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Military Medical Training and Vaccinations

Images depict military personnel administering vaccinations and providing medical training. The focus is on healthcare settings, teamwork, and patient care.

U.S. Army Spc. Bryan Coker, Medical Detachment currently assigned with Task Force Spartan COVID Vaccination Testing Team, Michigan Army National Guard, administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a Michigan resident at the Barry-Eaton Health Department, Hastings, Michigan, Jan. 14, 2021. The state of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) requested support for the COVID-19 vaccine inoculations statewide. The MDHHS and MING have been working together throughout the pandemic and have augmented with local health departments as requested in the delivery of the vaccination to Michiganders.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Latasha Smith, 86th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron warrior medicine clinic flight chief, right, administers the Moderna COVID-19 booster shot to Airman 1st Class Trinity Duncan, 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron security police, left, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 28, 2022. Since Jan. 4, 2021, Smith has been the continual point of contact for all of the 86th Medical Group COVID-19 vaccine lines, directly overseeing the schedule, patient administration and treatment rendered by 48 medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jared Lovett)

Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command, visits staff at Branch Health Clinic Kaneohe Bay 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.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON - (Jan. 24, 2024) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Amber Rimes, of Dubuque, Iowa, a dental laboratory instructor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), gives a tour of facilities at the Defense Health Agencys (DHA) Medical Training and Education Campus (METC) to Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). METC is a leader in military medical education with over 48 academic programs in various medical specialties. With 48 medical programs, and 16,500 graduates a year, METC is a state-of-the-art Department of Defense (DoD) healthcare education campus that trains enlisted medical personnel.

Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Stephen Messenger donates blood July 15, 2022, in building 50 during the American Red Cross blood drive at Fort McCoy, Wis. Messenger was among dozens of Soldiers and other personnel who donated blood in a successful effort by the Red Cross. Red Cross officials said there is an ongoing urgent need for blood donors and ask people to give if they can.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Carrie Villa, a pharmacy technician with the 18th Field Hospital, and Sr. Amn. Devon Bouffard, a dental technician, 158th Fighter Wing, 158th Medical Group, take a patients dental X-ray photograph during Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) 2022 as part of community outreach to increase awareness of the mission at Wise Va., Aug. 21, 2022. IRT is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities.

The National Guard Bureau Joint Surgeon's Office (NGB-JSG) toured Renown Regional Medical Center on June 22, 2022. NGB-JSG leadership met with Renown Health executive leadership and Renown Regional Medical Center leadership and staff.

Dr. Lei Zhu and Maj. Kelly Ray, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Clinical Trials Center, research coordinators prepare samples prior to the RV575 research study, Sept. 27. In October, the U.S. Military HIV Research Program will launch the phase 1 study, evaluating varying doses of the Army's novel ALFQ adjuvant in a candidate HIV vaccine to determine the optimal adjuvant dosage level.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Dawson and Senior Airman Bradley Long, 48th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron physical medicine technicians, assist patients in exercises at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, March 31, 2022. Technicians help patients with an array of exercises that can help them recover from both bone and muscle injuries.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany Wallace, pharmacy flight chief of the 36th Healthcare Operations Squadron, puts prescriptions away at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 5, 2022. Since arriving at Andersen AFB in June of 2020, Wallace has lead the five-member team and manages $1 million in executing pharmacy operations. Wallace and her team ensure the safe delivery of 39,000 prescriptions to 16,000 beneficiaries annually.

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Blake Bernard and Senior Airman Aquan Pannell, 110th Medical Group medical technicians, test a pair of patient's eyeglasses with a lensometer during a medical clinic at Birchwood Community Center, Birchwood, Tenn., June 5, 2022. A lensometer identifies the prescription within an eyeglass's lens.

Navy Capt. Felix (Drew) Bigby, acting director of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, gives the thumbs up upon receiving his flu vaccination in October at WRNMMC.

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.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 7, 2022) - Ensign Miranda George, from Baltimore, Maryland, left, teaches local healthcare providers Heimlich maneuver techniques during a Basic Life Support (BLS) course 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.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 7, 2022) - Ensign Miranda George, from Baltimore, Maryland, left, teaches local healthcare providers Heimlich maneuver techniques during a Basic Life Support (BLS) course 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.

