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Defense Health Agency Announces TRICARE Prime Atlanta and TRICARE Prime Tampa, Competitive Plans Demonstration Options Starting in 2026
Do you live in the Atlanta, Georgia or Tampa, Florida metropolitan area? Your TRICARE health plan options are about to expand. Starting in January 2026, TRICARE Prime Atlanta and TRICARE Prime Tampa options, a Competitive Plans Demonstration, will bring more choices to eligible beneficiaries. These options are administered by CareSource Military & Veterans. Enrollees will get care from CSMV’s network of primary and specialty care providers.
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From improved hand-to-eye coordination, enhanced manual dexterity, increased range of motion, and more, Navy Medical Service Corps officers and civil service occupational therapists provide crucial support at military treatment facilities like Naval Hospital Bremerton.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Damelah Fluker, a native of Chicago, Illinois, was meritoriously advanced in rank while serving aboard U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
For a quarter of a century, the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center’s Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program and Research Center has stood at the forefront of enhancing vision and optimizing the operational effectiveness of active duty military service members. As one of 26 centers under the Department of Defense, the center has enabled tens of thousands of service members to reduce or eliminate their dependence on glasses through state-of-the-art vision correction procedures.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Neal, 42nd Medical Group physical medicine technician, supports the Human Performance Flight by delivering targeted physical therapy services to Airmen.
U.S. Army Pfc. Raven Newman, a radiology specialist at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, was recently recognized for her attentive and compassionate care of a patient in February.
Nutrition plays a critical connection between food, health, and mission readiness for service members and their families.
Catch the latest news from around the Military Health System for the week of April 14-18, 2025. In this edition, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Stephen Ferrara discusses his priorities for the Military Health System, a Uniformed Services University study uncovers blast exposure impact on Special Operations Forces and a new TRICARE Prime Drive Time Waiver policy goes into effect.
U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay earned national recognition from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses after eliminating surgical smoke from its operating room—one of only 14 military hospitals and clinics to achieve the “Go Clear” Award.
The Military Health System received high accolades at the 2024 Defense Media Merit Awards, winning 23 awards for outstanding communications products featuring remembrance and readiness.
Researchers from Uniformed Services University and Johns Hopkins University have developed two portable devices to improve the treatment of brain hemorrhage in remote environments, potentially saving lives on the battlefield and beyond.
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research – Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences performed comprehensive infectious disease surveillance throughout the Cobra Gold—the largest and longest running military exercise in the Indo-Pacific. The training provided enhanced medical readiness, fostering multilateral cooperative engagements and partnership building among the 30 participating nations. "The samples we collected during CG25 are critical to protecting force health,” said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Pascual.
Uniformed Services University's five-year INVICTA study examines the subtle, yet significant effects of low-level blast overpressure exposure on service members’ neurological functions, including memory, gait, sensory processing, and brain health.
In a dark room, the crackle of simulated gunfire and distant explosions filled the air as airmen worked methodically to treat simulated wounds on mannequins. Doctors, physician assistants and independent duty medical technicians, embedded within Special Operations units across the Air Force Special Operations Command enterprise, trained for potential challenges of providing medical care in austere, unpredictable environments.
U.S. Air Force Capt. (Dr.) William Hoffman, a neurologist and aeromedical researcher with the 59th Medical Wing, is addressing widespread health care avoidance among military aviators through data-driven research and policy advocacy.
U.S. Airmen from the 31st Medical Group participate in exercise Fighting Wyvern 25-01 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 11, 2025. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Chase Verzaal)
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