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A starboard beam view of a Soviet Gorya class minehunter (MHS) underway

A starboard beam view of a Soviet Gorya class minehunter (MHS) underwa...

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MHS in a period of transformation says Woodson, Rooney, Horoho

MHS in a period of transformation says Woodson, Rooney, Horoho

The 2012 Military Health System Conference is held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The Military Health System aims to ensure the medical readiness of U.S. service mem... More

Air Force Medical Leaders Tell MHS Audience, 'We Are Proud to be Your Partners'

Air Force Medical Leaders Tell MHS Audience, 'We Are Proud to be Your ...

Conference attendees during the morning plenary session of the 2012 Military Health System Conference, held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The MHS aims to ensure the... More

Military health leaders cite innovations in care from decade of war

Military health leaders cite innovations in care from decade of war

Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, director of Joint Chiefs of Staff, takes questions from conference attendees during a morning plenary session at the 2012 Military Health System (MHS) Conference, held at the Gaylo... More

Female physicians awards highlight military career opportunities

Female physicians awards highlight military career opportunities

The winners of the "2012 Building Stronger Female Physician Leaders in the MHS" award are pictured during the 2012 MHS conference. The conference was held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in ... More

Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak, U.S. surgeon general, met

Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak, U.S. surgeon general, met

Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak, U.S. surgeon general, met with key leaders in the 1st Special Forces Group conference room on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Nov. 7. The Public Health Service officers embedded with ... More

Hood physicians chosen to attend female leadership course in Virginia

Hood physicians chosen to attend female leadership course in Virginia

Female physicians from across the military gather for a photograph during the Military Health System’s Female Physician Leadership Course Sept. 2, in Falls Church, Va. The two-day seminar focused on strengtheni... More

Corps’ tactical medical software ensures continuity of care from injury to recovery

Corps’ tactical medical software ensures continuity of care from injur...

Theater Medical Information Program-Marine Corps, the Corps’ version of the joint medical software that supports medical providers in tactical environments, was put to the test this summer during the largest mi... More

U.S. Army Col. Bruce Rivers, staff ophthalmologist

U.S. Army Col. Bruce Rivers, staff ophthalmologist

U.S. Army Col. Bruce Rivers, staff ophthalmologist Fort Belvoir Community Hospital performs corneal cross-linking procedure on U.S. Military Academy West Point Cadet Saverio Macrina at Fort Belvoir, Va., Nov. 2... More

SN Jacob A. Manuel, Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi

SN Jacob A. Manuel, Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi

SN Jacob A. Manuel, Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi pharmacy technician provides a pre-paid envelope to PO2 (AW) Antwan B. Wright. The clinic now offers Drug Take Back to help patients fight back against th... More

Population Health nurses populating Naval Hospital Bremerton

Population Health nurses populating Naval Hospital Bremerton

Members of the Puget Sound Military Health System and Population Health and Forecasting Coordinator, Dan Frederick, MD welcome Kristin Thorstenson, RN, to Naval Hospital Bremerton. Ms. Thorstenson is the first ... More

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (January 19, 2017) Belvoir Hospital's

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (January 19, 2017) Belvoir Hospital's

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (January 19, 2017) Belvoir Hospital's Department of Radiology performs the first Y-90 liver cancer treatment by a military facility in the mid-atlantic region. This palliative treatment it in... More

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (February 10, 2017)
The Belvoir Hospital

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (February 10, 2017) The Belvoir Hospital

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (February 10, 2017) The Belvoir Hospital opens the Department of Defense's only Adolescent Inpatient Behavioral Health unit February 10, 2017. The event was attended by military medicine lead... More

NME challenges everyone to “Think Ahead” of brain injuries – an all-ages threat

NME challenges everyone to “Think Ahead” of brain injuries – an all-ag...

