Mar 25, 2008

An on-going partnership between the U.S. Army, local airlines and other federal and non-governmental agencies yielded the Defense DepartmentAca,!a,,cs entire stock of excess seasonal influenza vaccinations to benefit U.S.-affiliated islands in the Pacific March 24.

Mar 24, 2008

320,000 Soldiers and counting have been screened as part of the Post Deployment Health Reassessment Program which began three years ago this month.

Mar 14, 2008

Ricky LumangAca,!a,,cs red tears are the pain of leukemia, the chemotherapy turning his smooth head a much darker shade against the choppy, crayon-colored blue sky. Nine-year-old RizelleAca,!a,,cs portrait of her fatherAca,!a,,cs struggle with bone-marrow cancer was part of an art exhibit here March 7-8 entitled Aca,!A"Oncology on Canvas,Aca,!A? TriplerAca,!a,,cs version of an international exposition encouraging those touched by cancer to relate their emotions through art.

Mar 6, 2008

U.S. Army Inspector General Lt. Gen. R. Steven Whitcomb talks candidly while eating lunch with Soldiers from Tripler Army Medical CenterAca,!a,,cs Warrior Transition Unit at the Schofield Barracks' dining facility March 5.

Feb 29, 2008

The Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) has implemented a new policy regarding tattoos that may allow more donors to give blood to the military. This new policy, which went into effect Nov. 30, 2007, allows donors with new tattoos to give blood again after just one week, instead of the previous one-year deferral period; provided the tattoo was acquired in a state-regulated tattoo parlor. This new policy allows the ASBP to accept donations from more individuals wishing to contribute to the militaryAca,!a,,cs blood supply for combat areas and at home.

Feb 27, 2008

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stopped by Tripler's Command Suite Feb. 20 to talk to Wounded Warriors. Mullen presented each Soldier with a coin after spending about half an hour talking with them. Mullen's visit to Tripler was only one of many stops he and his staff made visiting military installations across the island.

Feb 26, 2008

Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker talks about health care improvements one year after WRAMC suffered scrutiny over Wounded Warrior care. Sgt. Courtney Thomas reports.

Feb 25, 2008

High above the shimmering Honolulu skyline flanked by Diamond Head crater in clear sight to the east, perhaps a more impressive view from the hospital atop Moanalua Ridge is inside an unassuming office on the sixth floor and offers a glimpse into the future of military medicine. Doctors in the intensive care unit here are using telemedicine technology called Aca,!A"electronic ICU,Aca,!A? or eICU, to care for critically ill patients at U.S. military bases thousands of miles across the Pacific, helping save lives and reduce medical evacuation costs in the process.

Feb 25, 2008

En route to his own recognition ceremony for helping save lives, an alert pediatric healthcare specialist and two of his colleagues are credited with saving a manAca,!a,,cs life by intervening during the initial stages of a heart attack Jan. 25. The fast action of Spc. Warren Frazier, Renee Araujo and Sheila Robinson-Bird is a big reason Navy veteran Calvin Cavaness is still alive, according to the on-call emergency room physician.

Feb 25, 2008

A conversation with Tripler's chief provost marshal can be like listening to a loose jazz ensemble with wandering, unique riffs that end up together neatly in rhythm, then unlink again. When in rhythm, Don DevaneyAca,!a,,cs stories reveal that he is a product of his thirty-year Army provost marshal career that took him from Japan during the Korean War to combat experience in Vietnam and beyond.

Feb 25, 2008

The military is investigating a number of deaths by accidental prescription drug overdose among Soldiers. Harry Smith speaks with Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker. Used with permission, courtesy of CBS "The Early Show". Direct link can be found at cbsnews.com.

Feb 20, 2008

High above the shimmering Honolulu skyline flanked by Diamond Head crater in clear sight to the east, perhaps a more impressive view from the hospital atop Moanalua Ridge is inside an unassuming office on the sixth floor and offers a glimpse into the future of military medicine.

Feb 20, 2008

Secretary of the Army Geren at the opening of the new Warrior Clinic at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Feb 20, 2008

Spc. Bradley Buckland, a Warrior in Transition, describes how the WTB has affected his recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Crystal Park reports.

Feb 19, 2008

Medical Editor, Col. Paul Little reports on the Army Traumatic Brain Injury Task Force working to better identify, treat, prevent and then care for Soldiers and their families.

Feb 15, 2008

SRTV medical correspondent, Col. Paul Little provides a one year update on the Army Medical Action Plan.

Feb 14, 2008

Army shows Congress the latest developments in simulation training at their annual demo on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Crystal Park reports.

