Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Director U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Melissa Austin awarded command coins to U.S. Army Maj. (Dr.) Carlie Cerne and U.S. Army Capt. Mark DeJesus during a meeting of the hospital’s board of directors on July 16, 2024. Cerne and DeJesus were recognized for providing emergency and lifesaving care on a recent medevac ...

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in 25 South Dakota counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Aug. 11, 2024, due to severe storms.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in 61 Florida counties may now receive emergency prescription refills due to Tropical Storm Debby.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Deschutes County, Oregon, may receive emergency prescription refills now through Aug. 13, 2024, due to the Mile Marker 132 Fire.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in eight South Carolina counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Aug. 14, 2024, due to Tropical Storm Debby.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in six Nebraska counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Aug. 11, 2024, due to severe storms.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Jefferson County, Colorado may now receive emergency prescription refills through Aug. 12, 2024, due to the Quarry Mountain Fire.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Georgia may receive emergency prescription refills now through Aug. 14, 2024, due to Tropical Storm Debby.

Naval Medical Center San Diego’s Directorate for Public Health celebrates receiving the Navy Surgeon General’s Health Promotion and Wellness Award during morning quarters, July 26, 2024.

Members of the Fort Leavenworth community turned out and made a difference during a blood drive on post, July 11.

As a hospital corpsman, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Wayne Maurice Caron took his duty to care for the men around him so seriously that, during a firefight in his first month in Vietnam, he ignored his own wounds to tend to everyone else. Caron never returned home from that mission, but his valor and selflessness led him to receive a posthumous ...

In response to extensive feedback from veterans and service members, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of the redesigned Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry.

With reverence and pride, Womack Army Medical Center celebrated the 249th anniversary of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps, a vital cornerstone of support and solace for soldiers and their families for nearly two and a half centuries.

Hospital corpsmen at Navy Medical Readiness Training Unit Bangor received guidance in suturing technique in caring – and closing - for such wounds as cuts and lacerations as part of clinic departmental training, July 18, 2024.

The job of safeguarding the health of U.S. service members requires not just health care at the time of injury and sickness, but a vast suite of often unseen work to determine what illnesses service members might encounter, and to develop the countermeasures for an ever-evolving landscape of health risks that face the world.