Military Medical Support

Photos depicting military medical professionals engaged in discussions and training, highlighting teamwork in medical settings.

Physician Assistant candidates Capt. Katalina Freeman and OC Dave Kelly, of Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, provided initial burn trauma management training to Soldiers at BACH September 14, during monthly medic training. Learning burn trauma management is imperative for service members in the medical field as it is a real world potential they may face both in garrison and in a deployed environment.

Details and data from the deckplate...Rear Adm. Guido F. Valdes, Naval Medical Forces Pacific commander, San Diego Military Health Systems market director and Navy Medical Corps chief, converses with Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jessica Pohl, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Bangor, on providing such medical support as medical screenings and special duty physicals for Sailors and Marines stationed at commands onboard Naval Base Kitsap Bangor. Valdes toured the clinic, Sept. 7, 2022, as part of his familiarization tour to Navy Medicine commands in the Pacific Northwest (official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Mia, 99th Aerospace Medical Squadron registered nurse, receives a coin from Brig. Gen. Robert Bogart, Air Combat Command Command Surgeon, during his tour of the medical clinic at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, April 13, 2022. The clinic, staffed by the 99th Medical Group, supports approximately 3,000 active duty military, Air National Guard, Air Reserve, and civilian members of the Creech team.

Chief Master Sgt. Faith Federspiel presents Navy Chief Manuel Ruiz, Navy Mission 1st Sgt. for Tropic Care 2022, with a challenge coin during Tropic Care 2022. Tropicare 2022 provides real world training in a joint civil and military environment while strengthening community relationships by providing medical, dental, and optometry services to the people of Hawai'i.

NAPLES, Italy (May 11, 2022) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith speaks with behavior health technician, Hospitalman Deliah Hernandez during his visit to U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, May 11, 2022. Smith visited the installations across Naples to engage in discussions about Navy concerns and quality of life issues. USNH Naples is the largest naval hospital in Europe and serves a diverse population of over 9,800 beneficiaries.

Joint military members receive a suture training during Birchwood Cares IRT mission at Rhea County Middle School in Evansville, Tenn., on June 6, 2022. Birchwood Cares, Innovative Readiness Training is a Department of Defense sponsored training event that links community partners with joint force partners to provide medical care for surrounding communities. The clinics offer dental, medical, optometry, physical and mental health services while simultaneously providing hands-on training to joint force partners.

U.S. Army Medical Command Command Sgt. Maj. Diamond D. Hough, right, presents a coin to Staff Sgt. Yang Z. Bautista, dental assistant at SHAPE Dental Clinic, April 20, 2022 at SHAPE Healthcare Facility in Casteau, Belgium.

Rear Adm. Bradley Rosen, Navy Region Southwest (NRSW), commander, toured Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) during a visit Dec. 12, 2022. Rosen (L) is briefed on the Child Care Center (CCC) facility by Joyce Bhasker, CCC director. The CCC is a Commander, Naval Installations Command (CNIC) resource located onboard NMCSD to support visiting families with temporary child care. NMCSD's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

Physician Assistant candidates Capt. Katalina Freeman and OC Dave Kelly, of Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, provided initial burn trauma management training to Soldiers at BACH September 14, during monthly medic training. Learning burn trauma management is imperative for service members in the medical field as it is a real world potential they may face both in garrison and in a deployed environment.

Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, left, surgeon general of the Army and Medical Command commanding general, presents a coin at SHAPE Dental Clinic to Maj. Daniel D. Becker, dentist, April 20, 2022 at SHAPE Healthcare Facility in Casteau, Belgium.

It was an honor to welcome back Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez, former hospital commander of Blanchfield Army Community Hospital from '96-'98, now serving as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.Dr. Martinez-Lopez took a nostalgic tour of BACH, witnessing the incredible transformations over the past thirty years. The highlight of the day being the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Fort Campbell VA Clinic inside of BACH.

