-year-old employee suffered a cardiac emergency, but thanks to his supervisor’s swift and potentially life-saving intervention, he is back to his normal self. In […]
Story by Staff Sgt. James Fritz 911th Airlift Wing FORT MCCOY, Wisconsin — As blood drips onto the floor of the tan polyurethane medical tent. Airmen, who were strangers just five days earlier, work together, tying a tourniquet, packing a wound with medical gauze, inserting a laryngoscope. Doing everything they can to save the life […]
Story by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman 8th Fighter Wing KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea– The 8th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron Dental Flight remains devoted to safeguarding the dental health of every Airmen, ensuring their optimal performance in daily operations. The dental flight sustains the appropriate dental care for all Airmen across the base by […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Twelve Soldiers, comprising Class 23-009, graduated from the U.S. Army Practical Nurse Course (PNC) at Walter Reed during a ceremony on Aug. 9. The PNC develops the Army’s practical nursing specialists for the 68C military occupational specialty. “[The PNC] condenses a course of instruction that is […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa. – The United States Military Academy’s William Simon Center for Professional Military Ethics Award was recently bestowed upon U.S. Army Lt. Col. Marlene Arias-Reynoso, an Army psychiatric nurse practitioner who currently commands the U.S. Army Health Clinic in Ansbach, Germany. The Professional Military Ethics Award […]