MHS Monthly Theme Communications Plan, Campaign Image March 2017

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (March 16, 2017)
The Warfighter Refractive

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (March 16, 2017) The Warfighter Refractive

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (March 16, 2017) The Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program and Research Center at the Belvoir Hospital performs the first small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure in the DoD, ... More

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 12, 2017)
Female surgeons

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 12, 2017) Female surgeons

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 12, 2017) Female surgeons of the Belvoir Hospital take a moment to recreate a recent image from the New Yorker magazine as a display of pride and diversity. (Department of Defense photo... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service members at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital gathered before daybreak and celebrated their unique service cultures and bonds as one of the only two joint mil... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service members at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital gathered before daybreak and celebrated their unique service cultures and bonds as one of the only two joint mil... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Army Sgt. Elizabeth

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Army Sgt. Elizabeth

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Army Sgt. Elizabeth Marks tours the Belvoir Hospital and speaks with staff members during National Nurses Week. May 10, 2017. Sgt. Marks is a gold medal winning Paralympian an... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Country music singer

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Country music singer

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Country music singer and songwriter Lee Brice performs at Fort Belvoir for an invitation-only backyard BBQ May 11, 2017. The event was held to benefit the Intrepid Fallen Her... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 6, 2017)--Washington, D.C.

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 6, 2017)--Washington, D.C.

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 6, 2017)--Washington, D.C. National Guard Lakota pilots provide transportation for a photography flight over the National Capital Region June 6, 2017. (Department of Defense photos by R... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 13, 2017)--Air Force Maj.

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 13, 2017)--Air Force Maj.

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 13, 2017)--Air Force Maj. Will Bynum, a senior faculty member in the Belvoir Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program advises Lt. Marybeth Ray on a simulated implant procedure June 13... More

WASHINGTON, DC (July 3, 2017)--Performers, support

WASHINGTON, DC (July 3, 2017)--Performers, support

WASHINGTON, DC (July 3, 2017)--Performers, support staff and attendees gather on the Capitol grounds for dress rehearsal of the annual "A Capitol Fourth" concert July 3, 2017. “A Capitol Fourth” is a free annua... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (September 8, 2017)--Military and

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (September 8, 2017)--Military and

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (September 8, 2017)--Military and civilian team members from throughout the region participate in a full-scale Mass Casualty Exercise (MASCAL-EX) as part of Operation Capital Shield at the B... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (December 2, 2017)--
U.S. Surgeon

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (December 2, 2017)-- U.S. Surgeon

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (December 2, 2017)-- U.S. Surgeon General Vice Adm. Jerome M. Adams serves as the guest speaker for the National Capital Region's Holiday Ball hosted by the Belvoir Hospital December 2, 2017... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (January 12, 2018)--
Team members

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (January 12, 2018)-- Team members

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (January 12, 2018)-- Team members from around the region join to witness the Belvoir Hospital's Command Senior Leader Transfer of Authority Ceremony at Thurman Hall January 12, 2018. In the... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (January 28, 2018)--
Hospital Corpsman

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (January 28, 2018)-- Hospital Corpsman

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (January 28, 2018)-- Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Talena Epling proudly serves in her role as a Belvoir Hospital board-certified lactation consultant, a rarity among enlisted service members.... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (February 2, 2018)--
The Military

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (February 2, 2018)-- The Military

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (February 2, 2018)-- The Military Health System congratulates Dr. John R. Minarcik of the Ophthalmology clinic at the Belvoir Hospital on his selection as the Best of the Best 2017, Joint Ou... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (March 7, 2018)--
Second Lady Karen

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (March 7, 2018)-- Second Lady Karen

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (March 7, 2018)-- Second Lady Karen Pence pays a visit to the Belvoir Hospital's Intrepid Center One to meet with center care providers and visit a family enrolled in the Art Therapy program... More

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- (March 13, 2018)--
Soldiers of the

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- (March 13, 2018)-- Soldiers of the

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- (March 13, 2018)-- Soldiers of the Belvoir Hospital's U.S. Army Troop Element-South proudly take the oath of re-enlistment in the Rotunda of the National Archives March 13, 2018. The Belvoir... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (May 2, 2018)--
Realistic training

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (May 2, 2018)-- Realistic training

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (May 2, 2018)-- Realistic training is on full display as Belvoir Hospital medical residents participate in a tactical combat casualty course May 2, 2018. Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC ... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (May 4, 2018)--
Hundreds of service

