The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Puerto Rico may receive emergency prescription refills now through Oct. 27, 2024, due to Invest AL94.

It’s almost time for TRICARE Open Season, which begins Nov. 11. That means you should check your information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System as soon as possible. There will be a global TRICARE enrollment freeze from Oct. 25 to 27, and limitations to the Beneficiary Web Enrollment self-service portal between Oct. 28 and Dec. 31.

The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Chaves County, New Mexico, may receive emergency prescription refills now through Oct. 30, 2024, due to flooding.

Military medical professionals and leaders from across the country gathered at the Red Berry Estate in San Antonio for the third annual Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Dinner. Hosted by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, the event recognized outstanding contributions to military medicine, ...

Simulated training exercises are instruction and applied exercises that prepare an organizational team such as a squad, aircrew, battalion, or multi-service task force to accomplish required military tasks as a unit. These exercises include successfully relocating a forward surgical detachment trauma center where the surgeons, nurses, medics and ...

On Sept. 26, 2024, President Joe Biden signed the “Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act” into law. This gold medal recognizes the pilots, crew chiefs and medics who “served honorably during the Vietnam War aboard helicopter air ambulances.”

On October 16, 2024, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences hosted the Military Women’s Health Research Initiative Celebration, bringing together leaders from the Department of Defense, Veterans Health Administration, the White House, and key military health stakeholders.

After a routine mammogram last March, a radiologist informed a Munson Army Health Center nurse that they found a mass in the breast tissue and ordered diagnostic imaging. Ultimately, results from a biopsy confirmed cancer.

On a crisp October morning in Fairbanks, Alaska, road conditions quickly transformed into a hazardous landscape of black ice. A senior noncommissioned officer in charge of medical administration at the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, was thrust into a lifesaving situation while en route to Eielson Air Force Base on October 16, 2024. 

U.S. Army Col. Ryan Bible never saw himself being a Department of Defense health care and training leader—just as he didn’t predict much of his military career.

Department of Defense and Defense Health Agency MHS GENESIS experts continue to improve the federal electronic health records system for patients and national health care.

The fall and winter months bring an increased risk of respiratory illnesses, including flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus. Getting your flu shot is an easy way to help ward off illness. The vaccine lowers your chance of getting sick, going to the hospital, or even dying from the flu.

With TRICARE, you have access to a wide range of preventive care specific to your needs. For women, this includes comprehensive services like an annual well-woman exam.

Eye protection worn while at work and off-duty guards against life-altering vision injuries.

For Jennifer Hartman, losing her child was the single most traumatic thing in her life. Thanks to the annual Walk to Remember event at Womack Army Medical Center, she is better able to deal with her grief and make the load a little lighter.