Staff Sgt. Iesha Wallace, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron orthotics technician, applies glue to a custom insert at the Orthotics Clinic in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 22, 2022. Wallace is an American Board Certified Orthotic Fitter that can make custom orthopedic insoles along with a variety of braces for other parts of the body. She notes, relieving foot pain could lead to relieving related pain in other parts of the body.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Command Sgt. Maj. John Sampa, Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj., tours the 24-hour Covid 19 vaccination pharmacy site at the State Farm Stadium Feb. 4. in Glendale.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kyree Honore, 509th Medical Group, Optometry Technician assists an Airman pick out new glasses at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, October 5, 2022. Tricare provides two free pairs of glasses to active duty Airmen annually.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Logan Snedegar, medical technician with the 179th Medical Group, Mansfield, Ohio, presents the optometry department to community partners during a medical mission at Rhea County Middle School in Evansville, Tenn., June 9, 2022. Birchwood Cares, Innovative Readiness Training is a Department of Defense sponsored training event that links community partners with joint force partners to provide medical care for surrounding communities. The clinics offer dental, medical, optometry, physical and mental health services while simultaneously providing hands-on training to joint force partners.

Rear Adm. Bradley Rosen, Navy Region Southwest (NRSW), commander, toured Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) during a visit Dec. 12, 2022. Rosen (L) is given a tour of NMCSD's Emergency Department by Capt. Kim Davis, NMCSD director. NMCSD's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shajaylah Smalls, 374th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron patient travel clerk, works the front desk of the 374th Medical Group active duty clinic at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 9, 2024. MHS GENESIS features 24/7 access to electronic health records and the ability to schedule appointments, renew prescriptions, view laboratory and test results, and securely message their medical care team through its patient portal.

221205-N-DF135-1080 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Dec. 5, 2022) Dr. Mariel Isa, President of the Dominican Dermatology Society, shows products made by the dermatology institute to medical members assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Dec. 5, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (July 29, 2022) - Lt. Milena Marshall, from Vernon, Michigan, performs a medical screening at Mendoza Park in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Alexis Halsey, Medical Education and Training Campus Pharmacy Technician program instructor, dictates outpatient medication orders to students during the Pharmacy Technician field training exercise Nov. 30, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. During the field training exercise students had to apply interpersonal skills, including negotiating skills, conflict resolution, customer service and teamwork while demonstrating that they have the ability to effectively and professionally communicate with other healthcare professionals.

Col. Thurman Saunders, Tripler Army Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer, presents 1st Lt. Catherine Quinn, General Surgery Clinic registered nurse, the Daisy Award during a ceremony July 28, 2022. The DAISY Award is an opportunity to honor and celebrate the skillful, compassionate care nurses provide every day. J. Patrick Barnes died from complications of his auto-immune disease in 1999 at age 33. His family founded The DAISY Foundation in his honor. This yearly award gives patients and staff an opportunity to recognize a nurse that made a difference in their life by thanking them in a public away.

Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, right, surgeon general of the Army and Medical Command commanding general, tours SHAPE Dental Clinic with Maj Autumn L. Becker, center, commander of SHAPE Dental Clinic, and Staff Sgt. Yang Z. Bautista, left, dental assistant, April 20, 2022 at SHAPE Healthcare Facility in Casteau, Belgium.

