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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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Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, and a U.S. Army Site Security Team soldier, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery Regiment, load a mock isolated person onto a stretcher during a training exercise in the heat of the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti.
National Museum of Health and Medicine joins Defense Health Agency, as part of DHA’s move to full operational capability on Oct. 1, 2015.
Dr. Edward Curtis dislodged this lead bullet from President Abraham Lincoln’s brain during autopsy. It was fired by John Wilkes Booth with a .44 caliber Deringer pistol.
Army Specialist Diana Fontenelle preps blood for an incoming trauma patient.
Senior Airman Alexandra Washington, communications and navigations technician assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, checks antennae signals on a B-52 Stratofortress, while wearing hearing protection.
Navy Ensign Christine Harrington (left) and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Harrison Mwanzi, from the hospital ship USNS Mercy, explain the procedures for treating cardiac arrest at an advanced cardiovascular life support subject matter expert exchange at Da Nang Central Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2015.
Navy Cdr. Jena Vedder, a clinic manager with National Intrepid Center of Excellence, demonstrates the center’s Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN)
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Taylor Boynton, a preventive medicine representative, assembles mosquito traps.
Air Force Lt. Col. Alice Briones and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lisa Rivera examine tissue slides from organs in order to complete findings for an autopsy report. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Magan Delussey)
The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM), a Department of Defense (DoD) museum founded in 1862 as the Army Medical Museum, merged with the new Defense Health Agency (DHA), directed by Air Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Robb, on August 23, 2015. NMHM became an element of the DHA's Research, Development and Acquisitions Directorate (RDA), directed by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Bruce A. Doll.
Air Force Capt. Deann Hoelscher (right), 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team physician deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, California, and U.S. Capt. Jason Frias, 455th EAES CCATT critical care nurse, also deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis AFB, ensure a patient is properly secured prior to an aeromedical evacuation mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tony Wickman)
Sitting in front of a computer for hours can make your eyes tired, and your visual performance can suffer.
Dr. David Smith, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Health Readiness Policy and Oversight, addresses attendees of the MHS Research Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Smith said the knowledge learned at the conference will pay dividends for military medical research for years to come.
Crewmembers of the hospital ship USNS Mercy train to participate in a mass casualty drill during Pacific Partnership 2015 recently. The current stop in Vietnam will culminate in a disaster medicine drill where both U.S. and Vietnamese medical personnel will participate both on and off USNS Mercy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William McCann)
Private Jeanette Lee of the Army Reserve’s 244th Aviation Brigade undergoes vision screening during a mass medical-readiness event hosted by the Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. More than 300 Army Reserve and Army National Guard Soldiers had the opportunity to take care of their Periodic Health Assessments, dental exams, vision screenings, HIV blood draws, immunizations, hearing tests and temporary or permanent profiles during the event. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Salvatore Ottaviano)
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