Dec. 2, 2021

How to Choose Between TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Select

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — TRICARE Open Season is your yearly opportunity to review your current benefits. It’s a time to make changes to your health plan based on your personal needs. Dec. 13 marks the end of open season, so it’s important to make your decisions now. But which plan will best meet your needs in the new year?

Dec. 2, 2021

BJACH hosts MHS Genesis Super User Training for staff, sister services

FORT POLK, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital hosted MHS Genesis super user training Nov. 29 – Dec. 2 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Dec. 1, 2021

COVID-19 Pfizer Booster Shots available Dec. 2-3

FORT LEE, Va. — Kenner Army Health Clinic is offering COVID-19 Pfizer Booster shots Dec. 2-3 for all Fort Lee community ages 18 and up.

Nov. 30, 2021

People First priority for BJACH Behavioral Health Suicide Prevention Program

FORT POLK, La. — Behavioral health professionals from Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital conducted leadership development training with the 519th Military Police Battalion, Nov. 19 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana. The focus of the training was suicide prevention and the importance of leaders to know their people.

Nov. 30, 2021

BJACH, Fort Polk, American Red Cross renew partnerships

FORT POLK, La. — The American Red Cross, the United States Army Garrison and Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital signed memorandums of understanding at 8:30 a.m. ahead of the installation Veterans Day Ceremony, Nov. 10 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Nov. 29, 2021

U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps Celebrates 246th birthday

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — Chaplains in the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps celebrated the corps’ 246th birthday during a cake-cutting ceremony Nov. 18 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Nov. 29, 2021

Summit Focuses on Research, Treatments for Lung Cancer

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — The John P. Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center hosted the 2021 Virtual Lung Cancer Summit Nov. 9. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, observed to educate the public about the disease, encourage action to increase research and treatment of lung cancer, and share stories concerning lung cancer survivors and their families.

Nov. 24, 2021

BAMC Behavioral Health interns march to honor fallen service members

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — A group of Soldiers from Brooke Army Medical Center honored some of their fallen colleagues by

Nov. 22, 2021

NMCP WELCOMES OPERATION PEACE

Portsmouth, VA — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Nov. 17, 2021) – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) welcomed Operation PEACE (Peer Empowerment and Community Engagement), headed by Miss District of Columbia, Ensign Andolyn Medina, Nov. 17.

Nov. 22, 2021

39th MDG Airmen partner with Acıbadem University to Enhance Training and Readiness

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- Airmen from the 39th Medical Group attended medical training at the Acıbadem University's Center of Advanced Simulation and Education, the only center of its kind, Oct. 26-28, in Istanbul.