Join Us!! Fifth Live Town Hall with Brig. Gen. Anita Fligge

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Brig Gen Anita Fligge, Deputy Assistant Director, Education and Training and Chief Nursing Officer, Defense Health Agency, and Commander of the Air Force Element at Defense Health Headquarters

5/11/2021 By: MHS Communications

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Please join us for the Fifth Military Health System and Military OneSource Town Hall!

May 11, 2021 at 12:10 p.m. ET

Military OneSource features Brig. Gen. Anita Fligge, Deputy Assistant Director, Education and Training and Chief Nursing Officer, Defense Health Agency, and Commander of the Air Force Element at Defense Health Headquarters, who is going to share with us the importance of nurses in the Military Health System, how the Military Health System is recognizing our nurses across the enterprise, as well as wrap up National Nurses Week, this year’s theme being Unified, Reliable, Ready.

Please also join us on the following dates for additional COVID-19 Townhall updates!

Military OneSource will host DHA experts, allowing them the opportunity to address various topics related to COVID-19, such as:

Available vaccines and their distribution, safety, and efficacy
Scheduling appointments within the Military Health System
Guidance on continued protective measures to slow the spread of the virus
Personal/real positive outcomes from vaccines

Join us here on the following dates as well:

May 12, 2021
May 25, 2021
June 8, 2021
June 22, 2021

Get the latest facts about the virus and DHA's response to it. We look forward to seeing you here!

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