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune received a visit on August 31, 2022 from Rear Admiral Cynthia Kuehner, commander for Naval Medical Forces Support Command. NMFSC leads and manages all medical training, education, professional development, and instruction for the production of highly trained and ready medical personnel within the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Kuehner, who also serves as the Nurse Corps director, received a tour of several areas in the Medical Center where she was able to interact with nursing staff. RDML Kuehner also honored several employees with coins for their commendable work.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (August 2, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Hershey, from Salinas, California, assists a dental professional during a simulated forensic dentistry scenario in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Maj. Mark Pomerleau, 374th Medical Group healthcare integrator, explains the Patient-Controlled Analgesia Pump to Airmen of the 374th MDG and instructors from the Japan National Defense Medical College during a Japanese Nursing Student immersion, July 21, 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The students and instructors were invited to train with their U.S. counterparts in an ongoing effort to showcase Yokotas medical capabilities while bolstering partnerships withing the future of Japans critical care practitioners.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Lindberg, an ophthalmologist assigned to U.S. Army Reserve Medical Command converses with South African National Defense Force Soldier about patients evaluation at Dondotha Clinic during MEDREX 2020-South Africa, 19 July. Lindberg is part of a team of 15 medical personnel from the New York Army National Guard partnering with medical professionals of the South Africa National Defense Force to treat patients in the KZN communities. MEDREX is a medical training exercise, planned and executed by the United States Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, that allows the U.S. military to demonstrate their commitment to global partners as well as exchange best medical practices with their African counterparts. MEDREX 2022-South Africa is part of the larger Exercise Shared Accord taking place 11-27 July in the KZN.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Stephen Emmerthal, 30th Medical Group diagnostics and therapeutics flight commander, works with a colleague to fill prescriptions at the 30th Medical Group pharmacy at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Feb. 7, 2024. Emmerthal was recently awarded the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Premier Innovation Award for his innovative process improvements in pharmacy collaboration and advancements in efficiency across government agencies. Space Force

Army Maj. (Dr.) Nikhil Huprikar (seated), chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Service at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), demonstrates to Army Brig. Gen. Jack Davis, WRNMMC director, how WRNMMC can now access the Joint Tele-Critical Care Network (JTCCN), also called tele-ICU, now that WRNMMC opened its hub in the JTCCN May 25. The JTCCN is a tele-critical care platform created by Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) with intensivists privileged via the Virtual Medical Center Front Office to treat critically-ill patients at military treatment facilities (MTFs) throughout the Military Health System (MHS). JTCCN meets most accreditation requirements for access to critical care physicians and critical care expertise, Huprikar explained.

U.S. Navy Medical Corpsman 1st Class Linda Cabrera, pharmacy outpatient instructor, checks over medication orders during a class at the Medical Education and Training Center (METC), Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, November 01, 2022. The METC Pharmacy Technician program trains Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard students how to perform both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy operations in both traditional and non-traditional pharmacy practice settings. The program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and culminates in college credits that apply toward an associate degree.

Sgt. Damyan Ruiz, Respiratory Therapist, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) demonstrates a pulmonary device to 1st Lt. Katherine Berry, Clinical Staff Nurse, at LRMC during a Nurse Skill Fair at LRMC on Jan. 28. The Nurse Skill Fair provides LRMC health care professionals first-hand experiences in case of medical emergencies.

221129-A-IA376-1037 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 30, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Faith Kim, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is greeted by Dominican medical workers at Dr. Francisco E. Moscoso Puello hospital before working alongside staff members of the hospital as part of a side-by-side event, Nov. 30, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 7, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Hoang Harry Tran, left, from Wichita, Kansas, conducts an eye examination on a local patient at National Referral Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Dr. Ashley Jackson, USMEPCOM Western Sector medical officer, trains U.S. Army Maj. Marsha Paul, U.S. Army Maj. Marjorie Whitehead and U.S. Army Maj. Wendy Hand in completing medical prescreens in MHS GENESIS. Paul, Whitehead and Hand all recently retired from service but chose to come back and become providers, assisting MEPS with completing medical prescreens.

Reportage: Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller talks with Navy Hospitalman Dane Martin after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Dec. 14, 2020.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

U.S. Navy Medical Corpsman 1st Class Daniel Doe, pharmacy outpatient instructor, oversees medication orders during a class at the Medical Education and Training Center (METC), Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, November 01, 2022. The METC Pharmacy Technician program trains Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard students how to perform both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy operations in both traditional and non-traditional pharmacy practice settings. The program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and culminates in college credits that apply toward an associate degree.

Soldiers from the Kentucky Army National Guards 103rd Chemical Battalion inventory medical supplies for an Alternate Care Facility at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will treat patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially will offer care for up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds.

