Story by Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital FORT JOHNSON, La. —Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital has increased access to care in the women’s clinic for obstetric and gynecological health for Soldiers and Families at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. BJACH welcomes three new medical providers, specializing in gynecology and obstetrics to […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency Dear Doc, I need advice about vaccine safety and whether my family still needs to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the flu, and RSV. I worry about my family’s health—especially now school is back in session, the holidays are coming, and we’ll be together a lot more inside […]
Courtesy Story Naval Medical Center San Diego Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) proudly celebrates National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week, honoring the invaluable contributions of our medical staff professionals who work tirelessly to uphold the highest standards of quality and safety in patient care, Nov. 3-9. “These dedicated individuals are the gatekeepers of quality […]
Story by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia BATAM, Indonesia – Growing up, David Doyle loved watching movies about the military and popular superheroes. In his mind, joining the service would be the closest thing to living a life like those of his favorite movie characters, “Maybe without the powers or abilities […]
Story by Maj. Wayne Clyne Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office TROUTDALE, Ore. — High school students from one of Oregon’s oldest search and rescue programs became acquainted Saturday as they trained alongside an Oregon Army National Guard helicopter crew at Rooster Rock State Park. The training brought together 32 members of the Multnomah County […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Have you considered changing your family’s TRICARE health plan for 2025? Now is your opportunity. TRICARE Open Season starts today, Nov. 11, and runs through Tuesday, Dec. 10. TRICARE Open Season is the annual period when anyone enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime, the US […]
Story by T. T. Parish and Caree Vander Linden U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) A unique two-part ceremony yesterday at Fort Detrick, Maryland, marked a significant milestone in the transformation of both U.S. Army and U.S. Department of Defense medical development. During the first part of the event, U.S. Army Col. Andy Nuce […]
Story by Douglas Stutz Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton In the bitter fighting that raged across the jungle island of Guadalcanal during World War II, more Marines were lost to disease – malaria, dengue fever, dysentery – than enemy bullets. Lt. Cmdr. Lauren Kalodner, MD, MPH, is doing her best to […]
Story by Robert Helton Landstuhl Regional Medical Center LANDSTUHL, Germany – More than seven decades of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center’s legacy is built on the foundation of excellence in military medicine, providing healthcare to our larger military community while maintaining a ready medical force of soldiers poised and postured to move, shoot, and communicate as […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Woods Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The Transfer Center at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) now have five specially-designed kits to help in transporting patients with special needs. The “Carter Kits” are part of a grant from North Carolina’s Office of Emergency Medical […]