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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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DHA awards AMSUS 2017

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12/5/2017
Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director, Defense Health Agency (far left) and Thomas McCaffery, acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (far right), present the MHS “Advancements towards High Reliability in Health Care” Quality and Patient Safety Award to Fort Belvoir Community Hospital for “Improving Sterile Instrument and Process Handling.” Accepting award (left to right) are Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Asante, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lara Kirchner, Army Maj. Shirley Ochoa-Dobies, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Renardo Reid and Chief Petty Officer James Pell. (Courtesy photo)

Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director, Defense Health Agency (far left) and Thomas McCaffery, acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (far right), present the MHS “Advancements towards High Reliability in Health Care” Quality and Patient Safety Award to Fort Belvoir Community Hospital for “Improving Sterile Instrument and Process Handling.” Accepting award (left to right) are Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Asante, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lara Kirchner, Army Maj. Shirley Ochoa-Dobies, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Renardo Reid and Senior Chief Petty Officer James Pell. (Courtesy photo)

Amazon med

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12/5/2017
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, an infectious diseases specialist, left, and U.S. Navy Lt. Gregory Condos, an internal medicine specialist, middle, work with 2nd Lt. Raissa Vieira Sanchez, a Brazilian medical officer, right, to diagnose an elderly woman on her houseboat near a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame)

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, an infectious diseases specialist, left, and U.S. Navy Lt. Gregory Condos, an internal medicine specialist, middle, work with 2nd Lt. Raissa Vieira Sanchez, a Brazilian medical officer, right, to diagnose an elderly woman on her houseboat near a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame)

Brazilian Doctors

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12/5/2017
AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 21, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, an infectious diseases specialist, works with 2nd Lt. Raissa Vieira Sanchez, a Brazilian medical officer, to diagnose a small boy from a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil, November 21. Adams is part of a team of five U.S. Navy doctors who are engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. The team is working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)

AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 21, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, an infectious diseases specialist, works with 2nd Lt. Raissa Vieira Sanchez, a Brazilian medical officer, to diagnose a small boy from a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil, November 21. Adams is part of a team of five U.S. Navy doctors who are engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. The team is working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)

Baby Arlo

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12/4/2017
Air Force Staff Sgt. Charity Lee Vest, 87th Aerospace Medicine Squadron operational medicine technician, holds baby Arlo at his home on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Vest received a knock on the door from a neighbor who exclaimed their 14 month-old son was unresponsive and needed medical attention. Vest used her CPR training to resuscitate the infant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Blair)

Air Force Staff Sgt. Charity Lee Vest, 87th Aerospace Medicine Squadron operational medicine technician, holds baby Arlo at his home on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Vest received a knock on the door from a neighbor who exclaimed their 14 month-old son was unresponsive and needed medical attention. Vest used her CPR training to resuscitate the infant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Blair)

AMSUS 2017 plenary

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12/1/2017
From left, Retired Army Maj. Gen. Richard Thomas, president of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences;  Navy Rear Adm. Colin Chinn, Joint Staff surgeon; Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Air Force surgeon general; Navy Vice Adm. Forrest Faison III, Navy surgeon general; Army Maj. Gen. Ronald Place, for the Army surgeon general; Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency; and Tom McCaffery, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. (Courtesy photo)

From left, Retired Army Maj. Gen. Richard Thomas, president of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Navy Rear Adm. Colin Chinn, Joint Staff surgeon; Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Air Force surgeon general; Navy Vice Adm. Forrest Faison III, Navy surgeon general; Army Maj. Gen. Ronald Place, for the Army surgeon general; Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency; and Tom McCaffery, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. (Courtesy photo)

Earthquake Dover

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12/1/2017
A map of Delaware and the surrounding areas where a magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurred Nov. 30, 2017, six miles northeast of Dover is shown. (Courtesy photo)

A map of Delaware and the surrounding areas where a magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurred Nov. 30, 2017, six miles northeast of Dover is shown. (Courtesy photo)