Rudy Paco, mayor of Mongmong-Toto-Maite, donates a roasted pig to the 36th Medical Group in celebration of National Nurses Week at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 9, 2022. National Nurses Week is celebrated from May 6-12 honoring the contributions and sacrifices nurses make everyday.

Airmen from the 81st Dental Squadron pose for a group photo after teaching children at the Child Development Center about oral health during National Childrens Dental Health Month at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 13, 2023. Each February, the American Dental Association sponsors National Children's Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of oral health. Air Force

Airman 1st Class Arielle Robles, 103rd Maintenance Group administration specialist, helps set up recovery center beds at Kaiser Hall at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, April 21, 2020. Robles is an exercise science student at the university and is now helping convert her usual classroom building into surge capacity space for local hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Capt. Frances Anne Kriss, 374th Medical Group Post Anesthesia Care Unit nurse, explains a chest drainage system to Airmen of the 374th MDG and students from the National Defense Medical College during a Japanese Nursing Student immersion, July 21, 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The students and instructors were invited to train with their U.S. counterparts in an ongoing effort to showcase Yokotas medical capabilities while bolstering partnerships withing the future of Japans critical care practitioners.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, Air Force Surgeon General, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Chief of the Medical Enlisted Force, is given a tour of the veterinary clinic at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 5, 2024. Miller toured base facilities playing vital dynamic roles in the medical readiness portion of the Minot Air Force Base mission.

Airman 1st Class Cole Ballard, 18th Medical Support Squadron biomedical equipment technician, tests a ventilator at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 7, 2022. Technicians are charged with the maintenance and upkeep of the electronics and hardware used in patient care by medical providers.

U.S. Army Capt. Stephen Padden, a pharmacist assigned to Joint Task Force - Bravo (JTF-B), begins to fill a prescription at a medical site in Omoa, Honduras during Continuing Promise 2022, 4 Nov. CP22 is a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

U.S. Navy Ens. Dori Russo, from Rockford, Illinois, learns Chuukese words from local nurses at the Chuuk States Hospital in Weno, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 19, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Patuxent River celebrates the U.S. Navy's 247th birthday with a cake-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. During the ceremony, Capt. Mitchell Checchi and Hospital Corpsman Rebekah Edwards cut the birthday cake, with Checchi passing a slice to Edwards to symbolize the passing of wisdom from the command's oldest to youngest sailor.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Julia Inscore, left, 35th Medical Group clinical nurse, and Tech. Sgt. Falicia Espinoza, right, 35th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron flight chief, decorate a room for a Nurses and Medical Technicians Appreciation Week luncheon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 19, 2022. The national appreciation week is a time to celebrate and show gratitude for the essential healthcare workers as well as to recognize the nursing profession's vital and unique contributions to healthcare and society in general.

Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command, visits Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pearl Harbor (NMRTC PH) staff at Branch Health Clinic Makalapa on July 12, 2022. Kuehner is also the Director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps and met with nurses at Branch Health Clinics Makalapa and Kaneohe Bay, and the Shipyard/Occupational Health Clinic on Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

After 18 months, various KATUSAS had there ETS discharge ceremoney.

Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, U.S. Navy Surgeon General, and Force Master Chief Michael Roberts, Director, U.S. Navy Hospital Corps speak with Hospitalman Brandon Armstrong during a site visit to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Corpus Christi. During the visit, Gillingham and Roberts met with clinic leadership, and toured the clinic facility to meet with Sailors and staff and to discuss the importance of medical readiness and the critical role Navy Medicines people and platforms contribute to our Navys power projection.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Hayli Payment, from Miami, Florida, left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Miguel Veluz, from Temecula, California, examine a patient list during a post operation event at the Chuuk State Hospital in Weno, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 19, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Nov. 16, 2022) - Its the Great American Smokeout! Charlene Rees, Naval Hospital Jacksonvilles regional health promotion coordinator, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ray Norfleet educate Personnel Specialist 1st Class Shawn Tillman about the health impacts of smoking. Rees, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, says, “If we can get information out there and we only help one person, thats one life that has been saved. So this is all worth it.” The Great American Smokeout encourages smokers to make a plan to quit smoking for the day, or for good. The time is now. For help quitting, stop by or call Naval Hospital Jacksonvilles Wellness Center at (904) 542-5292.

