The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
If you have a scheduled appointment or other business at the MTF, please verify with your provider or applicable office within the MTF to ensure there are no changes in schedule. To learn how the lapse in appropriations affects your TRICARE benefit, visit tricare.mil/shutdown.
A military doctor checks a patient's heartbeat with a stethoscope.

May 10, 2023

Key Things To Know About Your TRICARE Primary Care Manager

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — If you’re a new or longtime TRICARE Prime enrollee, you need to know about your primary care manager (PCM). Your PCM is the health care provider you’ll visit for most of your care. Learn about the role your PCM will play in your health care and your options for choosing or changing your PCM.

Navy Chaplain Lieutenant Kyle Lambertson, right, anoints the hands of a caregiver during a Blessing of the Hands ceremony held Tuesday, May 9 aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point. The ceremony, held as part of National Nurses Week, honored Sailors and civilians involved in patient care and administration aboard the facility.

May 10, 2023

Cherry Point Clinic Celebrates Caregivers, Administrators with Blessing of Hands

MCAS Cherry Point — Staff serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point gathered Tuesday, May 9 to celebrate caregivers and administrators aboard the clinic with a Blessing of the Hands Ceremony.

picture of COL Karl Brewer CMO for WAMC

May 9, 2023

U.S. Army Physician in transition looks back

After 26 years in the U.S. Army a key takeaway for Col. (Dr.) Karl Brewer, chief medical officer (CMO) Womack Army Medical Center, is people first.

Ms. Renae Vessov, a registered nurse in Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is presented the National Daisy Award by U.S. Navy Captain Alison Castro (right), Director for Nursing Services during an official ceremony on May, 9, 2023.

May 9, 2023

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune registered nurse receives national Daisy Award

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — On May 9, 2023, as part of Nurses Week celebrations, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune leaders and staff gathered to host a Daisy Award Recognition Ceremony.

People praying with the nurses

May 5, 2023

Womack Army Medical Center kicks off Nurses Month 2023

Womack Army Medical Center held its Blessing of the Hands opening ceremony, May 5. This event marks the beginning of Nurses Month festivities at the hospital. The 2023 theme is “Nurses make a difference, anytime, anywhere, and always.”

Lyster paints Sgt. Ted E. Bear to celebrate Nurses Week

May 5, 2023

Lyster paints Sgt. Ted E. Bear to celebrate Nurses Week

Fort Novosel Army Base, AL — Lyster Army Health Clinic (LAHC) will celebrate its nurses May 6-12 during National Nurses Week. The 2023 Nurses Week theme “Nurses Make a Difference: Anytime, Anywhere – Always” honors the unwavering commitment of DHA nurses to their patients, and the value they provide to the unified health care team in accomplishing their medical readiness mission.

Lyster offers Food Handlers training

May 5, 2023

Lyster offers Food Handlers training

Fort Novosel Army Base, AL — Is your unit or readiness group planning an event serving food? Make sure your Food Handlers Course certificate is up to date. The Food Handlers Course is provided by Lyster Army Health Clinic’s Environmental Health Team.

The Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) team at Walter Reed, a Medical Board Division of Patient Administration (PAD), has consistently ranked high for its accuracy, consistency, and duty performance metrics when audited by, the Physical Disability Board of Review (PDRB), an independent reviewer.

May 4, 2023

Walter Reed’s Integrated Disability Evaluation System Office sets the bar high in DOD

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — The Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) at Walter Reed, a Medical Board Division of Patient Administration (PAD), has consistently ranked high for its accuracy, consistency, and duty performance metrics when audited by an independent reviewer.

CRDAMC PAO

May 3, 2023

CRDAMC Nurse helps save 84-year-old fellow traveler’s life

For her heroics while on vacation, Cene Cleaton, staff nurse, inpatient behavioral health, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, received a commander’s coin from Col. Daniel Moore, commander, April 27. While on a cruise stopover in Mexico earlier this year, Cleaton helped administered lifesaving CPR to 84-year-old Frank McAndrew. McAndrew suffered a cardiac arrest and as a result of her, and fellow travelers, Debra Davis and Garrett Brunson’s first actions, he survived.

CRDAMC PAO

May 3, 2023

Leadership Killeen experiences CRDAMC’s support to the community

Emerging leaders with the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce visited the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center to learn about hospital operations and how it serves the surrounding Central Texas community April 19. The Leadership Killeen group also toured the hospital inpatient and emergency departments to receive an overview of services, capabilities and readiness support to Fort Hood and the surrounding community.

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