Feb 13, 2008

There have been considerable renovations on the buildings across the street from the dining facility at Vicenza, Italy. The USO and Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers, have moved their operations into the buildings as well. New decks providing wheel-chair access have sprung up, surrounding the buildings. All of this is being done to help our wounded Soldiers on the road to recovery.

Feb 13, 2008

Outstanding medical care during combat earned two Army officers new honors during the Military Health System Conference in Washington, D.C., January 28-31. Lt. Col. Kelly A. Murray received the first Col. Brian Allgood Field Grade Combat Care Award, while Capt. Walter S. Baugh received the first Capt. Maria Ortiz Company Grade Combat Care Award. Murray is a family practice physician and flight surgeon assigned as the primary-care staff officer at Medical Command Headquarters. Baugh is an emergency-room staff nurse at Fort Benning, Ga., Medical Department Activity.

Feb 5, 2008

Aviation leaders met at Fort Rucker last week to discuss the health of Army Aviation.

Feb 5, 2008

Army taking head-on approach to combating suicide rates; Active Army meeting recruiting goals, Reserve working to catch up.

Feb 1, 2008

Brig. Gen. Michael Tucker talks about Warrior Transition Units and how the units provide a place for Soldiers to heal. Sgt. Courtney Thomas reports.

Jan 28, 2008

An interview with Brig. Gen. Michael Tucker, the Asst. Surgeon Gen. for Wounded Care and Transition, on the WTU's and their mission-essential task.

Jan 28, 2008

Brig. Gen. Tucker on how Soldiers at WTU's heal faster because they are close to home.

Jan 25, 2008

Tripler Army Medical Center's Chief Provost Marshal Don Devaney is a product of his 30-year Army career, which harmonizes with the U.S. ArmyAca,!a,,cs role in monumental change in AsiaAca,!a,,cs modern history.

Jan 25, 2008

LTC Andrea Lester, chief of medical logistics for the United States Army Europe, Seventh Army, led a team that completed the first black belt Lean Six Sigma project in Europe Regional Medical Command, helping Heidelberg MEDDAC trim $250,000 in annual supply and administrative costs. Lean Six Sigma is a tool used Army wide to improve business processes.

Jan 25, 2008

Space-age technology makes it possible for Army health-care providers deployed overseas to have access to the technical knowledge of medical specialists within a few hours. E-mail teleconsultations make the best treatment available while avoiding unnecessary evacuations of patients for specialty care.

Jan 25, 2008

Since Walter Reed Army Medical Center began a therapeutic riding program in spring 2006, 25 Soldiers have had the opportunity each week to work on balance and coordination skills courtesy of the Old Guard's caisson platoon.

Jan 25, 2008

CSM Althea Green Dixon became the top noncommissioned officer of Medical Command, after serving as the command sergeant major of North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Jan 25, 2008

A medic serving her third combat deployment returned to Afghanistan after receiving medical treatment in Germany for injuries suffered in her second improvised-explosive-device detonation. SPC Cassandra L. Miles volunteered to return after suffering a mild concussion and possible brain injury in an IED attack. She survived another IED attack earlier this year, when she suffered headaches and burns.

Jan 25, 2008

Setting out to fulfill a life-long dream of joining the Army, Michelle Silverman asked her daughter Amber Pearson to go down to the recruiter's office with her for moral support. Little did she know that her daughter would be joining the Army right along with her.

Jan 15, 2008

USACE GRD hands over million dollar medical clinic near Baghdad.

Jan 9, 2008

From earliest times, lice, fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, flies and other pests have rendered countless military personnel unfit for battle due to the diseases they carry. The Entomological Sciences Program team at the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine at Aberdeen Proving Ground has been in the front lines of the war against these tiny terrorists for many years.

Jan 9, 2008

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany Aca,!" Fourteen Mercedes-Benz vans, outfitted to accommodate wheelchairs, are being distributed this month to Warrior Transition Units throughout Europe.

Dec 31, 2007

January is National Blood Donor Month and the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) staff extends a worldwide thank you to all blood and platelet donors. The ASBP will collect more than 170,000 units of blood and blood products this year because donors stop and take the time to give to those whose lives are in jeopardy. A very special thank you goes out to the war fighters serving overseas who donate blood on the spot when the need is great.

Dec 21, 2007

The Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metric (ANAM), administered before, during and after deployments, helps identify Soldiers suffering from traumatic brain injury. More than 12,000 Soldiers at Fort Campbell, Ky., recently completed the computer program that measures reaction times to simple math equations, pattern identification and matching exercises.

Dec 21, 2007

Three medics competed with top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from throughout the Army in the 2007 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Lee, Va. SSG Russell A. Burnham, a 68W health-care specialist at the AMEDD Center and School, and SGT Steven Rovelstad, a 68E dental technician at Tripler Army Medical Center, represented Medical Command, while SGT Jamiell E. Goforth, a 68W health-care specialist for the 404th Aviation Support Battalion, represented Forces Command.