NASA pilot Jim Less is assisted by life support as he is fitted with a Cobham designed VigiLOX pilot oxygen monitoring system. VigiLOX is a sensing system that is attached to a pilots existing gear to capture real-time physiological, breathing gas and cockpit environmental data.

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Airman Bryanna Glover, 59th Medical Operations Squadron Family Health Clinic medical technician, Brig. Gen. Jeannine Ryder, 59th Medical Wing commander and San Antonio Market director, and Chief Master Sgt. Marc Schoellkopf, 59th Medical Wing command chief, from left to right, ring bells to signify the start of the Nurses and Medical Technicians Week kick-off event at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, May 9, 2022. National Nurses and Medical Technicians Week begins May 6 and ends on May 12, in honor of Florence Nightingale's birthday, the founder of modern nursing.

A Triage Nurse, Captain Jennifer McKaney, 31st Medical Group Aviano Air Base, Italy, gives SENIOR AIRMAN Laschelle Whitman information on home remedies for common ailments. The Triage Nurse at Aviano helps patients at the hospital and gives phone consultations. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (August 4, 2022) - Capt. Jeffrey Feinberg, commanding officer of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), right, presents a coin to Melanie Gejon-Mendoza, a member of the Philippine Dental Association, during a barangay health fair in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 1, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Marco Chang, from San Francisco, repairs equipment at the Solomon Islands National Referral Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Melissa Leonardo, a 379th Expeditionary Medical Group mental health technician, poses for a photo at the Mental Health Office waiting room Aug 23, 2022 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The Mental Health Office is a specialty clinic designed to treat significant depression, anxiety and trauma.

U.S. Army Spc. ZaQuan Hunter, an animal care specialist assigned to Public Health Activity, Fort Bragg, detached to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, clips the toenails of a puppy, while she is held by Jazmin Britt, an animal health assistant at the Cherry Point Veterinary Treatment Facility, MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, April 7, 2022. The Cherry Point Veterinary Treatment Facility provides preventative medicine and regular health check-ups for military working dogs and personally owned pets for active-duty and reserve members, veterans and their dependents.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andrew Fregoso, 9th Healthcare Operations Squadron pharmacy technician, delivers a prescription to a patient Feb. 20, 2023, at Beale Air Force Base, California. The pharmacy on Beale Air Force Base prepares 250 to 300 prescriptions a day. Air Force

Rear Adm. Matthew Case, Commander of Navy Medical Forces Atlantic and Director of the Defense Health Agency Tidewater Market, presents Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class U. Richardson with a command coin during his visit to Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 1, 2022) - Lt. Tasha Wilson, from Honolulu, teaches newborn resuscitation techniques during a Helping Babies Breathe training course at Hue Hotel during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

220412-N-XZ205-1050SAN DIEGO (April 12, 2022) Chief Hospital Corpsman Tiffany Hintz, a Sailor assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) San Diego (right), speaks with a Sailor during a Celebration of Women event hosted by the commands Womens Association Vowing Excellence in Service (WAVES) at the hospital April 12. The theme of the event was Phenomenal Women: Providing Healing and Promoting Hope. NMRTC San Diego's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMRTC San Diego employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

221129-N-VQ41-1035 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 29, 2022) Cmdr. Tim Donahue, a trauma surgeon assigned to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), speaks to Dominican medical workers at Dr. Francisco E. Moscoso Puello hospital about trauma injuries, Nov. 29, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Distinguished visitors gather to observe members of joint service components as they provide dental, medical, optometry, physical and mental health, nutrition and pharmaceutical services during a medical mission centered between Meigs, Hamilton and Rhea counties in support of Birchwood Cares, Innovative Readiness Training at the Birchwood Community Center and Rhea County Middle School, Tenn., June 3, 2022. Birchwood Cares, Innovative Readiness Training is a Department of Defense sponsored training event that links community partners with joint force partners to provide medical care for surrounding communities while simultaneously providing hands-on training to joint members.

