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‘Angels in My Care’ Lead to Inspirational Journey of Recovery, Resilience
Retired U.S. Army Col. Gregory Gadson, who was severely injured while deployed in Iraq, finds purpose in sharing his story of strength and support.
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Surgeons at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center implant the leadless pacemaker. (U.S. Army photo)
Warmer temperatures and longer days mean more opportunities to get outside. Exercising outdoors can calm your nervous system, help you recover from stressful events, and improve your overall well-being. (DoD photo)
Dr. David J. Smith, performing the duties of the assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (right), and Dr. Chris Daniel, senior advisor for global health engagement (second from right), discuss laboratory capabilities with Nigerian medical officials. (Courtesy photo)
The Military Health System is encouraging people to know their risk for heart disease and understand how they can help prevent it. (VA Caribbean Healthcare System photo by Joseph Rivera Rebolledo)
Dr. Chris Daniel discusses collaboration in global health engagement with members of the Ghanaian Armed Forces during a visit to a military hospital in Accra, Ghana. (Courtesy photo)
Rear Adm. David Lane, standing with the innovators, called all the proposals ‘great ideas.’ The experts presented their ideas for various projects to NCR’s market board during the one-day innovation summit Feb. 27.
Navy Rear Adm. David Lane shared his thoughts and questions with innovators after each presentation during the National Capital Region’s one-day innovation summit Feb. 27.
Eduardo Sanchez, a Dominican student, gets his teeth repaired at the Rio San Juan clinic, Dominican Republic. Sanchez is one of more than 400 patients that received dental care during a Dental Readiness Training Exercise, an exercise where U.S. military dentists and dental technicians partnered with dental professionals from the Dominican Republic, and practiced their craft in an expeditionary environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Chenzira Mallory)
(Left to right) Air Force Senior Airmen Victoria Perrone, Jose Amaya, and Capt. Christopher Gillette, repair a damaged tooth for Eduardo Sanchez during a Dental Readiness Training Exercise at the Rio San Juan hospital, Dominican Republic. The DENTRETE is a readiness exercise that allows U.S. military dentists and dental technicians to practice deploying and operating in an expeditionary environment, while providing free dental care to the local Dominicans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Chenzira Mallory)
Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashley Sandoval (left), 21st Force Support Squadron, secures Savannah Butler (right) into her car seat as Savannah's mom, Air Force Staff Sgt. Montie Butler (center) looks on. Sandoval provided car seat training to Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, parents at the Child Development Center in a program hosted by the 50th Space Wing safety office. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers)
Follow a 20-20-20 rule to ward off digital eye strain by taking a 20-second break every 20 minutes and view something 20 feet away. (U.S. Army photo illustration)
Contractors worked with the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to help move a C-130 fuselage trainer, or FuT, which is a platform where aeromedical evacuation crews can perform 100 percent of readiness skills. It is an innovative, cost effective, improved training platform for total force AE and ground support personnel in terms of aircraft configuration familiarization and realistic, high-fidelity task training and mission simulation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tristin English)
A Soldier with C Company, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment brushes his teeth on a cold morning at the Victory Forge field training exercise on Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton)
Army Maj. Michael Goldberg (left), chief, Gastroenterology, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, and Army Maj. Christopher Calcagno (right), gastroenterologist, WBAMC, speak to Army Staff Sgt. Mario Talavera (center), following the first incisionless fundoplication procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) performed in the Department of Defense, at WBAMC. (U.S. Army photo by Marcy Sanchez)
Hana Rice, a guide with U.S. Military Outdoor Recreation, secures a climbing rope after repelling from an approximate 35 foot rock face within the National Network of Footpaths in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Members of the climbing party were required to wear the appropriate climbing helmet and safety harness in order to prevent possible injuries such as traumatic brain injury. TBI awareness is observed throughout the month of March in hopes of spreading awareness of the trauma and potentially preventing future cases. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Kimball)
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