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The Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office is developing a Broad-Spectrum Snakebite Antidote, in oral form, to help mitigate the dangers posed by venomous snakes across the Indo-Pacific. (Official Defense Health Agency Photo by T. T. Parish/Released)

OPMED team developing modern solution for snakebite treatment

Sept. 17, 2025

The Indo-Pacific hosts thousands of islands, natural and manmade, and more than 60 varieties of venomous snakes.

Defense Health Agency-Public Health experts say optimizing personal resiliency enhances situational awareness and supports warfighter readiness and lethality. Resiliency can help warfighters better manage natural stress responses, improve levels of awareness, and support quicker and more accurate decisions while under duress. (Defense Health Agency-Public Health graphic illustration by Andrew Leitzer)

Commentary: Resilience is a dynamic tool for sharpening warfighter lethality

Sept. 17, 2025

This article discusses ways that resilience supports personal readiness and promotes warfighter lethality.

Acting Defense Health Agency Director Dr. David Smith and DHA Senior Enlisted Leader Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tanya Johnson met with medical teams from the U.S. Army medical Corps at Camp Kosciuszko in Poland. Dr. Smith recently visited several DHA facilities in Europe — focused on fostering collaboration, advancing initiatives like MHS GENESIS, and ensuring the voices of those on the front lines of military health care are heard.

Military medical leaders strengthen global military health partnerships across Europe

Sept. 17, 2025

Accompanied by key DHA leaders, acting director Dr. David Smith visited facilities in Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, and England.

Defense Health Agency-Public Health ergonomists Kelsey McCoskey (right) and Lauren Costanzi assist Army 1st Lt. Gabriella Garza, an environmental science and engineering officer with DHA-PH in Aberdeen, Maryland, through an ergonomics demonstration held at the DHA-PH laboratory building June 6, 2025.

DHA-Public Health ergonomics team plays critical role in military injury prevention

Sept. 17, 2025

​Ergonomists address work-related musculoskeletal disorders, that include overuse injuries resulting from repetitive stress or excessive use.

Dr. David Smith, acting principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and acting director of the Defense Health Agency, presents a coin to Carolyn Putnam, executive secretary to the commander, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, July 21, 2025. Putnam was recognized for her remarkable dedication to BAMC to include a career in civilian service spanning over 70 years. (DoD photo by James Camillocci)

DHA leaders gain insights into San Antonio’s unique military health capabilities

Sept. 17, 2025

The health system is renowned for the only DOD Burn Center, Level I Trauma Center and rooftop helipad.

From left to right, Air Force Master Sgt. Jonathan Rodriguez-Feliciano, deputy chief information officer at the 374th Medical Group base at Yokota Air Base in Japan; Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ezekiel Gandy accepted the award on behalf of the 8th Medical Group, Kunsan Air Base in South Korea; and Kelly McCreery Lyster Army Health Clinic at Fort Rucker in Alabama received DHA IT Awards on behalf of their units while at the Defense Health Information Technology Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee, in August 2025.

DHA IT teams recognized for their contribution to improving military medicine

Sept. 16, 2025

Three DHA teams received awards for their work in auditability compliance, cybersecurity, and rationalization/alignment of resources.

TRICARE issued a reminder Sept. 9 that a West Region referral approval waiver deadline is nearing. If you used the West Region referral approval waiver to see a specialist between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2025 and need to continue seeing that specialist, you’ll need to get a new referral to a network specialist before Oct. 1, 2025. Defense Health Agency Photo by Maria C. Yager.

TRICARE West Region Referral Approval Waiver deadline nears

Sept. 16, 2025

If you used the referral approval waiver to see a specialist and need to continue seeing that specialist, you’ll need to get a new referral before Oct. 1, 2025.

During a visit Sept. 3 to the Virtual Medical Operations Center (VMOC) at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), Defense Health Network Pacific Rim’s new Deputy Director Capt. Kathleen Cooperman (second from right) talks with Lt. Cmdr. Leonard Aranas (left), NMCSD’s director of medical services, Capt. David Foster (second from left), NMCSD’s director of branch clinics, and Lynn Campbell (right), nurse.

New DHN Pacific Rim Deputy Director Visits Virtual Medical Operations Center at NMCSD

Sept. 15, 2025

NMCSD is one of nine military treatment facilities in the DHN-PR and during her visit, Cooperman received an overview of the VMOC’s current role.

Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval in mid-September, 2025, after a rigorous onsite review. This prestigious accreditation recognizes the clinic’s commitment to providing safe, high-quality care.

Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point earns The Joint Commission's gold seal of approval

Sept. 12, 2025

Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point's accreditation encompasses the clinic’s Ambulatory, Behavioral Health Care and Human Services programs.

Pictured: Lt. j.g. Victor Torrico, industrial hygiene officer (left), Lt. Jake Odom, physical therapist (center), and Public Health Specialist Tanya Stuckey (right) of Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms at the Emergency Preparedness and Suicide Awareness Event Sept. 10.

Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms supports emergency preparedness and suicide awareness event

Sept. 11, 2025

The event brought together a wide array of resources aimed at strengthening resilience and readiness across the installation.

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