Story by Tech. Sgt. Shelby Thurman Air Force Global Strike Command Air Force Global Strike Command presented the results of its Comprehensive Health Risk Assessments for its three active missile bases during a virtual town hall Wednesday. The risk assessments, conducted by the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, are an assessment of […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in 2006 while on his third combat tour in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Col. Kenneth Dwyer said, “I am only here today because of the dedication, excellence, and commitment of practitioners of military medicine, and especially, nurses.” Currently the Commander […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency An airman who endured a long battle with physical and mental conditions from traumatic brain injury is grateful for the efforts of his Military Health System healthcare team whom he says saved his life. He’s now running 100 miles a week, taking part in marathons, and remains […]
Story by Janice Erdlitz Lyster Army Health Clinic The Retiree-at-Cost-Hearing Aid Program, also known as RACHAP, is now available to retirees enrolled to Lyster Army Health Clinic (LAHC). Additionally, Retiree dependent spouses and previous RACHAP patients are also able to utilize the program. The program provides retirees the opportunity to buy top-of-the-line hearing aids, the […]
Story by Tech. Sgt. John Linzmeier 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard Hawaii National Guard medical professionals completed their fourth annual Tactical Combat Casualty Care exchange with partners from the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp O’Donnell from May 18-30. This Subject Matter Expert Exchange was facilitated by the State Partnership Program and helped […]
Story by Thomas Cieslak Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point The academic achievements of five Sailors serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point were celebrated at a ceremony held Friday, June 6 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Hospital Corpsman Second Class Vanessa Schofield earned an Associate of Applied Science in Health Sciences from American […]
Story by Paul Lagasse Medical Research and Development Command FORT DETRICK, Md. – Researchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases are testing a promising new biological threat detection method in high-fidelity training scenarios, demonstrating its suitability for use in the field so that it can someday fill a crucial biosurveillance capability […]
Story by Paul Lagasse Medical Research and Development Command FORT DETRICK, Md. – As the U.S. Army celebrates its 250th Birthday this month, Defense Health Agency Research & Development-Medical Research and Development Command commemorates its long and storied history of ensuring the nation’s Warfighters have the advanced treatments, trauma care solutions, and life-saving medical devices […]
Story by Gustave Rehnstrom Winn Army Community Hospital Lt. Col. Lucas Groves assumed command of Tuttle Army Health Clinic from Lt. Col. Rebecca Sinclair during a ceremony June 5 at Truscott Air Terminal, emphasizing the clinic’s pivotal role in sustaining medical readiness across one of the Army’s most operationally active regions. “Tuttle Army Health Clinic […]
Story by Elliott Page Naval Medical Research Command The landscape of bacterial health threats is ever evolving and poses a significant risk to the readiness of the U.S. military, whose members are frequently exposed to bacteria through combat injuries and deployments to overseas locations. Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D) is engaged in bacteriophage therapy […]