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Defense Intrepid Network Supports Service Members Across the Continuum

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3/1/2023
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Anthony Mannino plays guitar as he receives music therapy as part of his traumatic brain injury treatment and recovery. Kalli Jermyn, a music therapy intern, observes, instructs, and works with Mannino. The therapy is conducted at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. (Department of Defense photo by Marvin Lynchard)

How the Defense Intrepid Network for TBI and Brain Health addresses the full continuum of care for traumatic brain injury, behavior health, and brain health.

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DHA Supports National Guard and Reserve Deployment Health Needs

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2/27/2023
U.S. Navy Chief Information Systems Technician Caleb Korrell, from Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, has his blood drawn by U,S, Navy Hospitalman Jaysean Sales, from Los Angeles, during a physical health assessment rodeo in the hangar bay on Sept. 23, 2022. The Reserve Health Readiness Program helps maintain readiness and satisfy key deployment requirements by providing medical and dental services to all National Guard, Reserve and active duty service members. (Photo by U.S. Navy Spec. 2nd Class Zack Guth)

The Reserve Health Readiness Program (RHRP) helps supplement the reserve component’s readiness mission and satisfy key deployment requirements by providing medical and dental services to all reserve components and active duty members serving in remote locations.

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Innovations in Military Medicine Recognized by Military Health System

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2/24/2023
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, director of the Defense Health Agency, presents Beverly Luce, senior nurse consultant with DHA’s Primary Care Clinical Management Team, the Federal Military Nursing Leadership Excellence Award. Luce was given the award during the Military Health System awards ceremony at National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 16.  

The Military Health System and AMSUS, the society of federal health professionals, presented a series of awards.

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Our History | Research & Innovation | Innovation at the Defense Health Agency

Monitor Your Diabetes and Health Daily, One Step at a Time

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2/23/2023
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When you have diabetes, proper foot care is often overlooked.

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How to Exercise and Train During this Winter's Extremes

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2/23/2023
A special tactics airman provides security while an Alaska Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter lands behind him during an arctic training exercise at Camp Mad Bull, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on Jan. 10, 2023. Appropriate cold weather gear, nutrition, and training are essential for safety in cold, windy and wet conditions. (Photo by Alejandro Pena, U.S. Air Force)

Staying safe and healthy while outdoors.

DHA Director: Technology Helps to “Meet the Patients Where They Are”

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2/17/2023
DHA Director Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland speaking at a podium

DHA Director Lt. Gen. Crosland discussed her priorities and the burgeoning role of technology at DHA and within the wider MHS.

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Genome Sequencing Work at U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

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2/16/2023
Military personnel posing by Wright-Patterson AFB sign

U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine technicians and scientists working in Military Health System laboratories helped to identify COVID-19 variants using special sequencing technology.

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Research & Innovation | Medical Research and Development | Health Care Technology

DHA Deploys MHS GENESIS to More Hospitals & Clinics

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2/10/2023
Military personnel at ribbon cutting ceremony

MHS GENESIS adds 11 more military hospitals and clinics with Waves DRUM & PORTSMOUTH.

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VCE Makes Laser Eye Exposure Treatment Recommendations

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2/9/2023
Demonstration of new retinal camera

Vision Center of Excellence issues first treatment practice recommendations for laser eye exposure.

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Vision Center of Excellence Sponsoring Landmark Eye Health Study

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2/8/2023
Military personnel in eye exam

Eye problems can end military careers. Now, there's new study that could launch a better way to screen and track service members' vision heath. See why expanding the current guidelines for routine eye care can help you.

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Want to Avoid Getting Sick? Here Are Some Tips to Boost Your Immunity

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2/7/2023
Everything you eat matters

Just like wearing personal protective equipment like gloves, goggles, and masks can minimize your exposure to workplace injuries and illnesses, personal protective nutrition and lifestyle practices can do the same to boost your immunity.

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Defense Health Agency Director Promoted to Lieutenant General

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2/3/2023
Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, the Defense Health Agency’s fourth director and first African American DHA director, poses with family and friends after she was promoted to Lieutenant General on Jan. 20, 2023. (Photo by Robert Hammer)

The new Defense Health Agency director pinned on her third star during a ceremony at Fort Myer Memorial Chapel, Virginia, on Jan. 20, 2023.

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NICoE Deputy Director Receives Department of Defense's Highest Civilian Honor

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1/27/2023
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ronald J. Place  and Dr. Louis French at award ceremony

The work of one of the Department of Defense’s foremost experts on the treatment of traumatic brain injury was recently honored with the department's highest award given to career DOD civilian employees.

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Decades After Desert Storm, inTransition is There for You

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1/26/2023
General Schwartzkopf inspecting troops in 1991

If you need help with your PTSD, the InTransition program is for you.

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Equine Therapy Reduces Staff Stress and Anxiety at Military Hospital

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1/25/2023
Military personnel poses with miniature horse

Not all facility animals are dogs. Mini-horses help reduce staff stress at Naval Medical Center San Diego.

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