Story by Riley Eversull Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina – Twice a week, some inpatient spaces in Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune become a teaching platform for high school academics. Abigail Brown and Madison Pankey observe health care delivery in the intensive care unit on March 5, 2024. Just one floor […]
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle 307th Bomb Wing Maj. Aquila Haney knew her patient, Andrew, was dying. The 2nd Medical Group registered nurse could see it in his eyes. Shock was setting in. She could hear the staggered breathing as his chest filled with air from a bullet wound. “We’ve got you, Andrew,” […]
Story by Telly Myles Supervisor of Shipbuilding Newport News This week, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, USN, Newport News Code 140 Environmental Safety & Health Office took a big step in protecting employee hearing with the arrival of the Mobile Hearing Conservation and Testing Van (MOHCAT). Austen McClelland, an Occupational Safety and Health Specialist […]
Story by Dana Heard 55th Wing Public Affairs OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The 55th Dental Squadron held a free dental day for children at the Ehrling Bergquist Clinic March 8, 2024. The dental clinic welcomed children of active-duty service members as part of a community outreach program. The event allowed the dental clinic […]
Story by Robbie Hammer Defense Health Agency The Defense Health Agency has launched a new feature that lets you request prescription refills through MHS GENESIS. MHS GENESIS is the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record. It’s now in use at every military hospital and clinic worldwide. Prescription refills through the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal […]
Story by André B. Sobocinski, Historian U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Six feet beneath the bustling medical campus at the Walter Reed National Military Center in Bethesda, Maryland, lies a forgotten relic of the Cold War – a fallout shelter that once hosted a groundbreaking experiment. Built in January 1962, this shelter was […]
Story by Hadiyah Brendel Uniformed Services University The Military Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative (MTBI2), a research program at the Uniformed Services University, won three Silver American Advertising Awards at the 2023-2024 competition for their public service announcement video. With the bombardment of advertising on television and social media, you may not give second thought to […]
Story by Tech. Sgt. Sara Kolinski 104th Fighter Wing/Public Affairs The 104th Medical Group recently gained a new aerospace medical technician. Airman 1st Class Sharon Mwathi began her career in the active-duty Air Force, but soon realized that the Air National Guard aligned more with her goals. “I was active duty for two years then […]
Story by Ken Cornwell Defense Health Agency Dr. Lester Martínez-López, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, underscored the importance of teamwork and cooperation to “enable the Department of Defense to provide medically ready and ready medical forces by improving the health of all entrusted to our care” at the 2024 annual meeting of AMSUS, […]
Story by Erin Perez U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence SAN ANTONIO—U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Soldiers volunteered to teach skills to more than 600 scouts during the annual Council Wide Campout for the Alamo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America that took place March 1-3, 2024. Nearly 70 Soldiers, including MEDCoE […]