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (May 4, 2018)-- Hundreds of service

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (May 4, 2018)-- Hundreds of service members at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital gathered before daybreak and celebrated their unique service cultures and bonds as one of the only two joint mi... More

Standing the Watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Standing the Watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

ARLINGTON, Va.-- (May 6, 2018)--Standing tall at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery May 6, 2018, (Department of Defense photos by Reese Brown)

ARLINGTON, Va.-- (May 6, 2018)--Standing tall at the

ARLINGTON, Va.-- (May 6, 2018)--Standing tall at the

ARLINGTON, Va.-- (May 6, 2018)--Standing tall at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery May 6, 2018, (Department of Defense photos by Reese Brown)

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (May 9, 2018)--
CASEVAC unit conducts

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (May 9, 2018)-- CASEVAC unit conducts

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (May 9, 2018)-- CASEVAC unit conducts training exercise at the Belvoir Hospital Helipad May 9, 2018. The Belvoir Hospital is a 120-bed, 1.3 million-square-foot military community hospital t... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (June 18, 2018)--
U.S. Navy Capt.

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (June 18, 2018)-- U.S. Navy Capt.

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (June 18, 2018)-- U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Fry assumes the position of hospital director from Col. Jason Wieman during a transfer of authority ceremony at Fort Belvoir's Thurman Hall June 18, ... More

WASHINGTON, D.C..-- (July 3, 2018)--
Actor and producer

WASHINGTON, D.C..-- (July 3, 2018)-- Actor and producer

WASHINGTON, D.C..-- (July 3, 2018)-- Actor and producer John Stamos hosts as national recording artists perform at the 2018 A Capitol Fourth rehearsals at U.S. Capitol, West Lawn on July 3, 2018 in Washington, ... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (July 11, 2018)--
Sailors of "Team

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (July 11, 2018)-- Sailors of "Team

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (July 11, 2018)-- Sailors of "Team Belvoir" stand proudly while being pinned during a Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP) Ceremony July 11, 2018. The MAP authorizes Commanding Officers to... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (August 1, 2018)--Members of the

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (August 1, 2018)--Members of the

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (August 1, 2018)--Members of the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company make entry into a manhole behind the Belvoir Hospital and extract simulated patients during a training exercise Augus... More

BACH to transition to DHA later this year

BACH to transition to DHA later this year

Hospital Commander, Col. Anthony McQueen welcomes Defense Health Agency's Transitional Intermediate Management Organization Director, Maj. Gen. Ronald Place to BACH. Place came to speak with McQueen and hospit... More

Double cancer survivor, lymphedema patient enjoys life after treatment

Double cancer survivor, lymphedema patient enjoys life after treatment

Eileen Itamoto-Gaza, left, certified lymphedema therapist, Tripler Army Medical Center, helps to manage and treat lymphedema symptoms using a new nighttime compression sleeve for Heidi Kane, right, military spo... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (April 17, 2019)--
Administrative

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (April 17, 2019)-- Administrative

FORT BELVOIR, VA.-- (April 17, 2019)-- Administrative Professionals from all over the Belvoir Hospital take a moment to represent the great work they do every day during National Administrative Professionals W... More

Spartan ACFT Training, HONOLULU, HAWAII

Spartan ACFT Training, HONOLULU, HAWAII

Sgt. 1st Class Jarrod Vining, right, noncommissioned officer in charge, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), coaches Sgt. Dominic Falzarano, left, cash control N... More

U.S. Army Col. Louis Finelli (left), Armed Forces Medical

U.S. Army Col. Louis Finelli (left), Armed Forces Medical

U.S. Army Col. Louis Finelli (left), Armed Forces Medical Examiner System director, shows Thomas McCaffery, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, during a visit May 3, 2019, the st... More

Tripler unveils “Pualani” during the opening ceremony for Nurses Week

Tripler unveils “Pualani” during the opening ceremony for Nurses Week

Col. Mary V. Krueger, commander, Tripler Army Medical Center, provides remarks during the Nurses Week Opening Ceremony to honor all nurses; and to unveil "Pualani," a bronze statue of a Vietnam-era nurse former... More

