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.
68D Operating Room Specialist PHASE II Graduation Class 050-22

Oct. 12, 2022

68D Operating Room Specialist PHASE II Graduation Class 050-22

Tripler Army Medical Center — 68D Operating Room Specialist PHASE II Graduation Class 050-22

PHARMACY SAFETY STAND DOWN OCTOBER 13-14

Oct. 8, 2022

PHARMACY SAFETY STAND DOWN OCTOBER 13-14

Fort Rucker Army Base, AL — Pharmacy will be closed to beneficiaries to allow staff to clear all backlogs and reset for improved workflows and processes starting Oct 17. OCTOBER 11-12: Reduced services, new prescriptions drop offs will not be available. OCTOBER 17: ** NEW** Drop Off Forms no longer required. Same day service implemented! OCTOBER 17-21: Increased wait times initially but will return to normal.

Graphic w/information on Flu SHOTX

Oct. 7, 2022

NHC Pax River to host flu shot clinic for active duty, beneficiaries

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River will be hosting a Flu SHOTX at the Drill Hall on Friday, Nov. 4, and Monday, Nov. 7, from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. for all Active Duty Service Members and beneficiaries ages 18-64. The bivalent COVID-19 booster will also be available.

Dr. Dominick DePhilippis, a clinical psychologist who serves as the VA deputy national mental health director for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in New Jersey, used brain scans to explain the time challenge in recovery from substance use disorder, during the Sixth Annual Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Symposium, hosted by the National Capital Region Pain Initiative (NCRPI) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Sept. 21.

Oct. 7, 2022

Suicide prevention, treatment top discussion during Substance Use Disorder Symposium

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — Preventing suicides and treatment of people with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) top discussion during the Annual Substance Use Disorder Symposium, hosted by the National Capital Region Pain Initiative (NCRPI) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Sept. 21. The symposium, in its sixth year, virtually brought together clinicians, researchers and other health-care practitioners from around the globe to present their work focused on identifying, preventing and treating SUDs.

CRDAMC PAO

Oct. 6, 2022

Newest physician assistants graduate CRDAMC Interservice Physician Assistant Program

Fort Hood, Texas — First Lieutenants Aunjaneice Thomas and Kassandra Beltz, Texas Army National Guard, and Krishna Shrestha are the Army’s latest physician assistants to graduate from the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Interservice Physician Assistant Program during a ceremony held here, Sept. 30.

A woman holds her baby while working on a laptop

Oct. 6, 2022

Five Reasons to Switch to TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Want your prescriptions delivered to your front door? TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery through Express Scripts can help. Take a minute to see how getting your prescription drugs delivered may be right for you.

Col. Kara-Marie Delaney

Oct. 6, 2022

Promotion ceremony for Col. Kara-Marie Delaney

Tripler Army Medical Center — Promotion ceremony for Col. Kara-Marie Delaney

Fire Prevention

Oct. 5, 2022

2022 Fire Prevention Campaign

Tripler Army Medical Center — “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape; 2022 Fire Prevention campaign. TAMC’s Safety Team and Tripler’s Federal Fire Department work together to educate beneficiaries & staff with what to do and where to go if there is a fire.

Trish Shepard, licensed clinical social work with child, adolescent and family behavioral health services at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital.

Oct. 5, 2022

BJACH Wraps-up Suicide Awareness Month with Open House

FORT POLK, La. — The Behavioral Health Department at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, embedded behavioral health clinic hosted an open houses Sept. 28 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Memorial that honors the sacrifices of Navy Corpsmen to be unveiled

Oct. 5, 2022

Memorial that honors the sacrifices of Navy Corpsmen to be unveiled

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina — On October 12, 2022, the Corpsmen Memorial will be dedicated in a formal ceremony. The journey to bring the memorial to Jacksonville has been several decades in the making.

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