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.
Our military hospital remains open and we’re continuing to provide healthcare services. Scheduled appointments and procedures are proceeding as planned, and new appointments continue to be booked. For the latest information regarding TRICARE benefits during this period, please visit www.tricare.mil/shutdown

Please be assured, our commitment to providing exceptional care to you remains our highest priority.
There was a party recently during Blanchfield Army Community Hospital’s breastfeeding support group, Mom & Me. BACH outpatient certified lactation consultant Audrey Sundbye and Women’s Health Clinic nurse Gimmena Doolittle had a framed certificate and a graduation cap for one young member. Group moms and babies gathered round in support and a dinosaur birthday cake was nearby. Group participant U.S. Army Spc. Jacqueline Kerchner’s son turned 1-year old and reached the 12-month milestone for breast feeding.

April 17, 2023

BACH Mom & Me provides specialized support to military families

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky — There was a party recently during Blanchfield Army Community Hospital’s breastfeeding support group, Mom & Me. BACH outpatient certified lactation consultant Audrey Sundbye and Women’s Health Clinic nurse Gimmena Doolittle had a framed certificate and a graduation cap for one young member. Group moms and babies gathered round in support and a dinosaur birthday cake was nearby. Group participant U.S. Army Spc. Jacqueline Kerchner’s son turned 1-year old and reached the 12-month milestone for breast feeding.

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital is the latest military treatment facility in the Military Health System to join the Defense Health Agency’s Joint Tele-Critical Care Network. The JTCCN virtually integrates 24/7 access to highly skilled critical care physicians, or intensivists, from DHA medical centers, or “hubs”, like Naval Medical Center San Diego and Brook Army Medical Center, with “satellite” intensive care units at nearly 20 military treatment facilities worldwide.

April 17, 2023

BACH ICU joins DHA’s Joint Tele-Critical Care Network

Fort Campbell, Kentucky — Blanchfield Army Community Hospital is the latest military treatment facility in the Military Health System to join the Defense Health Agency’s Joint Tele-Critical Care Network. The JTCCN virtually integrates 24/7 access to highly skilled critical care physicians, or intensivists, from DHA medical centers, or “hubs”, like Naval Medical Center San Diego and Brook Army Medical Center, with “satellite” intensive care units at nearly 20 military treatment facilities worldwide.

WRNMMC Organ Transplant Team group photo

April 17, 2023

Donate Life Month: WRNMMC at the Forefront in Kidney Transplant

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) is at the forefront of organ transplant services in the Department of Defense (DOD) and is the only DOD military treatment facility (MTF) to perform kidney transplants.

City-wide exercise tests BAMC’s response capabilities

April 17, 2023

City-wide exercise tests BAMC’s response capabilities

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Brooke Army Medical Center participated in a large-scale, city-wide mass casualty exercise April

A participant in Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's 13th Annual Research Symposium meets with judges to discuss the research behind the poster presentation for their research. This year's symposium featured 73 submissions from NMCCL, 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Dental Battalion, Marine Raider Battalion, Campbell University, Duke University and Cape Fear Valley Health. Research submissions included poster and podium presentations with awards presented in various categories.

April 17, 2023

More than 70 entries in Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's 13th Annual Research Symposium

MARINE CORPS CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune hosted the 13th Annual Research Symposium on April 13, 2023. This year’s entries more than doubled the 2022 entry numbers.

Courtesy photo of Stephanie Essomba after graduating basic military training with her mother and sister. (Courtesy photo)

April 14, 2023

59MDW: An Airman who wants to make a difference through international relations

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — It was a beautiful, breezy afternoon with the sun high in the sky. Stephanie Essomba was about 15 years old in Yaoundé, Cameroon in Central Africa, walking in the city with her mother. The roadside was bustling with restaurants and traffic from nearby businesses and embassies when a car she’d never seen before drove past them. The license plate was different. It had a flag hanging on the front. Essomba asked her mom “Why is that car so different?” and she responded “It’s a diplomat’s car.” In that moment, the desire to become “that person” was triggered. Airman 1st Class Stephanie Essomba, a dental laboratory technician at the 59th Dental Support Squadron, began learning about policy processes, decision making and the impact those policies could have on people’s lives and fell in love with it.

Students of the American Red Cross Dental Assistant training program stand with their certificates of completion during the program’s graduation ceremony at the Sportsman Lounge on Fort Drum, N.Y., April 6, 2023.

April 14, 2023

Fort Drum Dental Activity celebrates Red Cross dental assistant graduates

FORT DRUM, New York — The Fort Drum Dental Health Activity celebrated the accomplishments and hard work of seven dental assistant students during a graduation ceremony at the Sportsman Lounge on Fort Drum, New York, April 6, 2023.

National Biomechanics Day

April 14, 2023

BAMC showcases achievements, innovations in biomechanics

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The Center for the Intrepid, at Brooke Army Medical Center hosted its second annual event to

BAMC bids farewell to Reynolds, welcomes Dobbins during change of responsibility

April 14, 2023

BAMC bids farewell to Reynolds, welcomes Dobbins during change of responsibility

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FOR SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Brooke Army Medical Center recognized two senior enlisted leaders during a change of responsibility

mental health services for Military Spouses

April 14, 2023

NSU Nursing Students share resources, dispel prejudice of seeking mental health services for Military Spouses

FORT POLK, La. — Northwestern State University nursing students conducted a service-learning presentation about the reluctance of military spouses seeking mental health assistance April 12 at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

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