Story by Dan Grubb Womack Army Medical Center FORT BRAGG, NC – It is 3:30pm on a Tuesday and patients sign their name onto the roster at the CARE clinic of Cumberland County. Meanwhile, Womack doctor Cpt. Matthew Adair checks in from the other side of the clinic to look over vital records before calling […]
Story by Staff Sgt. Seth LaCount Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Historically, battles are won by the side that carries momentum throughout the fight. Taking casualties can stop that momentum in its tracks. In Alaska, those tracks are complicated by extreme cold, ice and snow, making casualty care in arctic environments a […]
Story by Regena Kowitz Defense Health Agency SAN DIEGO — Retired Navy Capt. John Rotruck, a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, and a veteran with extensive operational experience and proven leadership in military medicine, has stepped into the role of chief medical officer for Defense Health Network Pacific Rim. Rotruck, whose distinguished career spans operational medicine […]
Story by Christopher Delano Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) has earned reverification as a Level III Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma (ACS). The ACS Verification, Review, and Consultation Program helps hospitals to evaluate and improve trauma care by providing an objective, external review […]
By Bernard S. Little Walter Reed Office of Command Communications BETHESDA, Md. – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s own Jenny Vazquez-Robles, who works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), is one of a team of heroes caring for Walter Reed’s “littlest warriors,” ensuring that premature and full-term babies with complications have the best […]
Story by Cmdr. Jenny Paul U.S. Naval Hospital Rota The U.S. Navy recognized Lt. Aidan Stubbs, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, as the Junior Navy Optometrist of the Year for her exceptional leadership, innovation, and dedication to vision readiness—an essential component of operational effectiveness. Navy Optometrists provide both routine and […]
Courtesy Story 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs By: 1st Lt. Aidan Reilly, Capt. Andrew Cannon, and Maj. Doni Wong POLAND – U.S. Army medics from the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division rendered first aid to NATO allies after a traffic accident last […]
Story by Staff Sgt. Mikayla Fritz 807th Theater Medical Command FORT GREELY, Alaska – The 307th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment is a team of highly skilled medical personnel who took time off their civilian jobs to conduct annual training at the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 25-02 in Alaska. JPMRC 25-02 is designed to […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Did you know that you can now save money with a Health Care Flexible Spending Account? An HCFSA is a new benefit for service members. It’s a financial tool that allows you to set aside pre-tax earnings to pay for eligible medical, dental, and vision health […]
Story by Airman 1st Class Skylar Ellis Joint Base Langley-Eustis There’s an old saying that goes “luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” So what happens when a “fortune” becomes a diagnostic imaging technologist with the 633d Surgical Operations Squadron. For Airman 1st Class Terrence Fortune, the answer to the riddle is simple. He […]