Col. Mary V. Krueger, commander, Tripler Army Medical

Col. Mary V. Krueger, commander, Tripler Army Medical

Col. Mary V. Krueger, commander, Tripler Army Medical Center, provides remarks during the Nurses Week Opening Ceremony to honor all nurses; and to unveil "Pualani," a bronze statue of a Vietnam-era nurse former... More

Tripler unveils “Pualani” during the opening ceremony for Nurses Week

Tripler unveils “Pualani” during the opening ceremony for Nurses Week

Catherine “Pualani” Dodge provided remarks during the opening ceremony for Nurses Week at Tripler Army Medical Center to honor all nurses; and to also unveil "Pualani," a donated bronze statue of a Vietnam-era ... More

Tripler unveils “Pualani” during the opening ceremony for Nurses Week

Tripler unveils “Pualani” during the opening ceremony for Nurses Week

Tripler Army Medical Center kicked-off National Nurses Week with an opening ceremony to honor all nurses; and to also unveil "Pualani," a bronze statue of a Vietnam-era nurse formerly named, "Nurse," also refer... More

The Royal Thai Navy Lat Ya-class mine countermeasures ship HTMS Lat Ya (MHS 633), left, and the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer (MCM 9) observe a controlled mine detonation while conducting a joint mine countermeasures exercise

The Royal Thai Navy Lat Ya-class mine countermeasures ship HTMS Lat Ya...

GULF OF THAILAND (Jun. 07, 2019) The Royal Thai Navy Lat Ya-class mine countermeasures ship HTMS Lat Ya (MHS 633), left, and the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer (MCM 9) observe a controlled ... More

Hospital-Corpsman 2nd Class Alexandria Carr with the

Hospital-Corpsman 2nd Class Alexandria Carr with the

Hospital-Corpsman 2nd Class Alexandria Carr with the Medical Readiness and Training Command Effects Cell prepares a civilian role-player to simulate a battlefield casualty in support of Global Medic at Fort McC... More

Camille Espinoza, a civilian Department of Combat Medic

Camille Espinoza, a civilian Department of Combat Medic

Camille Espinoza, a civilian Department of Combat Medic Training program instructor and simulations technician at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, applies re... More

NMCP Staff Member Wins MHS Navy Senior Female Physician of the Year

NMCP Staff Member Wins MHS Navy Senior Female Physician of the Year

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 24, 2019) Congratulations are in order for the 2019 Military Health System (MHS) Navy Senior Female Physician of the Year Award, awarded to Cmdr. Marilisa Elrod, the associate director of ... More

Nursing research "Round-Up" share best practices, advancements in patient care

Nursing research "Round-Up" share best practices, advancements in pati...

U.S. Army Capt. Tori Meyer, a registered nurse, and federal employee Sherry Wood, a medical support assistant, both from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, presented their team’s rese... More

191205-A-JX987-008.jpg - A man and woman shaking hands in front of flags

191205-A-JX987-008.jpg - A man and woman shaking hands in front of fla...

Michele Brailo, a critical care nurse at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded the Military Health System Federal Civilian Nursing Leadership Excellence Award during the AMSUS annu... More

191205-A-JX987-005.jpg - Public domain photogrpaph

191205-A-JX987-005.jpg - Public domain photogrpaph

Army Lt. Col. Eric Garges, MD recieved the William Gorgas Preventive Medicine Award during the AMSUS annual meeting awards banquet earlier this month in Washington, D.C. The AMSUS Annual Meeting is for military... More

Maj. Gen. Lee E. Payne Answers Transformation Questions

Maj. Gen. Lee E. Payne Answers Transformation Questions

Maj. Gen. Lee E. Payne, Assistant Director for Combat Support Agency, Defense Health Agency (DHA) takes a question from LCDR Jonathan Seavey, an Orthopedic Surgeon at Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor (NHCOH). Pa... More

