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The BAMC Auxiliary presents a grant check to members of Brooke Army Medical Center’s Emergency Department in BAMC’s Carolyn D. Putnam Auditorium, Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 5, 2025. Since 2019, the BAMC Auxiliary has given more than $170,000 worth of items to departments throughout BAMC. (DoD photo by Jason W. Edwards)

BAMC Auxiliary Grants Support Patients, Staff

Feb. 06, 2025

This year, the welfare committee approved 32 grant requests totaling more than $42,000 to help support patient care at BAMC.


Pharmacist helping a customer with the words "Unlock Your Health."

TRICARE Pharmacy Network Expands With Addition of Kroger Pharmacies

Feb. 06, 2025

TRICARE beneficiaries now have access to over 2,200 additional network pharmacies across 35 states.


Aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance due to underfunding in recent years led to flooding in January 2025 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a hub of urgent, high-priority care for wounded service members and the facility at which the President of the United States is treated. High waters and loss of steam pressure impacted the capacity of services delivered, but the ability to deliver the hospital’s core capabilities of safe, quality care was never compromised.

DOD Leaders Take Action to Fix Walter Reed Flooding, Maintenance Issues

Feb. 04, 2025

The hospital’s problems began with frozen pipes bursting from extremely cold weather in the region.


Mr. Derek Murray, PE, CSSBB, MSEM, left, introduces service members and civilians to the fundamentals of Lean Six Sigma Green Belt on January 28, 2025 aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point. Murray taught the five-day-long class to equip students with the knowledge to improve processes and reduce waste at facilities aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

Driving Innovation and Reducing Waste: Service Members, Civilians Complete Lean Six Sigma Training

Feb. 04, 2025

Members of the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point community are now better prepared to improve processes and reduce waste


Tech. Sgt. Christina Swope, 90th Medical Group medical laboratory scientist, sorts through a tray of viles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Jan. 28, 2025. The biomedical laboratory is one of the 13 Air Force Specialty Codes within the Biomedical Science Corps, which is responsible for ensuring the care of military members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole)

Medically and Mission Ready

Feb. 04, 2025

Members of the 90th Medical Group BSC certify that all aspects of a military member’s health are taken care of.


Pfc. Christina Braham, preventive medicine specialist, conducts regular inspections of dining facilities, food trucks, concessions, homebased cottage food operations, and restaurants at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson on behalf of the Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital Department of Public Health.  Pictured: Braham looks at drainage underneath the sinks at the BJACH dining facility during their quarterly inspection on Jan. 31.

Preventive Medicine Food Sanitation Inspectors Keeping Fort Johnson Healthy

Feb. 04, 2025

Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital’s Department of Public Health inspect these establishments quarterly to ensure U.S. Army food sanitation compliance.


Staff Sgt. Chad Bortle, a critical care flight paramedic assigned to the Evans Army Community Hospital Department of Education, teaches emergency life-saving skills to military police from the Fort Carson Law Enforcement Activities Company, Jan. 29, 2025. EACH hosted a comprehensive cadaver training exercise Jan. 29-30, 2025, to enhance the skills of medical professionals in a realistic and immersive environment.

Medical Training Exercise Enhances Skills, Fosters Collaboration

Feb. 03, 2025

The training included the Fort Carson Military Police, who participated in dead-on-arrival training, CPR and AED training and wound packing with the cadavers.


U.S. Air Force Airmen participated in a field training exercise on Jan. 31, 2025, at the 59th Medical Readiness Training Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The exercise included tactical combat casualty care (TCCC), patient retrieval drills, and litter carries, preparing medical personnel to provide life-saving care in austere environments. Senior leaders observed the training to assess medical readiness capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew-John Braman)

Air Force Medical Leaders Observe Cutting-Edge Medical Readiness Training

Feb. 03, 2025

During the visit, attendees received briefings on tactical combat casualty care, medical resource planning, and aeromedical evacuation procedures.


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TRICARE Message to Beneficiaries

Jan. 31, 2025

A message to the West Region TRICARE beneficiaries from the DHA Director.


Corpsmen Up for those in need…hospital corpsmen assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton prepare to assist Internal Medicine Clinic patients with transitioning to a civilian provider in the surrounding network.

Naval Hospital Bremerton Holds Town Hall for Internal Med Patients

Jan. 31, 2025

NHB is going to lose all active duty Internal Medicine physicians due to retirement and permanent change of duty orders.