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Military Health System Announces Media Relations Award Winners
The Military Health System Communications and Public Affairs Division announced on June 4, 2025, the winner of the 2024 Kevin M. Dwyer Memorial Media Relations Awards.
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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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The Medical Readiness Command, West leaders celebrated the exceptional dedication, skill, and resilience of its finest top two-man soldier team by awarding U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dominic Kochen, operating room technician, and U.S. Army Cpl. Nolan Wallace, practical nurse specialist, Brooke Army Medical Center, the 1st place winners of its 2024 Best Medic Competition in a Nov.21 awards ceremony 21.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in seven California counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Dec. 1, 2024, due to storm damage.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in four Washington counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Dec. 1, 2024, due to storm damage.
Navigating your healthcare appointments at military hospitals and clinics is convenient with the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal’s scheduling feature.
A bus accident on Nov. 12, 2024, resulted in the injuries of ten U.S. Army Reserve soldiers and two civilian drivers on a New Jersey Turnpike in Runnemede, Camden County. Immediate and abundant care was taken in response to the aftermath of the crash.
U.S. Army Col. (Dr.) Vincent Capaldi, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University, was honored Nov. 19, with the prestigious 2024 Army Surgeon General’s Award for Military Academic Excellence, also known as the MG Lewis Aspey Mologne Award. Named in honor of former Commanding General of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a distinguished leader in military medicine , the award is the Army Surgeon General’s highest honor and recognizes the outstanding leadership of one active-duty officer and one reserve officer in military medicine, as well as their contributions to national academic achievements.
TRICARE has recently expanded its hearing aid coverage to include eligible children of retired service members. This new coverage results from a new statute. It aims to improve access to life-changing medical technology and help eligible children of retired service members get the hearing aids they need.
Dr. Emily Ricotta, assistant professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics at the Uniformed Services University, was honored last week as a finalist for the 2024 Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research. Ricotta was among five groundbreaking researchers selected from a pool of 109 applicants to present their work at Berlin Science Week 2024.
Two military hospitals from Defense Health Network Central earned an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2024.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Orange County, New York, may receive emergency prescription refills now through Nov. 26, 2024, due to the Jennings Creek Fire.
Navy Region Hawaii highlights the Navy Wounded Warrior program, which offers enrollees like Second Class Petty Officer Sonar Technician Rickaiya Diggs, nonmedical care for seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, and provides resources and support to their families.
Expeditionary Medical Unit 10 Golf, Rotation 16, concluded an eight-month deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in the Middle East with a homecoming celebration on November 16, 2024.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced today that 15 military hospitals received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2024, demonstrating DHA’s continued commitment to safe, high-quality care, and transparency.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Micah Kinney, executive officer of Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENT, was named the 2024 Navy Optometrist of the Year award during the Armed Forces Optometric Society ceremony held November 5th in Indianapolis, Indiana.
U.S. Army Staff. Sgt. Daniel Tursi and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Victor Aguilar are the best of the best. The medics from took the stage as victors at the close of the 2024 Eighth Army’s Best Medical Competition on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Nov. 15, 2024.
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