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Honoring the Practice of Nursing is the Focus of National Nurses Week
Nurses make a difference—every day, anytime, anywhere, always—is the message from the Defense Health Agency as National Nurses Week is celebrated, May 6-12, 2024. Around the Military Health System, nurses provide essential, person-centered care that keeps our military communities healthy. Military and civilian nurses make a difference through their essential contributions to the DHA mission of improving health and building readiness.
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Defense Health Agency Director Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ronald J. Place said in Thursday’s press conference that he hosted a meeting with allies and partner nations' medical communities to better understand effective approaches to COVID-19 (Frame grab from Defense.gov video).
Air Force Lt. Col. Angelina “Strike” Stephens serves as the commander of the 366th Maintenance Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, where her husband, Lt. Col. Travis “Plague” Stephens serves as an F-15E pilot and weapons officer, and commander of the 391st Fighter Squadron. Here they posed with their son, Logan and daughter, Inara (Still shot from video by Air Force Airman Natalie Rubenak, Mountain Home AFB).
Social media graphic, Physical Fitness and Your Health, has heart logo, Spiritual Fitness Shuttlecock image, Total Force Fitness Logo and MHS logo.
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Social Media infographic on Winter Heart Safety with thermometer. Winter Heart Safety: Did you know? Cold weather can cause blood vessels to constrict, making the heart work harder to pump. Strenuous activity out in the cold should be approached with caution, especially if you are not used to physical activity. Avoid cold weather triggers. Listen to your body
Social Media Graphic on Winter Safety with Service Member skiing in the snow. Winter Safety: Exercise Safely in Extreme Cold
Dr. Terry Adirim, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, and Army Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ronald J. Place, director of the Defense Health Agency, provided a COVID-19 update during a Pentagon press briefing.
Presented by the Secretary of Defense, the ‘Spirit of Service’ award is a high honor that represents a significant body of work.
Air Force Lt. Col. details her struggle with depression, anxiety and suicide ideation
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Alyssa Opheim administers a COVID-19 vaccination at Naval Support Activity Mid-South Branch Health Clinic (Photo by: Navy story Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jose Madrigal, Navy Recruiting Command).
If you're fully vaccinated, there are options for safer activities. Watch to learn what activities you can resume once you're fully vaccinated.
Sailors continue to voluntarily receive one of the three available COVID-19 vaccines.
Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, Defense Health Agency director, is escorted into Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms by Hospital Director, Navy Captain Lynelle Boamah. The DHA Director conducted a director’s call with hospital staff and met with the board of governors (Photo by: Dave Marks, Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms).
Regina Andrews, a registered nurse at Fort Carson’s Evans Army Community Hospital Department of Surgery in Colorado, awaits her next phone call Aug. 5, 2020, from the COVID-19 patient advice line (Photo by: Emily Klinkenborg, Fort Carson Evans Army Community Hospital).
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