Story by Christopher Jones Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms Chiropractor Carrie J. Belleson spends her days balancing the unique medical needs of two high-performing groups — those trained for the battlefield and those competing in global sports arenas. When she’s not busy traveling the globe providing chiropractic care for members of USA Olympic teams, Belleson can […]
Story by Regena Kowitz Defense Health Agency SAN DIEGO – Military medical leaders from across the Pacific Rim gathered in San Diego Oct. 16-18, for a three-day strategic meeting, focusing on the integration of health care delivery and operational medicine for America’s warfighters. The 2024 Defense Health Network Pacific Rim (DHN-PR) Director’s and Naval Medical […]
Story by C.J. Lovelace U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command FORT DETRICK, Md. — After several stopgap measures over the past year-plus, U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command has relaunched a valuable resource for operational Army units with medical materiel. The Medical Materiel Information Portal, or MMIP, is a CAC-enabled site (https://mmip.army.mil) that serves as repository for […]
Story by Otis Toussaint U.S. Army Medical Command WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 23, 2024) — The Armed Services YMCA hosted the 18th Annual Angels of the Battlefield Award Ceremony in Arlington, Virginia. The event is dedicated to recognizing the brave men and women who serve as medics, corpsmen, and pararescuemen, those who are often the unsung […]
Story by Curtis Hill Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton participated in a county-wide medical emergency exercise on Oct. 24, 2024. An exercise cell from the hospital set up on the roof of the hospital parking garage to participate in the 2024 Pediatric Surge Full Scale Exercise, co-sponsored by the San Diego Healthcare […]
Story by Justin Moeller Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Rock Island Arsenal Woodson Health Clinic team offers seasonal influenza vaccine for eligible TRICARE beneficiaries ages 6 months to 64. Soldiers and their family members assigned to Woodson Health Clinic may walk-in to receive the flu vaccine 1-3:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, Patients with scheduled appointments can also receive […]
Story by Arsenio R. Cortez Jr. Naval Medical Forces Pacific During Galveston Navy Week from Oct. 21 – 27, Capt. Matthew Loe, the executive officer of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Lemoore, returned to his roots with a renewed sense of pride and purpose. Growing up in the Galveston-Houston, Texas, area, Loe has […]
Story by Emily McCamy U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay Courtesy story by Rick Burke, Navy Office of Community Outreach MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyree Bryant, a native of Richmond, Virginia was recently selected as Junior Sailor of the Quarter (JSOQ), third quarter, serving with U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness […]
Story by Michelle Thum Public Health Command Europe Landstuhl, Germany – Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist at Public Health Command Europe is working on advancing his career and becoming a U.S. Army officer. Washington-native Sgt. Thomas Dozier, grew up on a Navy base due to his father being in the Navy and his mother serving in […]
Story by Senior Airman Jason Cochran 501st Combat Support Wing Airmen are always pursuing ways to become more proficient in their field. A perfect example is a Pathfinder becoming the first U.S. military member to attend a medical training event in Serbia. “The purpose of the course was to train personnel in the field of […]