Military Medical Training Sessions

Images of military personnel engaged in medical training and discussions. The scenes are serious, showing teamwork in medical environments, with various uniforms and equipment.

Soldiers from the 921st Field Hospital (FH) from Bell, Calif. and 1979th Forward Surgical Resusitive Detachment (FRSD) from Little Rock, Arkansas, conduct TeamSTEPPS training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota on April 8-10, 2022. TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based set of teamwork tools, aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. The skills are taught through lectures and hands-on practice to improve through practical exercise.It's utilizing tools that we can communicate, doesn't matter what unit you are, where you're coming from, we can all fall in together and utilize these same tools to communicate effectively, said Capt. Manuel Warrior, 1979th Forward Surgical Resusitive Detachment nurse anesthetist. The Mayo Clinic helps train Army medical professionals on TeamSTEPPS, the skills are taught through lectures and hands-on practice through practical exercises.Pfc. John Rodriguez, a 921st Field Hospital comb

Hawaii State Representative James Kunane Tokioka meets with the Tropic Care leadership team during a site visit to the Kauai Community College Tropic Care site. Rep. Tokioka is a long time supporter of Tropic Care and its mission. He is a fantastic community partner, assisting with community engagement and enriching relationships with the people of Kauai.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 1, 2022) - Ensign Hayley Wood, from Toronto, Canada, right, discusses the medical capabilities at Rove Medical Clinic with Capt. Hank Kim, Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) mission commander during 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. 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. 1, 2022) - Ensign Hayley Wood, from Toronto, Canada, right, discusses the medical capabilities at Rove Medical Clinic with Capt. Hank Kim, Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) mission commander during 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. 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.

Healthcare Providers with Blanchfield Army Community Hospital conducted Pediatric Safety Stand Down training October 25, 2022. The training served as a refresher on common issues that may arise when taking care of our younger patients.

(left to right) U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the Aerospace Medical Squadron, discusses her work at the medical clinic with Brig. Gen. Robert Bogart, Air Combat Command Command surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Kimberly Green, Air Combat Command medical enlisted force chief, during their tour at 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.

Hawaii State Representative James Kunane Tokioka meets with the Tropic Care medical teams during a site visit to the Kauai Community College Tropic Care site. Rep. Tokioka is a long time supporter of Tropic Care and its mission. He is a fantastic community partner, assisting with community engagement and enriching relationships with the people of Kauai.

Soldiers from the 921st Field Hospital (FH) from Bell, Calif. and 1979th Forward Surgical Resusitive Detachment (FRSD) from Little Rock, Arkansas, conduct TeamSTEPPS training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota on April 8-10, 2022. TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based set of teamwork tools, aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. The skills are taught through lectures and hands-on practice to improve through practical exercise.It's utilizing tools that we can communicate, doesn't matter what unit you are, where you're coming from, we can all fall in together and utilize these same tools to communicate effectively, said Capt. Manuel Warrior, 1979th Forward Surgical Resusitive Detachment nurse anesthetist. The Mayo Clinic helps train Army medical professionals on TeamSTEPPS, the skills are taught through lectures and hands-on practice through practical exercises.Pfc. John Rodriguez, a 921st Field Hospital comb

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 6, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Halene Russell, from Kansas City, Missouri, guides local pharmacists and pharmacist assistants on 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.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cody Ballinger, 23rd Medical Group technician, administers the influenza vaccine to an Airman at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Nov. 15, 2022. The 23rd MDG hosted a mass vaccination campaign in hopes to have 90 percent of the base vaccinated by Dec. 15, 2022.