Maj. Gen. Lee E. Payne Addresses Transformation Topics

Maj. Gen. Lee E. Payne Addresses Transformation Topics

Maj. Gen. Lee E. Payne, Assistant Director for Combat Support Agency, Defense Health Agency (DHA) visited Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor (NHCOH) on Dec. 11, 2019. Payne’s t... More

Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee Payne, assistant director for

Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee Payne, assistant director for

Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee Payne, assistant director for Combat Support, Defense Health Agency, center, and Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Marks, command surgeon, Air Mobility Command, left, tour the medical warehous... More

First Sgt. Antonio Soto, Headquarters and Headquarters

First Sgt. Antonio Soto, Headquarters and Headquarters

First Sgt. Antonio Soto, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach, fires the new M18 Modular Handgun System at the Oberdachstetten Training Area Jan. 9.

NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 7, 2020) Defense Health Agency (DHA)

NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 7, 2020) Defense Health Agency (DHA)

NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 7, 2020) Defense Health Agency (DHA) director, Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, visited Naval Station Norfolk to discuss the transformation within the Military Health System (MHS) on Feb. 7. Place held... More

What's Your Why - A1C Smith

What's Your Why - A1C Smith

Airman 1st Class Sterling Smith shares what motivates him as a warehouse technician at the 59th Medical Logistics and Readiness Squadron.

A truck is loaded with debris from the old parking

A truck is loaded with debris from the old parking

A truck is loaded with debris from the old parking lot of the Wilford Hall Medical Center Feb. 14, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The hospital was dedicated in 1957 and served as one of the De... More

On Feb. 14, 2020 thirty-six U.S. service members graduated

On Feb. 14, 2020 thirty-six U.S. service members graduated

On Feb. 14, 2020 thirty-six U.S. service members graduated from the Operation Cincinnati SMART program. The SMART Program is an on-going military-civilian partnership program that allows Soldiers and other ser... More

A team of combat medic trainees in the Department of

A team of combat medic trainees in the Department of

A team of combat medic trainees in the Department of Combat Medic Training program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, attend to a "patient" in the EMT warehouse lab. Student... More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Naval Medical Center

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Naval Medical Center

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) Diversity Committee hosted an African American History Month event on Feb. 26. NMCP staff and visitors celebrated the achievements of Afr... More

In a COVID-19 world, pace yourself to stay resilient and avoid burnout

In a COVID-19 world, pace yourself to stay resilient and avoid burnout

Kelly Blasko, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and the lead for mobile health clinical integration at the Defense Health Agency Connected Health branch. She shares what providers can do to pace themselves and ... More

FORT BELVOIR, VA. (April 22, 2020)--
Team members of

FORT BELVOIR, VA. (April 22, 2020)-- Team members of

FORT BELVOIR, VA. (April 22, 2020)-- Team members of the Belvoir Hospital's 7 Medical/Telemetry Unit prepare for the start of a new day April 22, 2020. The unit recently converted many of its daily operations ... More

A nurse from the Stuttgart Army Medical Clinic demonstrates

A nurse from the Stuttgart Army Medical Clinic demonstrates

A nurse from the Stuttgart Army Medical Clinic demonstrates the proper use of an otoscope, which is used to look into the ears, May 4, 2020. On average, nurses tend to have more time to spend with patients and ... More

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S.

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S.

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, takes a break from patient phone calls, May 5, 2020. Murphy's role during COVID-19 has been to help coordinate care for ... More

NMCP Crunches the Numbers to Improve COVID-19 Care

NMCP Crunches the Numbers to Improve COVID-19 Care

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (May 7, 2020) – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) releases updated statistics of their COVID-19 response on May 7. NMCP has been developing, analyzing, and improving on COVID-19 procedures ... More

Keep your space and cover your face

Keep your space and cover your face

Hospitalman Kevin Nguyen conducts entry screening at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Corpus Christi. Beginning May 14, the wear of cloth face coverings will be mandatory for all personnel entering... More

