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.
Musculoskeletal Integrated Practice Unit

Aug. 16, 2022

Walk-in clinic aids service members with musculoskeletal injuries

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The Brooke Army Medical Center Musculoskeletal Integrated Practice Unit, located in the Capt.

Woman works on her laptop

Aug. 16, 2022

What to Expect if You Need to File a TRICARE Pharmacy Claim

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — When you use the TRICARE Pharmacy Program benefit, you may wonder if you must file claims for reimbursement for prescription drugs. Here’s an overview of when and how to successfully file pharmacy claims.

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.

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