US Air Force MAJ James Webb, 959 Inpatient Squadron, provides Stop the Bleed and intraosseous access demonstrations during the 1st Medical Recruiting Battalions Annual Educators Tour.From left to right: Joanne M. Maier, medical education consortium with Allegheny Health Network, Lori Slade, administrative manager with Allegheny Health Network Brian Hill, dean for biomedical graduate education program at The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

A technician with the 507th Medical Group, administers a flu vaccine to a member of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Dec. 3, 2022. Influenza vaccination is mandatory for uniformed personnel and health care personnel who provide direct patient care and is recommended for all others.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 2) Its a Happy New Year for two Sailors who became parents of the first baby born at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), Jan. 1. IT2 Angelina Nguyen, stationed at Naval Special Warfare Group Four (NSWG4), gave birth to Mahina at 5:08 a.m. on the first day of the new year. Her husband, IT2 Kevin Nguyen, stationed at Beach Master Unit (BMU) 2, was at his wifes side when she received the First Baby Born 2024 basket provided each year by The Oakleaf Club of Tidewater. Lt. j.g. Mikala Tracy, the patients nurse, presented the basket filled with various baby items to the new parents on behalf of the club.

Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson visits the Birchwood Cares Innovative Readiness Training medical mission at the Birchwood Community Center, Birchwood Tenn., June 7, 2022. The medical mission is a Department of Defense sponsored training event that links community partners with joint force partners to provide medical care for surrounding communities. The clinics offer dental, medical, optometry, physical and mental health services while simultaneously providing hands-on training to joint force partners. (Air National Guard photo by: Capt. Paul Stennett)

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 6, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Halene Russell, from Kansas City, Missouri, poses for a photo with local pharmacists and pharmacist assistants during a tour of the pharmacy aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Capt. Timothy Wilks, Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) executive officer, presents the Master Clinician Award to Dr. Laura Marrone during a ceremony at NMCSD's auditorium on Aug. 10. During the ceremony, 24 senior clinicians received the Master Clinician Award and 39 other clinicians were recognized as Associate Master Clinicians for being outstanding in their profession. NMCSD's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina--The Gynecology & Acute Care clinic held a Walk-in Contraceptive Services ribbon cutting ceremony in celebration of expedited contraceptive care at Womack Army Medical Center, Jan. 26. Female, active-duty service members are now able to walk into the clinic on a first-come, first-served basis.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rilee Haberman, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron hemodialysis technician, participates in National Nurses and Medical Technicians Week May 6-12, 2022, at Travis Air Force Base, California. National Nurses and Medical Technicians Week honors the commitment, dedication and contributions of these medical professionals.

U.S Air Force Capt. Justin Zinkl, middle, a field ordering officer for the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART) 2022, hands Dr. Israel Rivera, left, the deputy medical director of Hospital Regional de Occidente, a Joint Task Force-Bravo patch in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Aug. 22, 2022. The patch was given in appreciation for allowing the HEART 22 team to integrate with the medical professionals at Hospital Regional de Occidente.

220505-N-LW757-1017SAN DIEGO (May 5, 2022) A group photo of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) San Diego's command leadership and staff members from NMRTC San Diego's Pharmacy Department during a Star Performer Award ceremony at the hospital May 5. The Star Performer Award is given monthly to a staff member in recognition of their customer service excellence. NMRTC San Diego's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMRTC San Diego employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command, visits Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pearl Harbor (NMRTC PH) staff at Branch Health Clinic Makalapa on July 12, 2022. Kuehner is also the Director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps and met with nurses at Branch Health Clinics Makalapa and Kaneohe Bay, and the Shipyard/Occupational Health Clinic on Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