Soldiers from the 921st Field Hospital (FH) from Bell, Calif. and 1979th Forward Surgical Resusitive Detachment (FRSD) from Little Rock, Arkansas, conduct TeamSTEPPS training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota on April 8-10, 2022. TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based set of teamwork tools, aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. The skills are taught through lectures and hands-on practice to improve through practical exercise.It's utilizing tools that we can communicate, doesn't matter what unit you are, where you're coming from, we can all fall in together and utilize these same tools to communicate effectively, said Capt. Manuel Warrior, 1979th Forward Surgical Resusitive Detachment nurse anesthetist. The Mayo Clinic helps train Army medical professionals on TeamSTEPPS, the skills are taught through lectures and hands-on practice through practical exercises.Pfc. John Rodriguez, a 921st Field Hospital comb

GIZO, Solomon Islands (Sep. 2, 2022) Lt. Danielle Cox, from St. Louis, Missouri, right, gives training to local nurses with the Gizo Medical Hospital about helping babies breathe 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.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (August 4, 2022) - Capt. Sharlene Gee, from Irvine, California, left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Borgonia, from Cathedral City, California, test a patients vision during an optometry examination in support of a barangay 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.

Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, left, surgeon general of the Army and MEDCOM commanding general, and MEDCOM Command Sgt. Maj. Diamond D. Hough, right, get a tour of the SHAPE Dental Clinic from Maj. Autumn L. Becker, second from left, commander of SHAPE Dental Clinic; Staff Sgt. Yang Z. Bautista, center, dental assistant; and Maj. Daniel D. Becker, second from right, dentist at SHAPE Healthcare Facility, April 20, 2022 in Casteau, Belgium.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Susan Hillhouse, member of the 908th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, administers an influenza vaccine Nov. 5 at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. This event was part of a two-day mass influenza vaccination center organized by the 908 AES and the 908th Aeromedical Staging Squadron.

MAYPORT, Fla. (May 4, 2022) - Cmdr. Sean Mcgrath, a flight surgeon assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic, examines Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Abigail Carlson at Naval Branch Health Clinic Mayports Readiness Clinic. Mcgrath holds a doctor of medicine from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is a native of Quahog, Rhode Island and says, “Best part of my job is the staff teamwork and helping patients.”

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.

Getting A Grip...Occupational Therapy's Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Joshua Hebert (right) demonstrated to Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ferrell Jenkins (left) the benefits of grip strength with a hand-held dynamometer at Naval Hospital Bremerton's Wellness Fair held to provide a number of knowledgeable resources for staff, patients and visitors, July 22, 2022 (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Paula Eischen, 81st MDG senior enlisted leader, lays in a donation chair at the Blood Donation Center during their open house at 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.

Students receive and review prescription orders during a pharmacy outpatient 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.

New York Army National Guard medics who will be helping with information collection at a drive-thru" coronavirus testing station in Westchester County, receive instruction on how to wear protective clothing from Westchester County health sanitarian Stefan Goreau at the New York State Department of Health officers in New Rochelle, N.Y. on March 14, 2020. New York State is establishing drive-thru testing statons so that people dispatched to get a test by their doctor can do so easily and not contaminate other people. The New York National Guard Soldiers will asisst in data collection at the stations. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has mobilized National Guard Soldiers to assist in administrative tasks as part of the effort to contain the COVID-19 virus.

221031-N-VS068-1052SAN DIEGO (Oct. 31, 2022) - Hospitalman Earl Wilson draws blood during a walking blood bank aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Oct. 31. Walking Blood Banks are held in preparation for an urgent mass casualty. Makin Island is currently homeported in San Diego.

PELELIU, Palau (July 22, 2022) Navy Medicine, Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) and Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) leadership receive a tour of Peleliu Clinics pharmacy during 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.

PHU YEN, Vietnam (June 28, 2022) Capt. Timothy Quast, left, commanding officer of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), left, presents a Pacific Partnership challenge coin to Tran Sang, a Vietnamese orthopedic technician at Phu Yen General hospital, 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.

Staff Sgt. Jaqueline Mbugua and members of the Massachusetts Air National Guards 102nd Medical Group traveled to the Roxy Theater on Joint Base Cape Cod to provide flu shots to Airmen following the resilience tactical pause on Nov. 2, 2019.

