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Injuries are the leading reason for military medical visits each year. Department of Defense active duty service members require medical treatment for injuries almost 5 million times each year (for around 1.5 million individual injuries). Injuries cost millions of lost duty and training days, and billions of dollars each year.
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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Angie Carper, Madigan Army Medical Center, representing Medical Readiness Command, Pacific, won the 2024 Medical Command Career Counselor of the Year. The award was announced in a ceremony Feb. 15, 2024, at MEDCOM headquarters on Fort Sam Houston. This is the second time Carper has received this award.
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FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, may receive emergency prescription refills now through March 7, 2024, due to the wildfire.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in two counties in Oklahoma may receive emergency prescription refills now through March 8, 2024, due to the wildfire.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in multiple counties in Texas may receive emergency prescription refills now through March 8, 2024, due to the wildfire.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in two counties in Nebraska may receive emergency prescription refills now through March 7, 2024, due to the wildfire.
On Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darin Via, the Navy surgeon general, Governor of Maryland Wes Moore, Dawn Moore, the first lady of Maryland, and U.S. Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, commanding officer of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, took part in a dedication ceremony to celebrate the “Bethesda” name as the new class of expeditionary medical ship.
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lance Raney, director for Defense Health Network East, visited local commands and community health care leaders at Fort Drum, New York, Feb. 13-14.
Many working-age adults in the U.S. spend eight hours per day or more in front of a computer. Screen time can be harmful to your health in more ways than one. Here are some tips and recommendations to help you reduce those risks.
Whether celebrating the first birth in a new year with proud parents or providing comfort and care to the last remaining service members from World War II, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center strives each day to show appreciation to our nation’s heroes and their families.
Department of Rehabilitation staff members at Walter Reed recognized National Recreational Therapy Month, observed during February, with an information table set up in the America Building at the medical center Feb. 14, to inform patients, staff, and visitors about RT and its benefits.
With February designated as Black History Month, Navy Medicine and Defense Health Agency commands such as Naval Hospital Bremerton are recognizing the exceptional service and many contributions of Black military and civilian personnel.
Two Uniformed Services University School of Medicine students were named to West Point’s “30 Under 30 Leader Developers” list for their exceptional skills in nurturing future military leaders.
More than 30 medical soldiers from across Europe competed in the 2024 Medical Readiness Command, Europe Best Leader competition, Feb. 6-9, at Baumholder Training Area in Germany. Teams from each of Medical Readiness Command, Europe’s four direct reporting units competed for a chance to represent the command at the 2024 U.S. Army Medical Command Best Leader competition to be held later this year in the United States.
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Standing in the Senegal airport alongside five of his younger siblings, 9-year-old Aaron Aliou said goodbye to his mother for what would unknowingly be the last time until their reunion more than a decade later. When he joined his mother in the United States, his desire for a path of discipline and responsibility is what soon led him to the U.S. Air Force.
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