U.S. Army Capt. Greggy Lubin, a nurse with the 18th Field Hospital, 335th Medical Detachment, checks a patients blood pressure during Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) 2022 at Wise, Va., Aug. 20, 2022. IRT is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities.

Air Force Col. Christopher Meeker, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, handles a piece of equipment as Senior Airman Sabrina Matos, biomedical equipment technician, briefs how to properly test the equipment at Medical Equipment Repair Center on July 14, 2022, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Meeker continued his immersion tour at the medical center to get a better understanding by talking to Airmen and leadership.

BAGHDAD - Capt. Ernest Dorema, an officer in charge of the emergency room at the 28th Combat Support Hospital and Palm Beach, Fla. native, shows Sinna Abdul Azeez, an anesthesiologist with Yarmouk Hospital how to use a Combat Application Tourniquet on the leg of a mock casualty April 7 during a simulated injury exercise as a part of Operation Medical Alliance held on Sather Air Base here, April 7. Sinna and several other doctors from Yarmouk hospital visited 28th CSH for the first time to view in person the standard operating procedures of the hospital.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 13, 2022) - Cmdr. Jeffrey Carness, from Abilene, Texas, left, conducts Point of Care Ultrasound Training for local medical professionals 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 Senior Airman Mac McGlasson, 81st Medical Group medical technician, takes a patients blood pressure in an ambulance at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Aug. 30, 2022. The primary mission of the 81st MDG is to maintain medical readiness for worldwide contingencies by providing health care for more than 22,000 enrollees, including almost 4,500 active-duty members.

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.

U.S. Army Spc. Joanna Rodriguez, an optician with the Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity, quality checks eyewear with a lensometer during Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) 2022 at Wise, Va., Aug. 17, 2022. IRT is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities.

U.S. service members with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022 meet with Hospital Escuela leaders to express appreciation of their support of HEART 22 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 22, 2022. As a part of HEART 22, U.S. Air Force and Army medical professionals are paired with Hospital Escuela and Hospital San Felipe medical teams for four weeks to enhance each others capabilities.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Keily E. Couture, an optometrist for the 319th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, conducts a vision exam on her patient, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Phyllis Jimenez, a public affairs specialist of the 319th Reconnaissance Wing, Jan. 13, 2023, at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. In this exam, the patient is being evaluated for their prescription to be fine-tuned.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 28, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Aldrin Elgincolin, from Union City, California and assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), checks in a patient 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.

110826-F-CF975-046PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Aug. 26, 2011) Capt. David Weiss, commanding officer of the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), explains to distinguished visitors the functions of a CT scan during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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.

U.S. service members conduct medical training during a Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise at Fort Hood , TX on June 6th, 2022. The training was accomplished from 6-10th June 2022 at the Fort Hood Medical Training Simulation Center for all graduating Tri-Service Emergency and Family Medicine residents and multiple medical occupational specialists within Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, U.S. Army Regional Health Command-Central, U.S. Army Medical Command, and III Armored Corps.

Maxanne Groven, center, 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron Core-Chemistry supervisor, and Tech Sgt. Jamie Gutierrez, right, 59th MDTS chemistry lab noncommissioned officer in charge, mentors Airman 1st Class Morgan Smith, left, 59th MDTS lab technician apprentice, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 19, 2022. Groven is an MHS-GENESIS super user and, according to her supervisor, does not hesitate to help others navigate the new system, assist patients, or support medical laboratory apprentices.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Maurice Williams, right, command chief, Air National Guard, files medical paperwork with Capt. Casey Hudson at the medical group information and check-in desk, Oct. 15, 2022, in Springfield, Ohio. Williams took the opportunity during his tour of the medical group to receive his annual influenza vaccination, a yearly requirement for all members of the U.S. military.

221031-N-DF135-1022 PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 31, 2022) - Chief Hospital Corpsman Shawn Burnette, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, explains to the capabilities of the equipment used to perform endoscopies, to members from the Japan-Guatemala Friendship Hospital aboard to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), Oct. 31, 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.

Fire inspectors assigned to the 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron visit the 23rd Medical Group during Fire Prevention Week at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Oct. 14, 2022. The Fire Prevention team visited offices around base spreading fire prevention awareness. This years theme is Fire wont wait. Plan your escape. which reinforces the critical importance of developing a home escape plan with all members of the household and practicing it regularly. In addition, this October represents the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week, the nations longest-running public health observance on record.

