Story by Maria Christina Yager Munson Army Health Center Public Affairs FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas – Six pharmacy team members from Munson Army Health Center earned recognition as top performers for Defense Health Network West in the Defense Health Agency’s annual civilian pharmacy award competition. The awardees are: Dr. Jarrod Miller, PharmD, Outpatient Pharmacist of the […]
Story by Gino Mattorano Evans Army Community Hospital Evans Army Community Hospital has established a training program for medical Soldiers assigned to Fort Carson operational units to help them ensure they are ready to perform their wartime mission when called upon. The program, a revitalized version of the Medical Skills Readiness (MSR) initiative, provides critical […]
Story by 1st Lt. Ariana Wilkinson 36th Wing QUANG NAM, Vietnam – United States Air Force medical teams from multiple major commands including Air Education and Training Command, Pacific Air Forces, and Air Combat Command conducted a four-day Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) with the Vietnamese Air Force in Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces, […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Jan. 1, 2025, marks the start of health care delivery under TRICARE’s new regional contracts. There will be changes to the TRICARE regions in the United States as part of the new contracts. While there will still be two TRICARE regions, six states currently in the […]
Story by Ayan Sheikh DC National Guard FORT BELKNAP AGENCY, Mont. – Under the vast Montana sky, where horses and buffalo graze on tall prairie grass, 17 members of the District of Columbia Army National Guard Medical Detachment participated in a joint mission providing healthcare services to the Fort Belknap Reservation community and their pets […]
Story by Riley Eversull Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune staff members were recognized by HonorBridge, the largest organ procurement organization in the states of North Carolina and Virginia, for their compassionate care of an organ donor. Mr. Charles White, HonorBridge representative, presented staff members Guiding Light […]
Story by Emily Swedlund Naval Medical Research Command KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The eight Navy Medicine Research and Development (NMR&D) commands wrapped up attendance at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium (MHSRS), which began on August 25 and concluded on August 29. MHSRS, a four-day annual event which took place at the Gaylord Palms Resort & […]
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Pietrantoni U.S. Army South POZO ALMONTE, Chile – In the hot sun of the Atacama Desert, located in the Tacapacá region, Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) and Chilean combat medics are working together as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program to provide first aid, immediate lifesaving measures, […]
Story by Chief Petty Officer Elizabeth Reisen U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet KEFLAVÍK AIR BASE, Iceland – Hospitalman Zachary Elliott joins U.S. Sailors and Marines for U.S.-led exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2024 (NV24) in Keflavik, Iceland, from Aug. 26 to Sept. 3, 2024. As a native of Centerton, Arkansas, Elliott is a graduate of Bentonville […]
Courtesy Story Landstuhl Regional Medical Center LANDSTUHL, Germany – Landstuhl Regional Medical Center welcomed U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge L. Oquendo and bid farewell to U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Omar Mascarenas during an assumption of responsibility ceremony, Aug. 29. Upon assuming the office of LRMC command sergeant major, Oquendo became the senior noncommissioned […]