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Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence hosts monthly education series for providers, with next one on April 24, 2024.
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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.
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Two mental health nurses assigned to the 911th Aeromedical Staging Squadron trained with the Deployment Transition Center and the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from July 13 to Aug. 5, 2023, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. During that time, U.S. Army Maj. Matthew Waller and U.S. Army Maj. Anthony Niederriter brought the skills and perspectives of Reserve citizen airmen to an active duty environment.
In February 2007, the Department of Defense originally launched the YouCanQuit2 educational campaign, now aligned with the Defense Health Agency, with the mission of helping service members and their loved ones quit tobacco.
DOD partners with Department of Veterans Affairs for veteran surgeries by VA clinicians at Naval Hospital Pensacola VA clinic.
The Defense Health Agency celebrated its 10th birthday as the nation’s only military medical combat support agency. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, director of the Defense Health Agency, poses with U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Billy Clay Jr.; Natalie Noland, DHA; U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Camacho, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roberto Jerome Jr., and U.S. Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Tanya Johnson, DHA senior enlisted leader, during an Oct 23, 2023 celebration Defense Health Headquarters in in Falls Church, Virginia (Photo by: Robert Hammer).
Even under ideal conditions, the urgent or emergent movement of ill or injured sailors and Marines from ship to shore can be a complex operation. These transfers can occur at night and in poor weather conditions, adding an extra layer of challenges.
Three Brooke Army Military Center staff members received the Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio award from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Oct. 12.
“While we are young, we are mighty. We are important, and we make a difference,” said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, DHA director, celebrating the agency’s 10th anniversary.
Defense Health Agency Director Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland gives a message to the newest cohort of the Aspiring Leaders Development Program.
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