USUHS CGHE

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12/1/2017
Navy Capt. (Dr.) Jamie Reeves (left) and Air Force Major (Dr.) Geoff Oravec (center, right), of the Uniformed Services University's Center for Global Health Engagement participated in Exercise RIMPAC 2016 with Captain Sun Tao, head of the medical element of the Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark. During the exercise, CGHE delivered its Fundamentals for Global Health Engagement course, which brought together about 30 Chinese Navy medical officers with medical officers from Australia, Canada, and the US Navy.  (Uniformed Services University photo)

Navy Capt. (Dr.) Jamie Reeves (left) and Air Force Major (Dr.) Geoff Oravec (center, right), of the Uniformed Services University's Center for Global Health Engagement participated in Exercise RIMPAC 2016 with Captain Sun Tao, head of the medical element of the Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark. During the exercise, CGHE delivered its Fundamentals for Global Health Engagement course, which brought together about 30 Chinese Navy medical officers with medical officers from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. Navy. (Uniformed Services University photo)

MEDCOM Chem Bio

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12/1/2017
A Soldier provides medical care. (U.S. Army photo)

The U.S. Army is notifying veterans that they may be eligible to receive medical care if they participated in U.S. Army chemical or biological substance testing from 1942 to 1975

World AIDS Day 2017

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11/30/2017
Air Force Capt. Crystal Karahan, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Air Forces Africa international health specialist, talks to Cameroonian nursing students during a clean site delivery workshop in Douala, Cameroon. (Courtesy photo)

Air Force Capt. Crystal Karahan, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Air Forces Africa international health specialist, talks to Cameroonian nursing students during a clean site delivery workshop in Douala, Cameroon. (Courtesy photo)

Rauch AMSUS 2017

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11/30/2017
At an AMSUS session, Dr. Terry Rauch describes how global health activities help facilitate readiness, security and international collaboration. (Courtesy photo)

At an AMSUS session, Dr. Terry Rauch describes how global health activities help facilitate readiness, security and international collaboration. (Courtesy photo)

Change of Authority NCR 2017

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11/30/2017
From left, Navy Rear Adm. David Lane, Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, and Army Maj. Gen. Ronald Place during the change of authority ceremony for the National Capital Region Medical Directorate. (Courtesy photo)

From left, Navy Rear Adm. David Lane, Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, and Army Maj. Gen. Ronald Place during the change of authority ceremony for the National Capital Region Medical Directorate. (Courtesy photo)

Eating disorder

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11/29/2017
Eating disorders, which are a mix of psychological, physiological, and behavioral factors, can affect every system in the body. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Staff Sgt. Keith Ballard)

Eating disorders, which are a mix of psychological, physiological, and behavioral factors, can affect every system in the body. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Staff Sgt. Keith Ballard)

Acupuncture

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11/29/2017
Army Col. Dean Hommer (left), a visiting instructor from Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, observes as Navy nurse Lt. Rachael Wheelous (right) practices the battlefield acupuncture technique on Navy nurse Lt. Brent Pavell (center) during training at Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi, Texas. (U.S. Navy photo by William Love)

Army Col. Dean Hommer (left), a visiting instructor from Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, observes as Navy nurse Lt. Rachael Wheelous (right) practices the battlefield acupuncture technique on Navy nurse Lt. Brent Pavell (center) during training at Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi, Texas. (U.S. Navy photo by William Love)

Active duty amputee

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11/28/2017
More than 1,500 service members have lost limbs in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. For those faced with this traumatic injury, the Department of Defense medical system has adapted in the last 20 years to speed up the recovery process and improve prosthetics.

More than 1,500 service members have lost limbs in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. For those faced with this traumatic injury, the Department of Defense medical system has adapted in the last 20 years to speed up the recovery process and improve prosthetics.

Healing Art Green Beret

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11/28/2017
Air Force Staff Sgt. Natalie Lopez talks with Army veteran, and former Green Beret, Michael Rodriguez about her painting. (DoD photo by Roger L. Wollenberg)

Air Force Staff Sgt. Natalie Lopez talks with Army veteran, and former Green Beret, Michael Rodriguez about her painting. (DoD photo by Roger L. Wollenberg)

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