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Military Health System Announces Media Relations Award Winners
The Military Health System Communications and Public Affairs Division announced on June 4, 2025, the winner of the 2024 Kevin M. Dwyer Memorial Media Relations Awards.
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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.
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“If the doctor is bored, then we are doing our job because no one is getting sick,” is the motto U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Casey Clark lives by.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-West has launched two behavioral health studies focused on repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries and occupation-related repetitive exposure to tier-1 weapons, marking a significant step toward strengthening resilience and performance in operational settings.
Leadership from U.S. Naval Hospital Rota recently visited Hospitales Lavinia Asisa Hospital Jerez Puerta del Sur to engage in a collaborative discussion aimed at enhancing healthcare capabilities and bolstering the enduring network partnership between the two institutions.
U.S. Navy preventive medicine teams, deployed across Latvia and Sweden, focused on something less visible but just as critical: ensuring nothing stopped the fight before it even started.
For more than half a century, one woman has quietly made history from behind a stethoscope. As the Pennsylvania U.S. Army National Guard’s oldest working civilian nurse, Patricia Ellis cared for generations of patients—long before many of today’s recruits were even born.
For U.S. Army Capt. William Eisenhart, a physician assistant currently deployed to Africa with 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, service has never been about a single uniform or title. It’s about impact.
Hawaii National Guard medical professionals completed their fourth annual Tactical Combat Casualty Care exchange with partners from the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp O’Donnell, May 18-30.
The Naval Medical Forces Development Command celebrated the 127th U.S. Navy Hospital Corps birthday June 17, 2025.
Advanced medical developers and acquisition experts with the Defense Health Agency’s Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office joined an elite group of U.S. and international military medical providers last week to observe the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise 2025 at Fort Cavazos, Texas.
Music has been part of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Todd Freeman’s life since he was 11 years old. In 2005 when he enlisted into the U.S. Army Reserve at 19 years old, there was no doubt in his mind about his military occupational specialty choice: music. Freeman’s military career led him into the Suicide Prevention Program at U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command.
Dr. Michael DeVan, assistant professor of pathology and co-director of the Uniformed Services University pathology course, brings decades of experience in military medicine, transfusion science, and education to the next generation of military physicians.
Last month, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth paused in front of a ballroom of service members and industry leaders at Special Operations Forces Week in Tampa, Florida, and reminded them people matter more than equipment. In alignment with that focus on readiness, a new program is teaching combat medics to handle battlefield behavioral health crises.
The U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Sigonella is embracing a Culture of Excellence through the dedicated efforts of its Community Relations Team—a trio of motivated service members committed to deepening ties with the host nation and inspiring greater involvement across the command.
Long after their final salutes, veterans of the Air Force Medical Service continue to serve their communities and their country, proving that the mission never truly ends for those committed to care, readiness, and service.
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