Esther Lam, an epidemiologist with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) discusses procedures of the COVID-19 mapping mission with Washington Army National Guard 1st Lt. Jack Eisaman, a physician's assistant, May 15, 2020 at the DOH offices at Tumwater, Wash. The Washington National Guard is supporting the DOH to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as Washington prepares to move to re-opening parts of the state. (National Guard

Two technicians simulate the process of drawing blood from a patient in the lab secretion of one of the new modular, hard-walled, expandable buildings, as the 656th Tactical Hospital evaluates its new mobile hospital unit. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

NEW YORK (April 21, 2020) Lt. Cmdr. Tida Lee, left, confers with Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jeremy Parr regarding a patient's cultured results in the microbiology lab aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with Javits New York Medical Station as an integrated system to relieve the New York City medical system, in support of U.S. Northern Command's Defense Support of Civil Authorities as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Theodies Scott, Otolaryngology Technologist program student, checks the ear canal of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kirsten Havens, Otolaryngology Technologist student, during an earmold impression class at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 14, 2024. The METC Otolaryngology Technologist program provides simulated and live training in all aspects of otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat), and/or audiology services, to include invasive and non-invasive otolaryngology, procedures and diagnostic audiology services. Air Force

110818-N-NY820-260PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Aug. 18, 2011) Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Mickel examines a patient at the Killick Haitian Coast Guard Base surgical screening site during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

NEW YORK CITY (April 6, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Damion Booth sanitizes a surface in the pharmacy aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) while the ship is in New York City in support of the nations COVID-19 response efforts. Comfort serves as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore-based hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. One of the Department of Defense's missions is Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DoD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, as well as state, local and public health authorities in helping protect the health and safety of the American people.

Technical Sgt. Amanda Lambert, Cardio Pulmonary Technician, 119th Medical Group, consults with a patient in Lihue, Hawai'i, on June 15 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.

Dr. Sudi Moein, a cervical cancer researcher with Moein Health, describes a cervical cancer screening kit to members of Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) 2022 at Wise, Va., Aug. 20, 2022. IRT is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities.

Capt. Dominic Rentz, 15th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron optometrist, operates a phoropter during an eye exam at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 19, 2022. Eye exams help document the eyes by recording the health and changes throughout the years.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 13, 2022) - Capt. Danielle Taysom, from San Diego, conducts Point of Care Ultrasound Training for local medical professionals 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.

Medical personnel from Naval Base San Diegos (NBSD) Branch Medical Clinic are supporting fleet units by hosting a flu shot exercise (SHOTEX) at NBSDs base theater, Dec. 7-8, 2022. Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Abigail Varela, from NBSD Branch Dental Clinic, administers vaccines during the SHOTEX. 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.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kevin Craig, 325th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron physical therapy technician, demonstrates wrapping a sprained ankle at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 26, 2022. Tyndalls physical therapy office recently opened its doors to walk-in patients on Mondays from 8:20 a.m. to 11 a.m.

U.S. Army Pfc. Thornton takes the blood pressure of a local farmer during medical operations in Hor Al Bosh, Iraq, July 15, 2007. Thornton is a medic with the 115th Brigade Support Battalion out of Camp Taji.

Department of Nutritional Medicine staff members serve customers during lunch at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sep. 14, 2022. The Department of Nutritional Medicine feeds 150-200 patients per day via Patient Room Service while also serving roughly 2,000 staff members, visitors and military members at the Main Dining and Grab NGo facilities.

Department of Nutritional Medicine staff members serve customers during lunch at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sep. 14, 2022. The Department of Nutritional Medicine feeds 150-200 patients per day via Patient Room Service while also serving roughly 2,000 staff members, visitors and military members at the Main Dining and Grab NGo facilities.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Alice-Anne Alcorn, from McKinney, Texas, right, and Capt. Fujisawa Hiroaki, a dentist with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, demonstrate proper oral hygiene to local children at Maranatha Hall 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.

