Story by Emily McCamy U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay Courtesy story by Megan Lemly, Navy Office of Community Outreach MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Lt. Jose MendezAmbriz, a native of Fresno, California, was recently selected as Junior Officer of the Quarter (JOQ), third quarter, while serving with U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training […]
Story by Isaac Savitz U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa 17 December Naha-City, Okinawa, Japan Staff from USNHO comprised active-duty civilians and MLCs joined Capt. Kathleen Cooperman will deliver toys to the Okinawan children. Community Relations Specialist Sachiko Medoruma coordinated a toy drive benefiting local Okinawan children in the Nambu Children’s Hospital and the Rehabilitation Hospital for […]
Story by Regena Kowitz Defense Health Agency Navy Capt. Karen Belcar has assumed the role of chief nursing officer for Defense Health Network Pacific Rim (DHN Pacific Rim) and Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), bringing 25 years of military nursing experience to oversee nursing operations across nine military treatment facilities and 10 commands throughout the […]
Story by Ellen Crown U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command FORT DETRICK, Md. – The 46th U.S. Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre, met with key medical logistics leaders Dec. 16 to discuss the service’s capacity to sustain operational health care during large scale combat operations, or LSCO. The surgeon general, leaning into her […]
Story by Elaine Sanchez Defense Health Network Central Patients have ranked more than two dozen Defense Health Network Central clinics and providers as the “best of the best” in the Military Health System for patient experience and customer care, according to a recent Joint Outpatient Experience Survey, or JOES, quarterly report. “These exceptional results are […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency The Joint Pathology Center, part of the Defense Health Agency, is the largest repository of disease- and cancer-related medical data in the world and the premier pathology reference center for the federal government. Vision and Mission of the Joint Pathology Center The JPC’s vision is to be the leading pathology […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – This is your reminder that changes are coming to TRICARE’s regional contracts in 2025. These changes will affect you if you live in the U.S. TriWest Healthcare Alliance will replace the current West Region contractor, Health Net Federal Services, LLC, in 2025. While there will still […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandra Ramirez Alarcon Naval Medical Research Command KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sailors with the Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery joined the Navy Office of Community Outreach and 11 other commands for Navy Week Kansas City, Nov. 11-15. Throughout the week, BUMED representatives met with directors and students from local […]
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. – Lt. Natalie Wen, a native of Hartland, Wisconsin, was recently selected as the U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Junior Officer of the Quarter (JOOQ), for fiscal […]
Story by Maristela Romero Air Force Medical Service The Air Force Medical Service joins the U.S. Space Force in celebrating its fifth anniversary, Dec. 20, 2024, commemorating the creation of a military branch dedicated to the pursuit of space superiority. When the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 was signed into law, it […]