Dr. Roger Schmidt, the POTFF psychologist assigned

Dr. Roger Schmidt, the POTFF psychologist assigned

Dr. Roger Schmidt, the POTFF psychologist assigned to SOCEUR, takes a few minutes out of his busy schedule at Patch Barracks, June 8, 2020, to discuss the Psychological Performance Program (PPP). Being embedded... More

Marine Corps fields first new service pistol in 35 years

Marine Corps fields first new service pistol in 35 years

A Marine instructor shoots the M18 Modular Handgun System at a firing range during Instructor and Key Personnel Training June 25 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Marine Corps Systems Command began f... More

The Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) continues

The Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) continues

The Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) continues to train - like these in the surgical technologist program - with extra safety precautions in place. The health and wellbeing of METC staff, instructor... More

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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 24, 2020) Capt.

200824-N-DA693-1003 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 24, 2020) Capt.

200824-N-DA693-1003 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 24, 2020) Capt. Bradford Smith, Naval Medical Center San Diego’s (NMCSD) commanding officer (left), enrolls in Military Health System (MHS) GENESIS with the help of Lt. Donny... More

NMCP’s New Oncology Nurse Navigators are Making a Difference

NMCP’s New Oncology Nurse Navigators are Making a Difference

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Sept. 29, 2020) – Melinda Powers, left, and Whitney Ogle, Oncology Nurse Navigators, pose for a photo in the Hematology/Oncology Department at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Sept. 29. N... More

NMCP Top Supply Officer’s Impactful Pandemic Efforts

NMCP Top Supply Officer’s Impactful Pandemic Efforts

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 6, 2020) – Lt. Cmdr. Stanley Favard, department head of Material Management at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), poses for a photo in the warehouse Oct. 6. The Material Management De... More

Sgt. Logan Harris and Spc. Mark Braddock were named

Sgt. Logan Harris and Spc. Mark Braddock were named

Sgt. Logan Harris and Spc. Mark Braddock were named Blanchfield Army Community Hospital NCO and Soldier of the Year during an award ceremony Oct. 8. Four NCOs and four junior enlisted Soldiers participated in t... More

NMCP Crunches the Numbers to Improve COVID-19 Care

NMCP Crunches the Numbers to Improve COVID-19 Care

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 10, 2020) – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) releases updated statistics of their COVID-19 response on May 7. NMCP has been developing, analyzing, and improving on COVID-19 procedure... More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 13, 2020) – Sailors assigned

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 13, 2020) – Sailors assigned

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 13, 2020) – Sailors assigned to the Material Management Department at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) process the intake of a shipment of medical supplies in the warehouse Oct. 13. ... More

Former Governor Donates Convalescent Plasma at NMCP

Former Governor Donates Convalescent Plasma at NMCP

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 19, 2020) – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) is collecting COVID Convalescent Plasma (CCP) in an effort to help patients who are sick with COVID-19 fight the virus. Robert (Bob) F. M... More

Daughter of WWII Veteran Donates Plasma to NMCP

Daughter of WWII Veteran Donates Plasma to NMCP

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 19, 2020) – Cheryl McClesky, daughter of Alfred Martin Palacios, World War II veteran, visited Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) to donate plasma, Oct. 19. NMCP is collecting COVID Co... More

NMCP Staff Recognized During National Disability Employment Awareness Month Ceremony

NMCP Staff Recognized During National Disability Employment Awareness ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 21, 2020) – Capt. Todd Lewis, and two ceremony participants cut the cake for the National Disability Employment Awareness Month ceremony, Oct. 21.. This year’s theme, “Honoring the Past, S... More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Nov. 4, 2020) – Cmdr. Timothy A. Platz,

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Nov. 4, 2020) – Cmdr. Timothy A. Platz,

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Nov. 4, 2020) – Cmdr. Timothy A. Platz, a staff surgical oncologist at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), receives Annual Faculty Teaching Award from the Uniformed Services University of H... More

Oscar Bocanegra, Director of the Civilian Human Resources

Oscar Bocanegra, Director of the Civilian Human Resources

Oscar Bocanegra, Director of the Civilian Human Resources Directorate, receives the William H. Kushnick Award from Richard Beauchemin, Chief of Staff, and Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, U.S. Army Surgeon General and... More