Elizabeth Pike, 6th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron ophthalmic technician, consults with U.S. Air Force Col. Catherine Logan, U.S. Central Command manpower and personnel director, during an appointment at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 24, 2024. The 6th OMRS optometry clinic provides services for active-duty members assigned to USCENTCOM, U.S. Special Operations Command, the 6th Air Refueling Wing and other tenant units across the installation.

220427-N-XZ205-2041SAN DIEGO (April 27, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Zanzi Ortiz, a Sailor assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) San Diego, paints a denim patch during a Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) Denim Day event at the hospitals courtyard April 27. Denim Day takes place annually on the last Wednesday of April, and encourages people to wear jeans or other clothing items made of denim as a symbol of protest against sexual assault. 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 Capt. Alexandre Rogan, left, the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022 officer in charge, gives Dr. Carlos Sanchez, middle, director of Hospital Escuela, and Dr. Franklin Gomez, right, director of clinical services for Hospital Escuela, military patches in appreciation for supporting HEART 22 members during a meeting at Hospital Escuela July 22, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 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 Staff Sgt. Jay Griggs (left) assigned to the Aeromedical Staging Squadron and Staff Sgt. Leslie Hamill assigned to the 166th Medical Group both acting medical technician augmentees assist optometry patients with selecting eyeglasses during Operation Empower Health - Savannah at the Garden City Recreational Center, Garden City, Ga., May 10, 2018.

U.S. Army Spc. Naya Beaujuin, dental technician with the 306th Field Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., and joint service members stretch before the work day during a medical mission at Rhea County Middle School in Evansville, Tenn., June 8, 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.

Maj. Chandra Punch (left), chief of Allergy and Immunology Clinic at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), leads a tour of the new Allergy/Immunization Clinic on Oct. 12.

Kuwait Army doctors, Lt. Col. Hussain Al-Saraf, Sgt. Maj. Mona Mubarak Alhajeri, and Sgt. Maj. Najah Zamel Alenezi, receive a tour of the hospital at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Aug. 26, 2022.

TRUJILLO, Honduras (Dec. 9, 2018) Capt. Kevin Buckley, right, commanding officer of the Medical Treatment Facility aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), gives a tour of the ships radiology clinic to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and first lady Ana Rosalinda Garcia Carias de Hernandez. The president and first lady visited Comfort and one of two land-based, medical sites during Comforts five days of medical treatment in Honduras. Comfort is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Commands Enduring Promise initiative. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical team will provide care on board and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in cross-border migrants. The deployment reflects the United States enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer Third Class Jermaine Nivens, optometry technician with Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command, Corpus Christi, Texas, performs an eye exam 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.

Personnel participate in a blood drive July 15, 2022, by the American Red Cross at Fort McCoy, Wis. Dozens of Soldiers and other personnel 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.

221030-N-DF135-1108 PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 30, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jasmine Paul, from Baltimore, Maryland, left, and Chief Hospital Corpsman Erin Best, from Marshfield, Wisconsin, both assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), instruct infant CPR techniques at the Japan/Guatemala Friendship Hospital, Oct. 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.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joeleen Mellars, dental assistant with the 179th Medical Group, Mansfield, Ohio, assists Tech. Sgt. Ginger Johnson, dental assistant with the 110th Medical Group, Battle Creek, Mich., with setting up an examination table 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.

Chaplains at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center bless the hands of nurses and health-care providers during the annual Blessing of the Hands program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center held on May 9.

Army Medical Command East Command Sergeant Major Alexander Poutou, right, speaks with Sgt. Ashtin Josey in the Occupational Health clinic during a visit to Guthrie Ambulatory Health Care Clinic at Fort Drum, New York. Poutou met with leaders and visited members of the Army Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC) Fort Drum and leaders of the 10th Mountain Division.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jennifer Garrett with the Michigan Army National Guard administers a syringe of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a front-line worker at the Michigan State Police Headquarters, Lansing, Michigan, Feb. 1, 2021. Michigan National Guard COVID-19 vaccination testing teams are augmenting with local health care organizations, as requested, in delivering and administering the vaccination to Michiganders.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (August 2, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Hershey, from Salinas, California, assists a Philippine 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.