Dec 20, 2007

Members of the 345th Combat Support Hospital prepare a casualty for triage during training. Such efforts to prepare Army Reserve units for deployment will be more efficient thanks to this Lean Six Sigma project.

Dec 20, 2007

Any work setting requires new employees to undergo in-processing, often characterized by activities like filling out paperwork and reading manuals. Some in-processing procedures are quick, easy and self-explanatory, while others are burdensome and complex. Before 2006, the latter was the case at the Army's Office of the Surgeon General.

Dec 20, 2007

Although they may not be carrying a rifle in combat, Soldiers of the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases' Aeromedical Isolation Team serve a vital role in protecting the nation and world.

Dec 20, 2007

Researchers in the new field of medical nanotechnology are already rushing to build these new weapons in the war against disease.

Dec 20, 2007

The Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) can now accept blood donations by people other than active-duty service members, their immediate Families, retirees and Department of Defense (DoD) employees.

Dec 20, 2007

Soldiers serving in Iraq have some new Aca,!A"best friends.Aca,!A? Budge and Boe, two black Labrador retrievers, have enlisted to help soldiers who are dealing with mental-health issues among the severe stresses of combat.

Dec 20, 2007

A team of seven medical personnel from Tripler Army Medical Center recently teamed with army physicians from Bangladesh to treat impoverished civilians at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Bogra, a Bangladeshi Army hospital. The "Sight, Sound, and Smile" mission name is derived from the three types of disease addressed by the surgical team: cataracts, chronic ear disease and cleft lip and palate.

Dec 14, 2007

The U.S. Army will launch a Wounded Warrior Sports Program for active-duty Soldiers with life-altering injuries in January, giving them the opportunity to at the national-level. The Army will pay for the athletesAca,!a,,c registration fees, transportation, lodging and per diem while they compete at selected events. Athletic attire also will be issued to the Soldiers, who will represent the Army during competitions.

Dec 14, 2007

NANGARHAR, Afghanistan (Dec. 14, 2007) -- Aca,!A"ItAca,!a,,cs a very prestigious thing to be called Aca,!EoeDocAca,!a,,c when youAca,!a,,cre around people that you work with,Aca,!A? said Pfc. Sarah Becker. Aca,!A"It means that they respect you. ItAca,!a,,cs not about the rank; itAca,!a,,cs about what you can do for them.Aca,!A? Becker is a medic deployed with U.S. Army Europe's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Brigade Combat Team. As part of the company's military police platoon, Becker has spent most of the year gaining the respect of Aca,!A"Sky SoldiersAca,!A? across Nangarhar province and teaching first aid skills to Afghan National Police officers.

Dec 13, 2007

Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker assumed command of the ArmyAca,!a,,cs largest medical organization during a ceremony at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Thursday, Dec. 13. Earlier in the week, he was promoted and sworn in for his Aca,!A"second hatAca,!A? as Army Surgeon General. In that capacity, he has Army staff responsibility for all Army medical, dental and veterinary missions, including those of deployable and Reserve Component units.

Dec 12, 2007

Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker receives his third start and is sworn in as 42nd Army Surgeon General. Pentagon ceremony hosted by Chief of Staff of the Army, General Casey.

Dec 12, 2007

Helping her patients with their vision gives one doctor a unique perspective on life. Gail McCabe has the story of an Army ophthalmologists participating in the medical exercise Tendon Mondial in Mongolia.

Dec 12, 2007

Military physicians participate in medical readiness training exercises in Mongolia.

Dec 11, 2007

A pilot testing program for mild traumatic brain injury, or mTBI, using Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics, has been developed to identify affected Soldiers.

Dec 11, 2007

First Sgt. Michael Christ wears two bracelets on his arm so heAca,!a,,cll never forget. One has the name of two Soldiers, Spc. Robert Johnson and Sgt. Nathan Fields who were killed in Iraq in January 2006; the other is in memory of Spc. Derek Plowman who died on July 20, 2006. Aca,!A"Robert and Nathan were special,Aca,!A? said Christ, who is a patient in the active duty rehab unit at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Aca,!A"Robert always had a smile, and Nathan always had a joke.Aca,!A?

Dec 7, 2007

The winner of the inaugural Operation Rising Star competition intends to use his winnings to help move his mother from the Phillipines to the states...

Dec 5, 2007

U.S. Soldiers conduct Medical Training exercises in Mongolia, building healthy relationships between nations. Gail McCabe reports.

Dec 3, 2007

New center dedicated to assisting reserve Soldiers and their families; Company raises money for USO care packages.

Nov 19, 2007

New program to help spouses; