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‘Pinnacle of Career’ Says Departing Military Health System Leader
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Seileen Mullen, in her second time in the position, is departing the Military Health System on Jan. 17, 2025.
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It’s January 2025, and a new year has begun. It’s a time of new beginnings and new resolutions. How about resolving to test your home for radon? The Environmental Protection Agency has designated January as National Radon Action Month, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen the last week of January as Radon Awareness Week. This is the perfect time to think about testing your home for radon.
Uniformed Services University professor of surgery awarded one of the nation's highest civilian honors.
Since being officially designated as a clinic and the Military Health System's first crisis stabilization unit in December 2024, U.S. Naval Hospital Guam has successfully treated 246 active duty service members experiencing mental health emergencies.
Do you currently live in the West Region? Or, do you live in one of the six states that moved to the West Region on Jan. 1? If you pay for your TRICARE coverage using a bank electronic funds transfer, credit card, or debit card, you must now securely give your recurring payment information to the West Region contractor, TriWest Healthcare Alliance.
Abstracts for the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium are due by Feb. 16, 2025. MHSRS is the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting for the unique medical needs of the warfighter. The annual symposium provides a collaborative environment for military medical care providers with deployment experience, DOD scientists, academia, international partners, and industry to exchange information on research advancements.
The Army Recovery Care Program has fourteen parts across the country. At a ARCP Summit held at Fort Belvoir, a keen focus on handling struggles in life was a hot topic. The Struggle Well program is a new program that will help in this process.
U.S. Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes emphasized communication to ensure that medics are well-informed and connected to the mission.
December was global health engagement month, and the command highlighted the significant contributions team members at the United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Sigonella, Sicily, Italy, made toward 2024 global health engagement efforts.
The Medical Education and Training Campus was granted reaffirmation of its nationally recognized institutional accreditation status effective Dec. 12, 2024, following more than a year of intensive preparation that culminated in an on-site campus assessment that took place Aug. 6-7 in San Antonio, Texas.
A small group of Maine Army National Guard members and guests gathered at the Regional Training Institute in Bangor on Dec. 8, 2024, to witness U.S. Army National Guard Lt. Col. Joel Dunn become the first Maine National Guard member inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The Defense Health Agency has announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in 20 Mississippi counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Jan. 9, 2025, due to tornado damage.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The Defense Health Agency has announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in 11 Alabama counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Jan. 9, 2025, due to storm damage.
The U.S. Air Force Medical Service joined the U.S. Space Force in celebrating its fifth anniversary on Dec. 20, 2024, commemorating the creation of a military branch dedicated to the pursuit of space superiority.
A U.S. Air Force Reserve medical professional had to use his military medical training while at his civilian job this fall.
Several years ago, I was stationed in Colorado. I’d never snow skied, but after my first initiation-by-fire trip, I was feeling comfortable and actually considered myself a somewhat fearless skier. I would go hard and fast until I hit something or just fell. Ski equipment would scatter from where I fell to where I slid to a stop—meaning I spent a lot of my time crawling back up the mountain for my gear.
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