Capt. Dominic Rentz, 15th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron optometrist, examines the eyes of 1st Lt. Denise Guaio-Corpuz, 15th Wing Public Affairs chief, during a routine eye exam at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 19, 2022. Optometry technicians aid in the diagnosis of eye disorders and help assist Airmen with glasses, while playing an integral part in helping patients with their eye health.

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune corpsmen and staff recognized National Stop The Bleed Day on May 19, 2022. Employees, patients and visitors stopped by the Stop The Bleed booth to learn life-saving techniques such as applying a tourniquet. Stop The Bleed is a national effort to bring knowledge of bleeding control to the public. NMCCL, along with partners such as Onslow County Emergency Medical Services, have helped teach thousands of people in North Carolina to "stop the bleed."

Spc .Megan Boyle cross trains with pharmacy at Karluk, AK clinic. 43 service members with the 204th Medical Company Area Support, mobilized to Alaska in early May to support Arctic Care 2022. Submitted Photo.

U.S. Navy Hospital Apprentice Aliya Smith, pharmacy outpatient student, prepares 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.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholette Drew, 374th Healthcare Operation Squadron immunizations technician, cares for a patient at the 374th Medical Group immunizations clinic at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 9, 2024. MHS GENESIS provides a single health record for service members, veterans, and their families while enhancing health, increasing readiness, and improving safety.

Sgt. Tommy Soudachanh, a medical laboratory technician with 10th Field Hospital, draws Sgt. Taliea Maxwells blood during a Walking Blood Bank prescreening at MWR at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Nov. 19. The prescreening ensures that in the event of a mass casualty, there will be donors readily available and already tested.

From left, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer Second Class Michael Vance, behavioral health technician with Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command, Corpus Christi, Texas, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tola Akomolafe, physical therapist with the 306th Field Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., instruct U.S. Public Health Service Lt. Cmdr. Debra Chen, psychologist with Federal Correctional Institute, Berlin, N.H., on physical therapy treatment during a medical mission at Rhea County Middle School in Evansville, Tenn., June 7, 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.

Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Pavlicek, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit - 3 Detachment director of the microbiology laboratory at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, inspects samples of camel blood collected by the Djiboutian Ministry of Agriculture. These samples are then tested for various pathogens in a collaborative effort to identify any future disease outbreak concerns that could impact Camp Lemonnier. Pavlicek is the sole microbiologist serving at CLDJ and provides critical support to Camp Lemonnier, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti, and U.S. military members across East Africa. She also supports the Djiboutian Ministry of Health.

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.

PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 29, 2022) Lt. Bianca De Leon, a nurse, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), examines a minutes-old new born baby 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 Timothy Maxey, from Pineland, Texas, demonstrates the capabilities of a dry slide chemistry system 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.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Allan Doctor, an international health specialist with U.S. Air Forces in Europe Headquarters, reviews medical documentation forms with Albanian Armed Forces 2nd Lt. Hygerta Ilnica, a land forces medical center doctor, April 5, 2022, at Zall-Herr garrison, Albania. Doctor and Hygerta were reviewing the forms during a workshop to assess AAF combat medic capabilities and to determine future means to increase medical familiarity, interoperability and safety between the U.S. and AAF military personnel. The more than 20 year New Jersey-Albania Partnership is one of 22 European partnerships that make up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 65 worldwide partnerships that make up the National Guard State Partnership Program.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (August 5, 2022) - Lt. Bernadette Vingerhoets, from Hicksville, New York, facilitates a basic obstetrics support skills (BOSS) course at the Palawan Polytechnic College 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.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Michelle Fleurat, emergency room physician from the 349th Medical Squadron, right, assists Suriname Armed Forces Lt. Col. Chevron Terborg, left, Military Hospital director, during a knowledge exchange for the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission at Paramaribo Military Hospital in Suriname, Feb. 22, 2024. Engagements like LAMAT bring U.S. and partner nation medical professionals together to collaborate and hone skills through mutual training and education in support of improving care for patients. Air Force

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) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Eric Callari, from Fort Myers, Florida, right, 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) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Eric Callari, from Fort Myers, Florida, right, 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.