240221-N-VJ326-1281 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 21, 2024) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Janessa BennettAndrews, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, left, treats Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 2nd Class Nikita Turner, from Glasgow, Montana, for simulated injuries during a Medical Training Team mass casualty drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Feb. 21. Tripoli is an America-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. Navy

A resident of the Virginia Veterans Care Center listens to U.S. Navy Band country/bluegrass ensemble Country Current during the band's 2022 national tour.

The Blanchfield Army Community Hospital(BACH) recently hosted Michael Stephens, Dean of Lincoln Memorial University's School of Medical Sciences; Matthew Huff, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine's Associate DIO and Director of Post-Graduate Affairs; Christopher King, Vanderbilt University's Health Professions Advisor; and Soldiers with the 2nd Medical Recruiting Battalion out of Redstone Arsenal, as part of 2nd Medical Recruiting Battalion mission to highlight opportunities in the U.S. Military for future healthcare providers. The group toured clinics at BACH on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to show the diversity of healthcare opportunities and how medical students can benefit from military service.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kyree Honore, 509th Medical Group, Optometry Technician conducts an eye exam for an Airman at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, October 5, 2022. Optometry works to provide eye care to Airmen that ensures they have optimal vision, remaining mission ready.

Brig. Gen. Leigh Swanson, Air Mobility Command command surgeon, visits dental during a base visit at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Feb. 12, 2024. During the visit, Swanson and Chief Master Sgt. Daneen Jeziorske, AMC medical enlisted force, had the opportunity to learn about the 19th MDGs daily operations and engage with numerous Airmen across various career fields that contribute to preparing and maintaining medical readiness. Air Force

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Dec. 15, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Karsten Foster, left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Hannah May unload a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines into a freezer at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Dec. 15, 2020. Vaccinations for the healthcare staff will begin Dec. 16. NMC Portsmouth is one of the first military treatment facilities in the Department of Defense to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Following a Fort Campbell town hall February 7, 2024, Blanchfield Army Community Hospitals Armed Forces Wellness Center, Education and Staff Development, and Managed Care teams shared information about their services and how they can assist community members with their medical needs.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kimberly Mueller, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs command information lead, tightly squeezes a foam ball to promote blood flow while donating at the Blood Donation Center on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 9, 2022. The BDCs mission is to support the Armed Services Blood Program by collecting, processing, storing, distributing and transfusing blood worldwide in times of peace and war.

Sarah Hawkins, registered polysomnographic technologist, prepares patient Airman 1st Class Austin Starks, 59th Medical Specialty Squadron health service management journeyman, for a sleep study at the San Antonio Market Sleep Disorders Center at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 31, 2022. A team of military and civilian researchers has identified a new sleep disorder thats been disrupting the lives of trauma survivors for decades, if not centuries. While there have been related studies, this was the largest to date and identifies trauma associated sleep disorder, or TSD, as a distinct sleep-related disorder or parasomnia.

Sgt. Elisha Alcantar is the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Department of Emergency Operations at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Alcantar, a San Antonio native, has been with Team BAMC since December 2018 and was recently selected to attend the Interservice Physician Assistant Program, which is a 29-month, two phase program that includes 16 months of academics followed by 13 months of hands-on training at a military medical treatment facility.

Maj. Kristin Stanford, 15th Medical Operational Medical Readiness Squadron physical therapist and nutritional medicine, demonstrates a treatment on Tech. Sgt. Caleb Chandler, 15th OMRS physical therapy flight chief, for an injury at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 19, 2022. Stanford followed in her older sisters footsteps by becoming a physical therapist.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer Second Class Michael Vance, behavioral health technician with Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command, Corpus Christi, Texas, participates in suture training during a medical mission at Rhea County Middle School in Evansville, Tenn., 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 Spc. Lisa Dueker examines a child during a cooperative medical engagement in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, June 12, 2007. Dueker is from Charlie Company, 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y.

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Tyler Westbrook, center, from Port Huron, Michigan, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) combat systems department, speaks with Marine veteran Steve Melvin during a visit to the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of a namesake visit, September 1, 2022. Twelve Ford Sailors traveled to Michigan for the ships annual namesake visit to learn about the legacy of former President Gerald R. Ford and connect with local community members in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor and Albion, Michigan.

PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 29, 2022) Medical staff assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), pose for a picture with physicians and translators at the Japan/Guatemala Friendship Hospital Oct. 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. (U.S. Marine video by Sgt. Emily Kirk)

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (August 4, 2022) - U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Victor Kpeyibor, from San Diego, left, demonstrates blood sample procedures aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during a tour for local medical students 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.