Laparoscopy is new standard in METC surgical tech training

Laparoscopy is new standard in METC surgical tech training

Instructors in the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) Surgical Technologist program conduct a mock laparotomy in an operating room simulator. The METC ST program has recently added laparoscopic and la... More

(Front left to right) Petty Officer 1st Class Wesley

(Front left to right) Petty Officer 1st Class Wesley

(Front left to right) Petty Officer 1st Class Wesley Middleton and Petty Officer 2nd Class Domenick Llanda, instructors in the Medical Education and Training Campus Surgical Technologist program, conduct a mock... More

HM2 Christopher Rafanan, Hospital Corpsman in the Preventive

HM2 Christopher Rafanan, Hospital Corpsman in the Preventive

HM2 Christopher Rafanan, Hospital Corpsman in the Preventive Medicine Department at Naval Health Clinic Hawaii (NHCH), provides pre-immunization screening for personnel receiving the second dose of the Pfizer B... More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 8, 2021) – Jenna Stacey-Marshall,

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 8, 2021) – Jenna Stacey-Marshall,

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 8, 2021) – Jenna Stacey-Marshall, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) pharmacy technician, works with a patient in NMCP’s Pharmacy Call Center, Jan. 8. NMCP’s Pharmacy Call Center was e... More

Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak, U.S. surgeon general, met

Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak, U.S. surgeon general, met

Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak, U.S. surgeon general, met with key leaders in the 1st Special Forces Group conference room on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Nov. 7. The Public Health Service officers embedded with ... More

U.S. Army Col. Bruce Rivers, staff ophthalmologist

U.S. Army Col. Bruce Rivers, staff ophthalmologist

U.S. Army Col. Bruce Rivers, staff ophthalmologist Fort Belvoir Community Hospital performs corneal cross-linking procedure on U.S. Military Academy West Point Cadet Saverio Macrina at Fort Belvoir, Va., Nov. 2... More

SN Jacob A. Manuel, Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi

SN Jacob A. Manuel, Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi

SN Jacob A. Manuel, Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi pharmacy technician (right) provides a pre-paid envelope to PO2 (AW) Antwan B. Wright. The clinic now offers Drug Take Back to help patients fight back ag... More

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (January 19, 2017) Belvoir Hospital's

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (January 19, 2017) Belvoir Hospital's

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (January 19, 2017) Belvoir Hospital's Department of Radiology performs the first Y-90 liver cancer treatment by a military facility in the mid-atlantic region. This palliative treatment it in... More

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (February 10, 2017)
The Belvoir Hospital

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (February 10, 2017) The Belvoir Hospital

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (February 10, 2017) The Belvoir Hospital opens the Department of Defense's only Adolescent Inpatient Behavioral Health unit February 10, 2017. The event was attended by military medicine lead... More

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (March 16, 2017)
The Warfighter Refractive

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (March 16, 2017) The Warfighter Refractive

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (March 16, 2017) The Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program and Research Center at the Belvoir Hospital performs the first small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure in the DoD, ... More

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 12, 2017)
Female surgeons

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 12, 2017) Female surgeons

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 12, 2017) Female surgeons of the Belvoir Hospital take a moment to recreate a recent image from the New Yorker magazine as a display of pride and diversity. (Department of Defense photo... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service members at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital gathered before daybreak and celebrated their unique service cultures and bonds as one of the only two joint mil... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 04, 2017)--Hundreds of service members at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital gathered before daybreak and celebrated their unique service cultures and bonds as one of the only two joint mil... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Army Sgt. Elizabeth

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Army Sgt. Elizabeth

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Army Sgt. Elizabeth Marks tours the Belvoir Hospital and speaks with staff members during National Nurses Week. May 10, 2017. Sgt. Marks is a gold medal winning Paralympian an... More

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Country music singer

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Country music singer

(FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 10, 2017)--Country music singer and songwriter Lee Brice performs at Fort Belvoir for an invitation-only backyard BBQ May 11, 2017. The event was held to benefit the Intrepid Fallen Her... More

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