Sgt. 1st Class Brian Tomasek with the West Virginia National Guards Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE), discusses the control application of a Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide (AHP) system as part of a demonstration of its disinfection capabilities at the West Virginia Capitol Complex Charleston, West Virginia, April 29, 2020. The three man team form TF-CRE is teaching employees from the State of West Virginia Department of Administration General Services Division how to use the AHP system to clean rooms and combat the possible spread of the infectious COVID-19 pandemic virus.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 1, 2022) - Capt. Hank Kim, Pacific Partnership 2022 mission commander, right, speaks with local nurses at White River Clinic during 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. 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.

1st Lt. Steven Candeto demonstrates the Obers Test, which evaluates a tight, contracted or inflamed Tensor Fasciae Latae (TFL) and Iliotibial band (ITB) for Christina McDonald, a member of the Crimson Tide Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Battalion and a kinesiology major from the University of Alabama. McDonald spent two weeks shadowing the physical therapists as an American Red Cross volunteer for Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Emily Zywicki (right), 934th Aeromedical Staging Squadron aerospace medical technician, speaks to a nurse on the first day about the hospitals emergency rooms procedures at the Hospital Militar Central in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 6, 2022. Resolute Sentinel 22 is an exercise designed to prepare military medical professionals to deploy and conduct joint operations under austere conditions.

U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Stacey Kinney, 512th Aerospace Medical Squadron optometry specialist, provides prescription eyeglasses to a patient at Regional Hospital Wanica, Wanica District, during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Suriname, Feb. 21, 2024. The LAMAT mission seeks to strengthen U.S. partnerships within Latin America and the Caribbean region by providing relief to overwhelmed medical facilities through collaboration with host nation medical practitioners and respective Ministry of Health officials. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andrew Geringer, 374th Healthcare Operation Squadron immunizations technician, works the front desk of the 374th Medical Group immunizations clinic at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 9, 2024. MHS GENESIS standardizes clinical and business processes across the services and military health system and enables beneficiaries to be fully engaged in their health care.

U.S. Navy Medical Corpsman 1st Class Daniel Doe, 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.

Senior Airman Tabari Matthews, 189th Dental Technician, tends to a recipient of care at a medical site in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, on October 27, 2022, during Continuing Promise 2022. Arkansas Air National Guard members participate in Continuing Promise 2022 to support Guatemala through the U.S. National Guard State Partnership Program, which develops relationships with partner countries while providing support such as medical care and increasing readiness of U.S. and partner forces.

Air Force Master Sgt. Sharmaine Hicks, aerospace medicine flight operations superintendent assigned to the 127th Medical Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., triages an incoming patient at Innovative Readiness Training Appalachian Care 2019, Aug 24, 2019, Wise, Virginia.Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 takes place Aug. 16-29, 2019, to care for the medically underserved communities of Wise, Virginia while simultaneously conducting deployment and readiness training for military personnel. Innovative Readiness Training is the only hands-on training opportunity authorized to operate within the U.S. During Appalachian Care IRT 2019, medical operations will be staged at one physical location at Wise County Fairgrounds. The Appalachian Care IRT 2019 team provides medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care to assist local health and municipal authorities in addressing underserved and unmet community health and civic needs. Units also conduct critical miss

220413-N-XZ205-1005SAN DIEGO (April 13, 2022) Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) San Diegos Emergency Department staff and command leadership pose for a photo during a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ceremony at the hospital April 13. The DAISY Award was given to NMRTC San Diegos Emergency Department staff to express gratitude and provide recognition to healthcare workers who created environments that fostered care, trust, mutual respect and continued professional development while combating the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

Samantha Keen, Pharmacy student at East Tennessee State University, provides opioid overdose and Naloxone education to U.S. service members participating in 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.

