Attention TRICARE beneficiaries!  
You may experience busy signals when calling the military pharmacy prescription refill interactive voice response system – or prescription refill line – Jan. 26 to Feb. 5, 2026, as the system is updated.  
Each military pharmacy’s prescription refill line may be unavailable for about two hours. If you call the prescription refill line at this time, you will hear a busy signal. Please wait and call back to complete your refill later.  
You may still use the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal to refill your prescriptions.  
You may report issues to the DHA Global Service Center by calling 800-600-9332. 
Lt. Alex Pantages, assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), demonstrates the proper application of a tourniquet to students from local schools during a Stop The Bleed event at the Chesapeake Career Center, Jan. 23, 2025.

Jan. 29, 2026

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Spearheads "Stop the Bleed" Training as a Level II Trauma Center.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth — Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of death resulting from injury. In the critical moments after a traumatic injury, any bystander can become a lifeline. That is the core principle behind the "Stop the Bleed" training initiatives being provided by Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) trauma center personnel.

Hospital Corpsman intubates a manikin during a skill sustainment training

Jan. 29, 2026

Camp Lejeune Sailors conduct skill sustainment at Naval Medical Center

Camp Lejeune — Sailors stationed with Marine Corps units are ensuring skills remain sharp through sustainment training courses. Twenty-eight hospital corpsmen with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion attended training on Jan. 22, 2026. The course focused on lifesaving medical techniques to ensure efficiency and efficacy when on the front lines.

Dental provider wearing white scrubs prepares tools for cleaning of patient in dental chair.

Jan. 29, 2026

Check out the new TRICARE Dental Program premiums starting March 1

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Are you enrolled in the TRICARE Dental Program? You should know that new premium rates will be in effect March 1, 2026, through Feb. 28, 2027. Take a look and find the premium rate you’ll be paying in the coming coverage year.

A demonstration of the AI-GUIDE system is done during a visit to VelocityTX in San Antonio, Texas, April 2025

Jan. 29, 2026

Combat Casualty Care Technology Receives FDA Breakthrough Designation for the “AI-GUIDE”

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The Defense Health Agency marked a major milestone in battlefield medicine after the FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation to the AI-GUIDE system, an AI-enabled robotic ultrasound device developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Designed for austere and high-stress environments, AI-GUIDE helps frontline medical personnel rapidly and accurately establish vascular access, a critical capability in treating noncompressible torso hemorrhage, a leading cause of preventable combat deaths. The achievement reflects close collaboration among the DHA, 59th Medical Wing, 959th Medical Group, Brooke Army Medical Center, and MIT researchers to accelerate life-saving innovation for warfighters.

Measuring eye pressure in clinic is a key component of glaucoma assessment. Ophthalmologists at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center are committed to providing comprehensive, world-class care for military members and their families. (Courtesy Photo)

Jan. 28, 2026

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month: Walter Reed Has the Treatment

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, MD — Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in the United States. It is an umbrella term for diseases characterized by a common end state of optic nerve loss. Optic nerve fibers create a “highway,” sending visual input from the eye to the brain and when “lanes” on the highway close, you get glaucoma. The disease usually starts by closing the highway’s outer lanes, leading to loss of peripheral vision. Over time, it can work its way toward the center lane, causing permanent loss of the center of the visual field.

WACH announces its 2025 Soldier of the Year and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year: SPC Larry Johnson and SGT Richard White.

Jan. 27, 2026

WACH 2025 Soldier of the Year and NCO of the Year Named

FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Weed Army Community Hospital proudly announces its 2025 Soldier of the Year and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year: SPC Larry Johnson and SGT Richard White, two soldiers whose performance, perseverance, and teamwork reflect the very best of the Army profession.   Selected after a demanding multi-day competition that tested physical endurance, tactical skill, confidence under pressure, and leadership ability, both Soldiers shared their reflections on what pushed them, what prepared them, and what this moment means for their futures.

Man holds white pills in his hand while he leans over a white countertop

Jan. 27, 2026

Pharmacy copayments waived for TRICARE Prime Remote enrollees in the US beginning Feb. 28, 2026

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Are you an active duty family member enrolled in TRICARE Prime Remote? Do you live in the U.S.? Effective Feb. 28, 2026, you’ll no longer pay a copayment when filling covered prescriptions. This copayment wavier applies to both retail network pharmacies and TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery.

This Walter's Way branded graphic was created to inform beneficiaries of a new way of accessing primary care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center focused on maintaining a medically ready force and a ready medical force while keeping patients' needs and expectations at the forefront of daily operations.

Jan. 26, 2026

Walter’s Way: Provider Leadership Driving Patient Access

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, MD — Walter’s Way did not begin as a finished program. It began as a provider-led vision shaped by multiple clinicians, including Deputy Director for Medical Services U.S. Army Lt. Col. Elizabeth Simmons, one of the original leaders who helped spearhead the model at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

In late 2025, Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point received national recognition for its dedication to patient care and safety. The Leapfrog Group recognized Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point on Monday, December 15, 2025 as a recipient of a Top Ambulatory Surgery Center Award, marking the first time a military clinic earned the honor.

Jan. 26, 2026

Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Recognized with Top Ambulatory Surgery Center Award

MCAS Cherry Point — In late 2025, Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point received national recognition for its dedication to patient care and safety.

U.S. Army Sgt. Raven Maldonado, a combat medic specialist assigned to the Pediatric Clinic, and U.S. Army Sgt. Jaden Huston, a combat medic specialist assigned to McDonald Army Health Center, pose for a photo at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Dec. 23, 2025. Maldonado and Huston were selected for the Army Medical Department Enlisted Commissioning Program (AECP), which enables enlisted Soldiers to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and commission as officers in the Army Nurse Corps.

Jan. 23, 2026

Rising stars: Sgt. Raven Maldonado and Sgt. Jaden Huston selected for Army Medical Department Enlisted Commissioning Program

Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA — In a notable achievement for McDonald Army Health Center, two 68W combat medic specialist

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