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.
These are the instructions on How to Create a DS Logon (Non- CAC Enabled)

Feb. 16, 2022

How to Create a DS Logon With and Without a CAC

Explore our tutorials on the steps to create a DS Logon for the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal.

Service embraces his two children

Feb. 15, 2022

Is Your DEERS Information Up to Date?

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — When is the last time you checked to see if your information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) is up to date? If it’s been a while, take time to log in to DEERS and review your information. Keeping information on you and your family current in DEERS is important. Inaccurate information in the DEERS database could prevent you from being able to use your TRICARE benefits properly.

Pvt. 1st Class Guyarbenchie Lebrun, vice president of the Fort Polk Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers Program points out how to access the MHS GENESIS to Cpl. Toymeisha Patterson, BOSS president, on Feb. 9 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk Quality of Life conference.

Feb. 11, 2022

BJACH MHS GENESIS Patient Portal marketing campaign

FORT POLK, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital is getting the word out to Soldiers, Families and beneficiaries about the new electronic health record and the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal.

United States Navy Lieutenant Kenneth J. Bush was recently recognized as Navy Medicine’s Junior Information Technology Officer of the Year for 2021.

Feb. 11, 2022

NMCCL's Navy Officer recognized as Navy Medicine's Junior Information Technology Officer of the Year

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — United States Navy Lieutenant Kenneth J. Bush was recently recognized as Navy Medicine’s Junior Information Technology Officer of the Year for 2021. Bush serves as a department head and Chief Information Officer for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Information Management Department.

Dentist demonstrates proper brushing technique

Feb. 10, 2022

What to Know About Preventive Dental Care

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — These days, it can be easy to forget to make an appointment to see the dentist for a routine checkup. Maybe you brush twice and floss every day.

Yellow Card

Feb. 10, 2022

Yellow Card

Fort Rucker Army Base, AL — Please remember to bring your Yellow Card and present it when utilizing all clinic services including pharmacy pick up. For the convenience of our Beneficiaries, the latest version of the Lyster Yellow card is now a “Family Friendly” Card that lists all family members on the back of the card that have a completed DD2569 Form. See your clinic staff, pharmacy staff, or contact Lyster’s Third Party Collection in the Resource Management Division to receive your Yellow Card. Completion of a DD2569 Form is an annual regulatory requirement that each beneficiary (except Active Component) must complete.

MHS / Something Greater / Learn about your new EHR

Feb. 9, 2022

COMING TO FORT BRAGG MARCH 19, 2022

Fort Bragg, North Carolina — MHS GENESIS is the new electronic health record for the Military Health System (MHS).

How to Book Your COVID Vaccination

Feb. 9, 2022

NHC Pax River expands Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine eligibility

Effective immediately, we have reopened adult Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination appointments for DoD-eligible beneficiaries ages 12 and older. Pfizer vaccinations are no longer limited to Active Duty Service Members.

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Feb. 8, 2022

Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Family Medicine Residency Program again earns accreditation from Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Family Medicine Residency Program has again earned accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

While producing hormones that act on almost every part of the body, the thyroid is also responsible for regulating metabolism, as well as the health of the bones, heart, brain and muscles, she stated.

Feb. 7, 2022

The Tiny, Powerful Thyroid – Why It Matters

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — Located in the neck, the thyroid is “a tiny but important gland,” Vietor continued. While producing hormones that act on almost every part of the body, the thyroid is also responsible for regulating metabolism, as well as the health of the bones, heart, brain and muscles, she explained. Because of its importance in the body, January is annually observed as Thyroid Awareness Month.

Don’t forget to keep your family’s information up to date in DEERS!