221102-N-LP924-1006 SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Nov. 02, 2022) Hospital Corpsman Aylin Garcia Ramos, from Austin, Texas, attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), assists in conducting a CPR refresher course for volunteers at Red Cross, Honduras, Nov. 02, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 22, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) kicked off the Health and Wellness departments Week of Wellness, Oct. 17. The week-long event covers a broad range of topics all aimed at improving ones overall health and wellness. Jacqueline Arvizu, NMCSD Health and Wellness division officer, speaks with Lt. Cmdr. Travis Kelley, NMCSD deputy chief information officer, about dental hygiene and tobacco cessation, the week's first theme. NMCSD's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tara Fadenrecht, 4th Operations Medical Readiness Squadron optometry technician, directs a patient to read a Snellen eye chart through a phoropter at Birchwood Community Center, Birchwood, Tenn., June 5, 2022. Optometrists use a phoropter to measure distance and clarity of vision. Birchwood Cares, Innovative Readiness Training is a Department of Defense sponsored training event that links community partners with joint force partners to provide medical care for surrounding communities. The clinics offer dental, medical, optometry, physical and mental health services while simultaneously providing hands-on training to joint force partners.

The 37th Annual Academic Research Competition (ARC) was held the week of May 2 with the winners of each phase of the competition announced during a ceremony, May 6. There were three phases to the competition throughout the week with a poster competition that included novel case studies, podium presentations, where researchers presented approved empirical studies. The first-place place winners in each Category 1A & 1B will attend the Navy-wide Academic Research Competition hosted by Naval Medical Center San Diego on May 20.

221114-N-MY642-1049 CARTAGENA, Colombia (Nov. 14, 2022) Lt. Lizette Gonzalez, from Miami, Florida and assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), answers questions during an interview with Venezuelan media at the medical site during Continuing Promise. Continuing Promise 2022 is a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

060502-N-3532C-079. Complete Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Kurt Hildebrandt (left), a Navy Medical Doctor discusses radiology with member of the Aloha Medical Mission (AMM) as they tour the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), at Navy Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). Members of the AMM and other non-governmental organizations will deploy aboard the USNS MERCY as it begins a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia.2006) LT. CMDR. Kurt HildebrandtM.D.discusses radiology with Aloha Medical Mission (AMM) members while they tour Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). In the coming monthsAMM and other non-governmental organizations will team up with Mercy to provide humanitarian assistance to people in Southeast Asia. Mercy and its crew are on a five-monthhumanitarian-based deployment during whichthey will work together with several organizations lik

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Linda Moreno, 44th Fighter Squadron independent duty medical technician (IDMT), checks a patients vitals the RED FLAG-Alaska 23-1 exercise at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 19, 2022. An IDMT is an extension of the Air Force medical unit; they are an enlisted medical provider who can give care in the absence of a licensed, privileged or credentialed health care provider. They are the Airmens primary point of contact when it comes to health when on a temporary duty assignment or deployment.

Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command, recognizes Occupational Health Department Head, Ms. Lynette Parker, at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pearl Harbor (NMRTC PH) Shipyard/Occupational Health Clinic on July 12, 2022. Kuehner is also the Director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps and met with nurses at Branch Health Clinics Makalapa and Kaneohe Bay, and the Shipyard/Occupational Health Clinic on Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 12, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Eugene Mamaril, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diegos Sterile Processing Department division officer (center left), gives opening remarks during a Sterile Processing Week celebration at the hospital. NMRTC San Diego celebrates Sterile Processing Week to recognize the important role its specialists working in the Sterile Processing Department hold in patient care. NMRTC San Diego's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMRTC San Diego employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jessica Armstrong, medical technician with the 110th Medical Group, Battle Creek, Mich., performs eye exam during a medical mission at Rhea County Middle School in Evansville, Tenn., June 3, 2022. Birchwood Cares, Innovative Readiness Training is a Department of Defense sponsored training event that links community partners with joint force partners to provide medical care for surrounding communities. The clinics offer dental, medical, optometry, physical and mental health services while simultaneously providing hands-on training to joint force partners.