AZUA, Dominican Republic (Dec. 3 2022) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brian Gomez, an optician from Houston, Texas, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), scans a patients eyes to fit her for eye glasses at a medical site in Azua, Dominican Republic during Continuing Promise 2022, Dec. 3, 2022. 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.

110708-F-NJ219-072PUERTO QUETZAL, Guatemala (July 8, 2011) Capt. David Weiss, middle right, commanding officer of the medical treatment facility aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), describes the capabilities of a CT scan machine to Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, third from left, and U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Stephen McFarland, second from left, during a tour of the ship. Comfort is deployed as part of Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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.

U.S. Air Force medical personnel unpack supplies needed in support of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 11, 2022. The operation is scheduled for Sept.12-17 and will focus on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges.

Army Sgt 1st Class Jikson Muñoz, Army Animal Care Specialist, checks the heartbeat of Zoey, a family pet, September 14, 2022, in the Veterinary Treatment Facility on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Muñoz is an Army veterinary technician who cares for military working dogs and family pets of past or current service members.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Lindberg, an ophthalmologist assigned to U.S. Army Reserve Medical Command examines a patient 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.

AIR BASE 201, Niger - U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Landon Feltsen, 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Fire and Emergency Services firefighter, gets his blood drawn by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gregory Bradac, 724th EABS Fire and Emergency Services firefighter, at the walking blood bank during an active shooter response exercise at Air Base 201, Niger, Oct. 25, 2022. A walking blood bank describes a setting where fresh whole blood is drawn from a pre-tested walking donor pool for immediate use in bleeding casualties.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jennifer Lopez, 17th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron public health technician, stands by the public health sign at the Ross Clinic, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Sept. 29, 2022. The 17th OMRS is in charge of food inspections, hearing tests, and analyzing disease trends to ensure the health of all members of the 17th Training Wing.

230201-N-XG173-1522 Naval Base San Diego (Feb. 2, 2023) A Sailor on board Naval Base San Diego donates blood during a blood drive at Waterfront Recreation Center. The drive was held by Naval Medical Center San Diego and the Armed Services Blood Program who provide blood products for service members, veterans and their families in both peace and war.

Spc. Chy Lee Ethridge, a pharmacy technician at Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center, prepares medication requests at the Main Pharmacy for TRICARE beneficiaries on Fort Meade, Maryland, Feb. 12. (Defense Health Agency

Following a Fort Campbell town hall February 7, 2024, Blanchfield Army Community Hospitals Armed Forces Wellness Center, Education and Staff Development, and Managed Care teams shared information about their services and how they can assist community members with their medical needs.

Texas Army National Guard Colonel Peter Coldwell, the State Surgeon of the Texas Military Department, demonstrates how to properly administer an IgG/IgM antibody test to screen for COVID-19. The Texas Military Department has implemented broad testing of its personnel using the IgG/IgM finger stick tests in order to maximize force health protection, and to ensure that the Department is playing its role in curtailing the spread of COVID-19 in Texas.

A patient is carried through a Kazakhstan Army operating room during exercise Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ), Wednesday 13 September 2000. The patient is being treated for dehydration. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special .... Complete Scene Caption: A patient is carried through a Kazakhstan Army operating room during exercise Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ), Wednesday 13 September 2000. The patient is being treated for dehydration. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi

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A Michigan Army National Guard medic assigned with the Michigan National Guards COVID-19 Vaccination Testing Team (CVTT) Task Force Spartan gives a final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a Michigan State Police (MSP) trooper at their headquarters in Dimondale, Michigan, March 4, 2021. The Michigan National Guards CVTT was requested by the MSP to provide vaccines for their employees. The MING has augmented with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to support local health care organizations, as requested, in the administration of the vaccine to Michiganders.

Dr. Osmin Tovar, left, director of Hospital Escuela, gives a gift from the hospital to U.S. Army Col. Phillip Brown Jr., commander of Joint Task Force-Bravo, during the closing ceremony for the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022 in Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Aug. 11, 2022. The HEART 22 team supported approximately 750 patients during the four weeks spent in Honduras.

