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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Aug. 5, 2024
Naval Medical Center San Diego’s Directorate for Public Health celebrates receiving the Navy Surgeon General’s Health Promotion and Wellness Award during morning quarters, July 26, 2024.
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Aug. 5, 2024
As a hospital corpsman, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Wayne Maurice Caron took his duty to care for the men around him so seriously that, during a firefight in his first month in Vietnam, he ignored his own wounds to tend to everyone else. Caron never returned home from that mission, but his valor and selflessness led him to receive a posthumous ...
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Aug. 5, 2024
With reverence and pride, Womack Army Medical Center celebrated the 249th anniversary of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps, a vital cornerstone of support and solace for soldiers and their families for nearly two and a half centuries.
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Aug. 5, 2024
The job of safeguarding the health of U.S. service members requires not just health care at the time of injury and sickness, but a vast suite of often unseen work to determine what illnesses service members might encounter, and to develop the countermeasures for an ever-evolving landscape of health risks that face the world.
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Aug. 5, 2024
Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton were acknowledged for their outstanding service at the Navy League Seattle 2024 Seattle Seafair Reception.
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Aug. 5, 2024
Marine Corps Air Station New River has a brand new, state-of-the-art medical and dental facility for Marines and Sailors attached to 2nd Marine Air Wing. Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune celebrated the opening of the new Marine Centered Medical Home New River with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 26, 2024.
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Aug. 5, 2024
In response to extensive feedback from veterans and service members, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of the redesigned Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry.
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Aug. 5, 2024
Members of the Fort Leavenworth community turned out and made a difference during a blood drive on post, July 11.
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Aug. 5, 2024
Hospital corpsmen at Navy Medical Readiness Training Unit Bangor received guidance in suturing technique in caring – and closing - for such wounds as cuts and lacerations as part of clinic departmental training, July 18, 2024.
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Aug. 5, 2024
Over 30 Medical Service Corps officers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, discussed current events, career management best practices, and recent changes across the Medical Service Corps specialties July 25 at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital.
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Aug. 2, 2024
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Stutsman County, North Dakota, may receive emergency prescription refills now through Aug. 11, 2024, due to severe weather.
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Aug. 2, 2024
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in two Colorado counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Aug. 11, 2024, due to the Alexander and Stone Mountain Wildfires.
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Aug. 2, 2024
A team of five medical experts from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, travelled to Kaunus, Lithuania, recently where they spent a week discussing delayed evacuation casualty care with members of the Lithuanian Military Medicine Center of Excellence.
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Aug. 2, 2024
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's top priority is caring for service members and their families.
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Aug. 1, 2024
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Tehama County, California, may now receive emergency prescription refills through Aug. 4, 2024, due to the Park Wildfire.
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