221116-N-TR141-1369 CARTAGENA, Colombia (Nov. 16, 2022) Ensign Astrid Pereira, left, from Guayaquil, Ecuador, assigned to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), translates for Rear Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General, Chief Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Force Master Chief Michael J. Roberts, Director of the Hospital Corps, with Colombian Navy Captain John Oswaldo Sanchez Anzola, director of Cartagena Naval Hospital, during Continuing Promise 2022 in Cartagena, Colombia, Nov. 16, 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.

Physician Assistants with Blanchfield Army Community Hospital taught a class on May 11, 2022, covering the decontamination and care of casualties in the event of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosives (CBRNE) incident. Classroom training like this is imperative for Combat Medics and uniformed hospital staff as it prepares them for possible real world incidents.

President Barack Obama greets hospital personnel in the ICU at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012. The President presented ten Purple Hearts, three in the ICU.

Colorado National Guard members of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team member, processes through the decontamination station after performing COVID-19 testing at a state veterans home in Aurora, Colorado, April 29, 2020.At the direction of Governor Jared Polis, the ColoradoCERFP is assisting the state emergency operations center and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment increase testing procedures and enabling state and local officials with an increased capability where needed.

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.

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 12, 2022) Capt. Kim Davis, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diegos commanding officer (center), speaks with NMRTC San Diego Sterile Processing Department Sailors 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.

Tyrone D. McDuffie Jr. hands a doll over to a Soldier during a domestic violence and child abuse awareness training with other Soldiers at the Ronald D. Milam Physical Fitness Center in Fort Bliss, Texas, Sept. 29, 2022. McDuffie taught methods of caring for a fussy infant to include instruction on not resorting to shaking the baby, which may cause brain damage and other injuries, and how to allow the baby to self soothe.

Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Chaplain Kyle Lambertson, right, anoints the hands of Navy Commander Jone Tillman, Pharm D., Director of Clinical Support Services aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, during a Blessing of the Hands ceremony held Wednesday, May 11. The ceremony included prayer and anointing of a caregivers hands with oil.

Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, Air Forces Southern, the Belize Defense Forces, U.S. Southern Command, and the Hon. Kevin Bernard, Belize Minister of Health and Wellness, center, pose for a photo in front of a plaque May 18, 2022 in Orange Walk, Belize. The plaque highlights the school building being constructed by the U.S. military and the Belize military 15 years ago to the day as part of the New Horizons Exercise. The medical team treated more than 1,100 patients at the Carmelita and the Santa Martha Government Schools during a four-day medical outreach event, providing preventative medicine, triage, general doctors, dental, pediatricians, optometry and pharmacy care.

190810-N-XL376-1097 COLÓN, Panama (Aug. 10, 2019) Ens. Deonte Pressley, from Washington D.C., assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), returns a patients salute at a temporary medical treatment site. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems strained by an increase in Venezuelan migrants.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 6, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Marvin Nevale, from Frankston, Texas, right, teaches basic life support to local nurses 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.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (July 29, 2022) - Capt. Hank Kim, Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) mission commander, back center, poses for a photo with a U.S. Navy Sailor and local nurses at the Bayan Health Center during 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.

First Lady Michelle Obama is briefed by Lieutenant Commander Todd Hazlett before meeting with injured service members and their families at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 12, 2010.

111001-F-HF922-042KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Oct. 1, 2011) Hospitalman Francis Colon, assigned to Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan, and deployed supporting Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Khost, checks a girlÕs temperature during an Afghan-led medical screening at a Khost City orphanage. More than 120 orphans were seen by Afghan and PRT medical teams. PRT Khost is a Navy-led team of more than 85 Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen and civilians assisting the Khost provincial government.

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.

NHCL nurse leadership and DAISY Award nurse nominees. (Released/Elaine Heirigs, Naval Health Clinic Lemoore Public Affairs)

Lt. Col. Krista Hutchinson, 2nd Healthcare Operations Squadron commander, introduces the new ScriptCenter kiosk during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the pharmacy at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Sept. 13, 2022. The kiosk provides pharmacy patients with the option to pick up eligible medications in the Base Exchange lobby during BX business hours.

