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Defense Health Agency

The Defense Health Agency is a joint, integrated Combat Support Agency that enables the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and wartime. The DHA uses the principles of Ready Reliable Care to advance high reliability practices across the Military Health System by improving our system operations, driving innovative solutions, and cultivating a culture of safety. 

What We Do

The DHA’s global workforce of almost 140,000 civilians and military personnel is committed to medical excellence, health care improvement and ensuring military personnel are ready to perform combat operations and humanitarian missions at home and abroad.

DHA At-a-Glance

  • On Oct. 1, 2018, began a four-year transition to assume authority, direction and control of the DOD’s more than 400 clinics, hospitals, and medical centers.
  • Currently Operates 10 enterprise support activities at the DHA Headquarters level to ensure standardization across the Military Health System.
  • Manages procurement and distribution of an $11 billion a year medical supply chain including about 560,000 medical devices, for the Joint Force.
  • Enables a global network of military and civilian health care professionals to provide care to 9.6 million service members, retirees and family members.

Department of Defense Directive 3000.06, Effective July 8, 2016, Combat Support Agencies

This is DHA

Our Priorities

  1. Enabling Combat Support to the Joint Force in Competition, Crisis, or Conflict
  2. Building a Modernized, Integrated, and Resilient Health Delivery System
  3. Dedicated and Inspired Teams of Professionals Driving Military Health's Next Evolution

Enterprise Support Activities

DHA supports the Military Departments and the Combatant Commands through the provision of enterprise support activities, providing medical capabilities across the Joint Force. Those activities include:

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Defense Health Agency (DHA) Director Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ron Place, left, swears in Dr. Michael Malanoski as new DHA Deputy Director, in Falls Church, Virginia, May 9, 2022.

The Defense Health Agency welcomed Dr. Michael Malanoski as its new Deputy Director May 9. He joins the DHA from the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, the headquarters command for Navy medicine, where he served as Executive Director since 2015.

New Deputy Director

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5/10/2022
Defense Health Agency (DHA) Director Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ron Place, left, swears in Dr. Michael Malanoski as new DHA Deputy Director, in Falls Church, Virginia, May 9, 2022.

Defense Health Agency (DHA) Director Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ron Place, left, swears in Dr. Michael Malanoski as new DHA Deputy Director, in Falls Church, Virginia, May 9, 2022.

DHA Leaders Talk About Future Mix of In-Person and Virtual Health Care

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10/20/2021
Defense Health Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ronald Place speaking at an Expo

Several conversations involving senior leaders from the Defense Health Agency at the Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., centered around the future of health care technology.

Happy Birthday, DHA! Director Reflects on Eight Years of Progress

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10/1/2021
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Oct. 1 marked the 8th anniversary of the founding of the Defense Health Agency, the U.S. military’s only medical combat support agency. Director Army Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ronald Place said the evolution, growth and success the agency has experienced since also comes with greater expectations, greater demand and ever-increasing responsibility going forward.

New Flag and Patch Symbolize Growth at the Defense Health Agency

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8/19/2021
Service members from the Army, Air Force and Navy display the new Defense Health Agency patch following a reflagging and repatching ceremony at Defense Health Agency Headquarters in Falls Church.

The DHA will reveal a new flag and seal in a ceremony August 20 to signify the unity of all services under one joint combat support agency.

DHA, NATO Collaborate to Achieve Military Medical Interoperability

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ILER Team to Receive 2021 FedHealthIT Innovation Award

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Newly Promoted Maj. Gen. Shanna Woyak Ready to Lead DHA’s SSO

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6/17/2021
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Woyak will take control of the DHA’s Small Market and Stand Alone Military Treatment Facility Organization in the coming weeks, and will be the organization’s first director.

Connected Health Hosts First DHA Digital Health Virtual Summit

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The Defense Health Agency Connected Health branch hosted the inaugural DHA Digital Health Virtual Summit that provided insight on the accelerated world of digital health in the Military Health System.

Flag Day: U.S. Military Medical Flags through History

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MHS Minute: October 2020

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11/3/2020
MHS Minute: October 2020

This month we celebrate two important "firsts" at Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, and one very special anniversary at Defense Health Agency! Go to https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/AFMES to see more photos from the only worldwide medical examiner system, AFMES! DHA Celebrates Seven Years of Service: https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/10/01/Defense-Health-Agency-celebrates-seven-years-of-service

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