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 12, 2022) Capt. Kim Davis, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diegos commanding officer (center), Hospitalman Falon Olver (left), and Conchita Unger (right), cut a cake during a Sterile Processing Week celebration at the hospital. NMRTC San Diego celebrates Sterile Processing Week to recognize the important role its specialists working in the Sterile Processing Department hold in patient care. NMRTC San Diego's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMRTC San Diego employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

KOROR, Palau (July 13th, 2022) - Pacific Partnership leadership meet with Damian Wally, Global Health Administrator at Belau National Hospital in Palau, front left, during a tour in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

On May 12, 2022, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune honored a team of Daisy Award recipients. Director for Nursing Services, U.S. Navy Capt. Alison Castro presented the Daisy Award to Lt. j. g. Tracy Farris, and other nursing staff members from NMCCLs Adult Intensive Care Unit. The honoree team included: RN Ed Ota, Lt. j.g. Tracey Farris, pictured and Lt. j.g. Stephane Coker. The Daisy Award is a national recognition medical facilities use to acknowledge nursing staff who exhibit exceptional care to their patients. The team was nominated by the sister of a COVID-19 patient.According to the nomination excerpt, My sister Trish was hospitalized with COVID and they all cared for her with such dignity, amazing medical knowledge and outstanding compassion. Its an honor to have met them, even though Trish passed. We will never forget their sacrifice for our CountryShe was more than just a patient, she was one of their own- family.

The 37th Annual Academic Research Competition (ARC) was held the week of May 2 with the winners of each phase of the competition announced during a ceremony, May 6. There were three phases to the competition throughout the week with a poster competition that included novel case studies, podium presentations, where researchers presented approved empirical studies. The first-place place winners in each Category 1A & 1B will attend the Navy-wide Academic Research Competition hosted by Naval Medical Center San Diego on May 20.

Vice President Kamala tours the Jacksonville Community Vaccination Center Monday, March 22, 2021, in Jacksonville, Florida,

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tara Fadenrecht, 4th Operations Medical Readiness Squadron optometry technician, directs a patient to read a Snellen eye chart through a phoropter at Birchwood Community Center, Birchwood, Tenn., June 5, 2022. Optometrists use a phoropter to measure distance and clarity of vision. Birchwood Cares, Innovative Readiness Training is a Department of Defense sponsored training event that links community partners with joint force partners to provide medical care for surrounding communities. The clinics offer dental, medical, optometry, physical and mental health services while simultaneously providing hands-on training to joint force partners.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 7, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Shingmei Chang, from Arlington, Texas, speaks at an oral surgery and periodontal emergencies subject matter expert exchange at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

PHU YEN, VIETNAM (June 27, 2022) - U.S. Navy biomedical equipment technicians and Vietnamese medical equipment technicians perform maintenance on a ventilator at Phu Yen Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22). Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Aranas, from Charleston, South Carolina, a Navy nurse in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's (WRNMMC) emergency department, poses for a photo in the trauma room at WRNMMC in Bethesda, Maryland, Oct. 4, 2022. WRNMMCs emergency nurses were being recognized in honor of Emergency Nurses Day. Emergency Nurses Day recognizes the extraordinary commitment and labor of emergency nursing professionals around the world.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (April 25, 2022) - Naval Medical Center Portsmouth celebrates Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (MLPW) with a cake cutting ceremony, April 25. MLPW provides the profession with a unique opportunity to increase public understanding of and appreciation for clinical laboratory personnel.

Staff Sgt. Iesha Wallace, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron orthotics technician, poses for a photo at the Orthotics Clinic in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 22, 2022. Wallace is an American Board Certified Orthotic Fitter that can make custom orthopedic insoles along with a variety of braces for other parts of the body. She notes, relieving foot pain could lead to relieving related pain in other parts of the body.

Navy Lieutenant Sara Cruz, BSN, RN, CMSRN, serves aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point as the Department Head for the facilitys Patient Centered Medical Home. She and her team provide medical care to retirees and family members of active-duty service members residing on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and in a nearby communities.

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