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.

Maj. Gen. Michael C. McCurry, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker commander, and Lt. Col. Garrett Holt, Lyster Army Health Clinic commander, talk with LAHC patients as they wait at the pharmacy area October 7, 2022.

Each year in the United States, more than 12,000 individuals are diagnosed with a disease that requires a bone marrow transplant. Elba Adams is one such candidate who was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), also known as "pre-leukemia." Her best form of treatment is a Blood Stem Cell Transplant. Read more about her story in the photos. Currently, there are no matching donors for Elba. During the bone marrow drive on Sept. 1 at the Navy Exchange, she shared her story and inspired others to join the bone marrow donor registry through a simple cheek swab. YOU could be a match for Elba or one of the other individuals waiting for a match.On Thursday, Sept. 1, Hawaii's Lieutenant Governor Josh Green; Gen. Charles Flynn, Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific, Brig. Gen. Edward Bailey, Commanding General, Regional Health Command-Pacific, Col. Bill Soliz, Commanding Officer, Tripler Army Medical Center; and leadership and staff from the Hawaii Market, Tripler Army Medical Center, Nav

Tripler Army Medical Center Leadership recognized four outstanding Family Medicine Staff Members, Capt. Angadpal S. Batra, Army Commendation Medal; Capt. Megan E. Rogahn, Army Commendation Medal; Ms. Veronica Lanier and Ms. Regina Lopez each received a coin.

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

Army Sgt 1st Class Jikson Muñoz, Army Animal Care Specialist, takes the temperature of a military working dog during an appointment, September 14, 2022, in the Veterinary Treatment Facility on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. The VTF treats all of the military working dogs, all of which must have physical checkups every six months.

Personnel participate in a blood drive July 15, 2022, by the American Red Cross at Fort McCoy, Wis. Dozens of Soldiers and other personnel 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.

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.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Logan Snedegar, medical technician with the 179th Medical Group, Mansfield, Ohio, assists patients with choosing eyeglass frames during a medical mission at Rhea County Middle School in Evansville, Tenn., June 8, 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. Air Force Maj. Nolberto Santos, an aerospace nurse technician with the 156th Medical Group at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, receives the COVID-19 vaccine, Jan. 21, 2021.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2022) - Capt. Sharon House, Naval Hospital Jacksonville director and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville commander, together with the commands Military Health System (MHS) GENESIS team, prepare to cut the ceremonial ribbon for the new electronic health record system MHS GENESIS on September 24 at the hospital. The ribbon cutting recognized the launch of the new electronic health record at the hospital and its Naval Branch Health Clinics Jacksonville, Key West and Mayport.

Members of the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART) 2022 pose with Dr. Israel Rivera, middle, the deputy medical director of Hospital Regional de Occidente, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Aug. 22, 2022. HEART 22 includes surgical teams working alongside partner nation medical professionals to benefit communities in need. The medical assistance operation is the physical representation of partner nations coming together to support each other.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 20, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth Holifield, Naval Hospital Jacksonvilles Assistant Director for Administration, talks with facilities manager Denver Singletary during a site tour. Holifield a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, says, “I contribute to the mission by managing the day-to-day hospital operations so our providers can deliver world-class healthcare to our patients.”

(From Left to Right) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Winter McKinnon, Hospital Corpsman Amanda Rodriguez, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Mark Duong, Cmdr. Jesse Schmidt, Lt. Gennaro Paolella, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ryan Holton and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Bashanda Peay, members of the pharmacy team at Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, are recognized on National Pharmacist Day, Jan. 12, 2024. The team, comprised of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists are responsible for reviewing prescriptions, organizing the pharmacy, delivering and labeling medications, and providing information and advice to patients. They ensure safe medication use, monitor patient history, and stay updated on advancements in medicine.

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