Tripler Army Medical Center's Col. Bruce Ong visits Hawaii Tokai International College

Aug. 16, 2022

Tripler Army Medical Center's Col. Bruce Ong visits Hawaii Tokai International College

Tripler Army Medical Center — Tripler Army Medical Center's Col. Bruce Ong visits Hawaii Tokai International College

Medical Airmen put on their protective gear during a decontamination exercise June 23 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The chemical/biological exercise was part of required deployment training for Airmen medics. More than 60 completed the three-day training course. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Aug. 12, 2022

Washing away: medical decontamination training

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — More than 60 active duty, reservists and guardsmen medics received critical chemical/biological deployment training here June 21-26.

*TRAINING*TRAINING*TRAINING* Hospital Corpsman Third Class Nathan Zachreaus makes an incision on a mannequin as part of establishing an airway via cricothyroidotomy during a training event held August 4 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Zachreaus and other sailors assigned to Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point conducted the practical exercise as students in Tactical Combat Casualty Care, a course designed to sharpen their battlefield medicine skills.

Aug. 12, 2022

Cherry Point Sailors Sharpen Battlefield Medicine Skills

MCAS Cherry Point — Sailors serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, refined their battlefield medicine skills the first week of August.

BJACH Rehab Department welcomes Red Cross summer volunteer

Aug. 11, 2022

BJACH Rehab Department welcomes Red Cross summer volunteer

FORT POLK, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital Rehabilitation Department welcomed a new American Red Cross volunteer this summer. Christina McDonald, a member of the Crimson Tide Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Battalion and a kinesiology major from the University of Alabama, spent two weeks shadowing the physical therapists at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

three women patient advocates who are a part of the sexual harassment/assault response and prevention program

Aug. 10, 2022

New Army policy better enables victims to report sexual assault

FORT CAMPBELL, KY — A new policy recently implemented by the Army is designed to help remove possible barriers that may prevent Soldiers from reporting sexual assault. Army Directive 2022-10, Safe-to-Report for Victims of Sexual Assault, provides sexual assault victims certain protections from disciplinary action for minor collateral misconduct that may be associated with the sexual assault incident.

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Aug. 9, 2022

Leadership changes hands at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville, Naval Hospital Jacksonville, and Jacksonville Market

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Capt. Teresa Allen turned over leadership of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Jacksonville, Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, and the Jacksonville Market to Capt. Sharon House during a ceremony at the hospital on August 5.

Servicewoman hugs her child

Aug. 9, 2022

Retiring From National Guard or Reserve? Know Your TRICARE Options

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Are you thinking about retiring from the National Guard or Reserve? Retirement benefits depend on your age and service time.

SOTD hosts BJACH Psychologist discussion of purpose

Aug. 8, 2022

SOTD hosts BJACH Psychologist discussion of purpose

FORT POLK, La. — Dr. Vincent Escandell, PhD, clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist from Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, taught purpose, focus and gratitude Aug. 4 to the Special Operations Training Detachment at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Mark Starnes, emergency manager for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune monitors weather radars for the Camp Lejeune area. Part of the responsibility of the Emergency Management Department is to monitor weather conditions which could hinder safety and operations of the Medical Center.

Aug. 5, 2022

We are NMCCL: Emergency Management Department – Keeping us safe

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Emergency Management Department is ready to respond to an emergency 24 hours a day. How do they stay prepared? Planning and preparing is their answer. The goal of the department is to provide a safe environment for the Medical Center’s approximately 2,500 employees while maintaining 24-hour care for 48,000 beneficiaries.

CNTP Graduation

Aug. 5, 2022

Clinical Nurses Transition Program Graduation Ceremony

Tripler Army Medical Center — Clinical Nurses Transition Program Graduation Ceremony

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