Dec. 1, 2023

CRDAMC lights its holiday tree for the season

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center staff and visitors gathered for its annual tree lighting ceremony Dec. 1. Col. Garrick Cramer, commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony Forker Jr. flipped the switch to light up the hospital’s 20-foot tree that was assembled by hospital staff volunteers, and Copperas Cove High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets.

Dec. 1, 2023

Targeted Behavioral Health Care a success at Fort Johnson

FORT JOHNSON, La. — The Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital Behavioral Health Department, along with 10 other Defense Health Agency military medical treatment facilities, wrapped up a six-month DHA Targeted Care Pilot program on Oct. 31.

Dec. 1, 2023

Medical Readiness Battalion Charlie Company changes commanders

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – Charlie Co., Student Detachment, Medical Readiness Battalion, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center changed commanders in a ceremony 30 Nov. Cpt. Alexander Deatherage receive the guidon from Lt. Col. Jamie Culbreath as Cpt. Tomas Mwibanda relinquishes command to move on to attend Army health education and training to obtain his doctorate degree.

Dec. 1, 2023

Collaboration leads to innovation: Joint Inpatient Dialysis Center opens at WAMC

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Womack Army Medical Center signifying the official opening of the Joint Inpatient Dialysis Center on Dec. 1. This collaborative effort between WAMC and Fayetteville North Carolina Veterans Administration Health Care System began in 2018 and came to fruition on June 9, 2023.

Dec. 1, 2023

Lyster Launches Podcast Series

Fort Novosel, AL — Lyster Army Health Clinic launched the first eight inaugural episodes of its new podcast titled, Lyster Health Talks. Podcast host, Lt. Col. Garrett Holt, Lyster Army Health Clinic Commander and Fort Novosel Health Services Director, invites the Fort Novosel community to listen in on lively discussions with health care professionals each month as they focus their discussion on relevant and relatable health content that empowers your health and the readiness of the force.

Nov. 30, 2023

Walter Reed’s Café 8901 Remains Open for Business Amid Kitchen Upgrades

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Café 8901, the main dining facility at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, remains open for business, amid kitchen repairs.

Nov. 30, 2023

Keesler medical practitioners collaborate with local students

BILOXI, Ms. — Seven military medical practitioners from varying specialties and military service branches at Keesler Medical Center traveled to Pascagoula High School on Nov. 30 to engage students interested in medical professions.

Nov. 30, 2023

BAMC Soldier beats stomach and breast cancer, continues to serve

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — After losing her sister to a rare form of stomach cancer, a Brooke Army Medical Center respiratory

Nov. 30, 2023

Medical Readiness Battalion company changes senior advisors

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – Charlie Company, Medical Readiness Battalion, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, changed senior enlisted advisors in a change of responsibility ceremony 30 Nov.

Nov. 29, 2023

Army Captain Veronica Wright: A Leader Working to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Military Health

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s Army CPT Veronica Wright is paving a commendable path for her military career. Currently in her fourth year of the Combined Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Residency Program, Wright holds not one, but two key roles. She is both the Chief Resident of her program and also presides as the chairperson of the Graduate Medical Education Committee's (GMEC) Sub-Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).