Jan. 12, 2021

Keep DEERS Updated as New Plan Year Begins

Did you or your family member experience a change last year that may qualify a DEERS update? As 2021 begins, be sure your and your family’s information is up to date in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System, or DEERS.

Jan. 12, 2021

NMCP’s SARP Program Cleans Base Shoreline

Portsmouth, VA — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 9, 2020) Clarice Lorenzini, Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program (SARP) recreation therapist, alongside her patients, collect trash along the shoreline behind the base gym. Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) SARP program took time out of their day cleaning parts of the shoreline and base perimeter collecting tons of trash and debris. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Imani N. Daniels/Released)

Jan. 11, 2021

MacDill Public Service Announcement: COVID-19 Vaccinations on MacDill

The 6th Medical Group has received a limited number of COVID-19 vaccines. The vaccines will be administered in a phased approach in accordance with DoD guidelines. Phase 1 includes medical personnel, security forces, fire department and other first responders. For a detailed listing of those members in each phase, please see the DoD’s Population Schema.

Jan. 11, 2021

NMCP’s Pharmacy Call Center ‘Answers the Call’ in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Portsmouth, VA — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan 8, 2021) – It’s just another day in the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) Pharmacy Call Center where staff members answer hundreds of calls a day to initiate and verify prescriptions to one of the densest populations of military beneficiaries during a global pandemic.

Jan. 11, 2021

BAMC to transfer new pediatric patients needing inpatient care to preserve COVID efforts

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — With the ongoing threat of the pandemic and to preserve resources and staffing, Brooke Army Medical Center will transfer new pediatric patients needing inpatient care to local children’s hospitals at this time. “We are taking this additional precautionary measure to ensure our healthcare professionals are poised to support an increased need for COVID-19 care for our service members and families,” said Air Force Col. Patrick Osborn, San Antonio Military Health System Surgeon-in-Chief and BAMC’s Deputy Commander for Surgical Services.

Jan. 11, 2021

BAMC first baby a breath of fresh air for 2021

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — After a long and arduous 2020, marked by one of the worst pandemics in history, Brooke Army Medical Center welcomed some good news with the birth of Stella Luna Nolasco, Jan 1, at 3:26 a.m. The new parents, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jessica Ojeda-Nolasco, a C5 aviation research manager at Lackland Air Force Base, and her husband Isaac Nolasco, a police officer in New Braunfels, Texas, received a special visit from Brig. Gen. Shan Bagby, BAMC commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds. Bagby and Reynolds personally delivered a gift basket, and took time to congratulate mom and dad and welcome the baby to BAMC’s military family.

Jan. 11, 2021

Remote sleep studies offered for Soldiers in Europe

SEMBACH, Germany — Army healthcare providers in Europe are now deploying new technology to remotely diagnose and help Soldiers suffering from sleep problems. This technology involves the use of at-home monitoring devices used to measure one’s sleep and breathing patterns.

Jan. 11, 2021

On the frontlines against COVID: Microbiologist

LANDSTUHL, Germany — Nina Gruhn has never seen anything like COVID-19 before. Gruhn, a senior microbiologist in the Biological Analysis Division at Public Health Command Europe, generally spends her days analyzing specimens in a laboratory.

Jan. 8, 2021

DDHC, Schofield Barracks — On the heels of the COVID-19 vaccines being distributed as part of Operation Warp Speed, Soldiers assigned to 25th Infantry Division and U.S. Army Hawaii began receiving their initial doses the week of December 17, 2020.

Jan. 8, 2021

Offutt receives COVID-19 vaccine

The 55th Medical Group COVID Cell began administering initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline healthcare workers Jan. 6.