Tropic Care Innovative Readiness Training 2022 optometry personnel take optometry measurements from a patient in Lihue, Hawai'i, on June 15 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.

Lt. Col. Dan Tzizik, the medical officer in charge from the New Hampshire Army National Guard Medical Detachment, screens Tara Parker Dorler, a local daycare provider, during the Cherokee Nation Innovative Readiness Exercise June 5, 2022. Parker Dorler was the first patient at the clinic set up inside the Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah, OK.

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

Dr. Janet Berreman, Kaua'i District Health Officer, welcomes distinguinshed visitors to Tropic Care 2022 in Lihue, Hawai'i, on June 16 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.

221027-N-LZ409-1057 KEKAHA, HI (Oct. 27, 2022) Capt. Brett Stevenson, commanding officer of Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, receives a flu shot from Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jeremy Lee. PMRF is the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.

U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Fountain, with the Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity in Yorktown, Va., uses a manual lensometer at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Kodiak, Alaska, March 5, 2008. Fountain is helping to create 400 pairs of free eyeglasses for patients during Operation Arctic Care 2008, an annual joint-service training event that provides medical, dental, optometry, veterinary and mechanical services to Kodiak.

Students learn about dental appliances and anatomy during classes at the Medical Education and Training Center (METC), Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, October 20, 2022. The METC on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, trains enlisted medical professionals in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. One of METCs 48 programs of instruction is the multi-service Dental Laboratory Technology program in which Army, Navy, and Air Force students learn how to fabricate complete dentures, Removable Partial Dentures (RPD) and treatment appliances, crowns and bridges, metal-ceramic restorations, and dental implants using both analog and digital dental technology processing methods. Graduates of the program wishing to pursue an academic degree can utilize the METC Degree Bridge Program, which applies college credit for military training and work experience.

GIZO, Solomon Islands (Sep. 5, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kai Hampden, from Woodbridge, Virginia, right, teaches sterile IV compounding to a member of the Solomon Islands National Pharmacy Services Division aboard 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. 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.

220623-N-AU520-1154TUY HOA, VIETNAM (June 23, 2022) - Flight Lt. Michael Pichler, a member of the Royal Australian Air Force, talks to students from the Phu Yen Medical College during a health fair 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.

101003-A-0397N-008 Spc. Margie Huelskamp, a medic attached to 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery of the 10th Mountain Divisionís 1st Brigade Combat Team, listens to the heartbeat of a local woman at the Ghormach Clinic during a medical mission on Oct. 2, 2010. Over two days, more than 400 people from throughout the Ghormach District were seen by two medical providers and seven medics from 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael C. May, state command chief, Indiana Air National Guard, donates blood at a drive hosted by the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, Indiana May 15, 2022. The drive, a collaboration between the wing and the American Red Cross, has been conducted quarterly since 2019.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 14, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jameel Alston assists Hospitalman Carlos Hernandez with donning a disposable toxicological agent protective suit during a First Receiver Operations Training (FROT) exercise at Naval Hospital Jacksonville on April 14. Hernandez, a native of Windsor, Colorado, says, This training gives us great experience on how to decontaminate personnel in a real-life situation.” The focus of the rigorous two-day FROT training is saving patients’ lives.

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 Kaneohe Bay 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.

The 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron pharmacy flight poses for a photo at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 22, 2022. Pharmacy technicians provide counseling for about 5,500 prescribed medications weekly.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Sarah Juhaz, 10th Air Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight critical care nurse, explains the functions and capabilities of the Critical Care Air Transport Teams portable ultrasound to delegates from the Czech Republic during U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africas European-African Military Nursing Exchange conference at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 10, 2022. The EAMNE targets the formation of partnerships and fosters a sharing culture among partners and Allies.

Samuel Thomas, age 4, gets his COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, becoming the first kid under the age of 5 to get vaccinated against COVID at Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River. As the son of, Capt. David Thomas, the clinic's commanding officer, he wanted to lead by example and show other kids that there's nothing to be scared of.

Senior Airman Joseph Vargas, a pharmacy technician with the 779th Medical Support Squadron, uses the Virtual Iraq program at Malcolm Grow Medical Center's Virtually Better training site on Andrews Air Force Base, Md. on June 25, 2009. The 79th Medical Wing is one of eight wings to use this new technology to treat patients suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

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