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Attention TRICARE beneficiaries!  
You may experience busy signals when calling the military pharmacy prescription refill interactive voice response system – or prescription refill line – Jan. 26 to Feb. 5, 2026, as the system is updated.  
Each military pharmacy’s prescription refill line may be unavailable for about two hours. If you call the prescription refill line at this time, you will hear a busy signal. Please wait and call back to complete your refill later.  
You may still use the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal to refill your prescriptions.  
You may report issues to the DHA Global Service Center by calling 800-600-9332. 
News | Nov. 16, 2022

Wounded Marine finishes 205-mile walk to the CFI on Veterans Day

By Lori Newman

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –    A wounded warrior walked 205 miles in 11 days carrying a 50-pound rucksack to show his support for other wounded service members.

Retired Marine Cpl. Nick Perales, an amputee who recovered at Brooke Army Medical Center, walked from his home in Houston, to the Center for the Intrepid, arriving on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

In February 2011, Perales, a scout sniper, lost his leg and suffered other injuries after stepping on an improvised explosive device while deployed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. After his injuries, he said he felt “helpless and hopeless.”

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News | Nov. 16, 2022

Wounded Marine finishes 205-mile walk to the CFI on Veterans Day

By Lori Newman

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –    A wounded warrior walked 205 miles in 11 days carrying a 50-pound rucksack to show his support for other wounded service members.

Retired Marine Cpl. Nick Perales, an amputee who recovered at Brooke Army Medical Center, walked from his home in Houston, to the Center for the Intrepid, arriving on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

In February 2011, Perales, a scout sniper, lost his leg and suffered other injuries after stepping on an improvised explosive device while deployed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. After his injuries, he said he felt “helpless and hopeless.”

Full Story
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