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Military Health System’s Mental Health Hub: Your Source for Support
The Military Health System’s Mental Health Hub provides resources, ways to seek care, and support for service members, families, and veterans to get the help they may need.
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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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For a quarter of a century, the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center’s Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program and Research Center has stood at the forefront of enhancing vision and optimizing the operational effectiveness of active duty military service members. As one of 26 centers under the Department of Defense, the center has enabled tens of thousands of service members to reduce or eliminate their dependence on glasses through state-of-the-art vision correction procedures.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Neal, 42nd Medical Group physical medicine technician, supports the Human Performance Flight by delivering targeted physical therapy services to Airmen.
U.S. Army Pfc. Raven Newman, a radiology specialist at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, was recently recognized for her attentive and compassionate care of a patient in February.
Nutrition plays a critical connection between food, health, and mission readiness for service members and their families.
U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay earned national recognition from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses after eliminating surgical smoke from its operating room—one of only 14 military hospitals and clinics to achieve the “Go Clear” Award.
The Military Health System received high accolades at the 2024 Defense Media Merit Awards, winning 23 awards for outstanding communications products featuring remembrance and readiness.
Researchers from Uniformed Services University and Johns Hopkins University have developed two portable devices to improve the treatment of brain hemorrhage in remote environments, potentially saving lives on the battlefield and beyond.
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research – Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences performed comprehensive infectious disease surveillance throughout the Cobra Gold—the largest and longest running military exercise in the Indo-Pacific. The training provided enhanced medical readiness, fostering multilateral cooperative engagements and partnership building among the 30 participating nations. "The samples we collected during CG25 are critical to protecting force health,” said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Pascual.
Uniformed Services University's five-year INVICTA study examines the subtle, yet significant effects of low-level blast overpressure exposure on service members’ neurological functions, including memory, gait, sensory processing, and brain health.
In a dark room, the crackle of simulated gunfire and distant explosions filled the air as airmen worked methodically to treat simulated wounds on mannequins. Doctors, physician assistants and independent duty medical technicians, embedded within Special Operations units across the Air Force Special Operations Command enterprise, trained for potential challenges of providing medical care in austere, unpredictable environments.
U.S. Air Force Capt. (Dr.) William Hoffman, a neurologist and aeromedical researcher with the 59th Medical Wing, is addressing widespread health care avoidance among military aviators through data-driven research and policy advocacy.
Animal care personnel from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases are taking advantage of a unique partnership with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The collaboration helps them obtain professional certifications that will enable them to advance in their fields while also ensuring the institute maintains its high standards of excellence and readiness.
Naval Medical Forces Pacific hosted a delegation from the German military health care system April 7-8, strengthening international medical collaboration.
Teaser text: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has launched the Rapid Assessment Program for Tactical Operational Readiness, a new multidisciplinary diagnostic initiative designed to provide comprehensive evaluations for active duty service members, with a particular focus on rapid return-to-duty cases.
As faculty and subject matter experts assigned to the medical education and training campus, occupational therapy and physical therapy officers play a crucial role in preparing military health care paraprofessionals to support service members, veterans, and their families. Both fields are essential in rehabilitative care, helping individuals regain strength, mobility, function and independence after injury or illness.
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