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.
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July 21, 2022

San Antonio Market celebrates first anniversary as a unified healthcare system

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The San Antonio Market will celebrate its one-year anniversary as a unified military healthcare

Eight Soldiers compete in the Fort Meade MEDDAC 3rd Quarter Best Leader Competition July 5-8.

July 20, 2022

Fort Meade MEDDAC Names 3rd Quarter Best Leaders

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. — Cpl. Thalia Hernandez, Fort Meade Medical Company at Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center, and Spc. Raymond Torrisi, Andrew Rader Clinic, were named as the Best Leaders in the Noncommissioned officer and Soldier categories, respectively, in an award ceremony held at Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center, July 8.

July 20, 2022

WRNMMC now offering all FDA-approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to under five beneficiaries

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) is now offering the Pfizer-BioNTech three-dose primary series vaccine for children aged six months to four years. The move comes after a recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to expand COVID-19 vaccination to children younger than five years of age.

On July 15, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is slated to combine two women’s health services to optimize staff utilization while maintaining the same quality of care for patients in the Kaiserslautern Military Community. The combined nursing staff from the Labor and Delivery and Mother Baby Units will co-locate to the current L&D area to form the new Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum unit (LDRP). This concept will allow patients to deliver, recover and receive postpartum care in the same room after delivery, for both vaginal delivery and cesarean section.

July 20, 2022

LRMC combines women’s health services

LANDSTUHL, Germany — On July 15, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is slated to combine two women’s health services to optimize staff utilization while maintaining the same quality of care for patients in the Kaiserslautern Military Community.

U.S. Army Col. Andrew Landers, commander, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), hands the command guidon to U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Omar Mascarenas, during an Assumption of Responsibility Ceremony at LRMC, June 16.

July 20, 2022

LRMC welcomes new senior NCO

LANDSTUHL, Germany — Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) welcomed its newest top enlisted Soldier during an Assumption of Responsibility Ceremony, June 16.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Leslie Balcazar, chief, midwifery services, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, evaluates a patient during a routine exam at LRMC's Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, Nov. 3.

July 20, 2022

LMRC research aims to aid deployed females

LANDSTUHL, Germany — In 2021, nearly 230,000 women were serving on active duty across the military services. Today’s global threats, radical terrorism, and projected future battlespace have led to a more lethal force requirement.

Panel of medical officers sit at a table on stage.

July 19, 2022

RIMPAC Medical Symposium Focuses on Interoperability

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — On July 1, 2022, a panel of four medical flag officers from the United States and Australia met to discuss joint-medical readiness during the 2022 Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) Medical Symposium at Sharkey Theater on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The theme of the medical symposium was "interoperability." The panel members discussed how international partnerships and standardization can improve patient outcomes if and when medical assets are called to respond to a wartime situation or humanitarian crisis.

Teyhen takes command of BAMC

July 19, 2022

Teyhen takes command of BAMC

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The first active duty Medical Specialist Corps general officer in the Army, Brig. Gen Deydre Teyhen,

PCBH force multiplier in BJACH primary care

July 19, 2022

PCBH force multiplier in BJACH primary care

FORT POLK, La. — Behavioral health consultants in primary care clinics at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital aim to better address the mental and physical health of service members, Families, and retirees at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Airmen from the 22nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron pose with the Air Force Aerospace Team of the Year plaque outside of the 22nd Medical Group building, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, July 13th, 2022.

July 19, 2022

22nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron wins Air Force Team of the Year

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. — The 22nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron won the Air Force Aerospace Team of the Year award for 2021 at the Society of U.S.Air Force Flight Surgeons luncheon during the 92nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aerospace Medical Association May 23, 2022, in Reno, Nevada.

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