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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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Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Edrik Nillo, prepares blood for medical procedures aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy on its way to Papua New Guinea during Pacific Partnership 2015.
U.S. Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron provide in flight medical care to injured service members on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft that departed Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, heading for medical care in Germany.
Deployment and other military-related separations can be tough on families, but many families can (and do) learn how to adapt to them.
DHA military leaders and health information technology personnel convene for the second annual Defense Health Information Technology Symposium in Orlando, Florida, to discuss strategies to modernize the Military Health System.
After a recent attack on a U.S. military installation in Kabul, Afghanistan, left service members injured, getting them from the battlefield to higher-level care was a task assigned to military healthcare.
Marine Lance Cpl. Fred Hass (left) and Lance Cpl. Clinton Turman (right), both with the Ground Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, treat a patient during the final test of the Combat Life Savercourse.
U.S. Army Soldiers awake in their hasty fighting position after a night patrol in the mountains near Sar Howza, Paktika province, Afghanistan.
"E-cigs," as they are commonly called, as well as personal vaporizers (PVs) are essentially electronic nicotine delivery systems providing battery-powered doses of nicotine and other additives to the user in an aerosol.
Staff Sgt. Clay Porter, 435th Security Forces Squadron Ground Combat Regional Training Center instructor, is treated for a simulated gunshot wound during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
Navy Rear Adm. Raquel Bono, a physician and director of the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) National Capital Region Medical Directorate, speaks at the Healthy Aging Summit in Washington, D.C., July 27, 2015. (Photo by Sharon Renee Taylor, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Public Affairs)
Management of surgical practices often varies from Army MTF to MTF. To ensure a consistent patient experience, quality and safety of care, and surgical teams that are ready to deploy, Army Medicine is developing the service line concept for surgical services. (U.S. Army staff photo)
Marines conduct the practical application portion of the Combat Lifesaver course. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian Marion)
Frank Rowland and Siwei Luo from the Health Information Technology Directorate, Defense Health Agency, arrive early before their work day begins and use the DHHQ indoor walking trail to maintain their fitness goals of walking 10,000 steps per day.
In a joint effort, 28 Illinois Air National Guardsmen from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, performed two weeks of annual training by assisting the hospital at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Patterson)
Air Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Robb, director of the Defense Health Agency, and Dr. David Smith, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Health Readiness Policy and Oversight, attend Committee on Military Trauma Care’s Learning Health System and its Translation to the Civilian Sector meeting in Washington, D.C.
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