Ready Reliable Care Joint Pledge

Ms. Mullen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, talks about how the Military Health System is committed to Ready Reliable Care and what it means for the Military Health System.

Ready Reliable Care Pledge: Army

Lt. Gen. Dingle, Surgeon General of the United States Army, talks about how the Army is committed to Ready Reliable Care and what it means for the Military Health System.

Ready Reliable Care Pledge: Navy

Rear Adm. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the United States Navy, talks about how the Navy is committed to Ready Reliable Care and what it means for the Military Health System.

MHS Minute | October 2022

This MHS Minute focuses on the contraceptive care services available to service members and beneficiaries. Learn more by visiting: https://tricare.mil/birthcontrol and https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Total-Force-Fitness/Preventive-Health/Womens-Health/Contraceptive-Care-QnA Access communications products at https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/MHS-Toolkits/Contraceptive-Care-Toolkit

This is DHA

A short promo video highlighting the Defense Health Agency's 9 Years of innovation and 9.6 million beneficiaries served.

Army tanker self-amputates leg to save lives of battle buddies, self

A year after his tank accident and the loss of his leg, Spc. Ezra Maes is still amazed at the circumstances that led to his survival. If you ask, he’ll credit his survival to a uniform belt, smart phone, and “shockingly good” cell service. What the 21-year-old Soldier fails to mention is the sheer force of will it took for him to stay alive.

MHSRS Young Investigators Award Winners 2022

During this year’s Military Health System Research Symposium, participants of the Young Investigators Competition presented a series of scientific research focused on warfighter health.

Get Your Flu Shot

RDML Brandon L. Taylor, Director of DHA Public Health, discusses how vaccines greatly reduce the risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death. "An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure." Lets us join Rear Admiral Brandon L. Taylor this year to get informed on how vaccines can minimize the dangers of flu.

MHS Minute | September 2022

Contraceptive Care

Did you know that TRICARE waived copayments and cost-shares for medical contraceptive care? Learn more at www.tricare.mil/birthcontrol.

Get Your Flu Shot

Rear Adm. Brandon L. Taylor, Director of DHA Public Health, discusses how vaccines greatly reduce the risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death. "An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure." Lets us join Rear Adm. Taylor this year to get informed on how vaccines can minimize the dangers of flu.

Pain Management Options

Lt. Col. Jennifer Varney discusses DHA's approach to pain management and alternatives to opioids.

MHS Minute | August 2022

The August MHS Minute highlights the MHS migration to MED365, a DHA-managed cloud-based office and collaborative service, by October 1st. For more information, click here to watch the DHA CIO's remarks on MED365 at DHITS 2022: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/856436/dha-cio-remarks-med365-dhits-2022

MHSRS 2022 Award Winner: Mr. Fred Brozoski

Mr. Fred Brozoski, Distinguished Service Award – The Air Medical Research Lab’s Mr. Fred Brozoski provides insight to his Military Health Research Symposium 2022 award-winning research into blast, blunt, accelerative exposure in training exercises. His research includes the development of warfighter protective equipment and vehicle occupant safety systems, as well as test methodologies and devices for predicting the effectiveness of novel protective equipment at mitigating injury to Soldiers and aircrew. MHSRS 2022 provides a collaborative setting for the exchange of information between military providers with deployment experience, research and academic scientists, international partners, and industry on research and related health care initiatives falling under the topic areas of Combat Casualty Care, Operational Medicine, Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Medical Simulation and Information Sciences, and Infectious Diseases. (Defense Health Agency video by Ms. Sara Barger, and Mr. Patrick Moore)

MHSRS 2022 Award Winner: Rapid Opioid Countermeasure System

The Joint Project Manager for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Medical’s Rapid Opioid Countermeasure System’s Dr. Saumil Shah discusses his Military Health Research Symposium 2022 award-winning research into increasing warfighter readiness and reduced operational risk to opioid threats. Dr. Shah’s team provided access to a point-of-injury countermeasure such as the 10mg naloxone auto-injector, ahead of schedule and under cost, is a major step forward to protect and maintain the readiness of the joint force. MHSRS 2022 provides a collaborative setting for the exchange of information between military providers with deployment experience, research and academic scientists, international partners, and industry on research and related health care initiatives falling under the topic areas of Combat Casualty Care, Operational Medicine, Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Medical Simulation and Information Sciences, and Infectious Diseases.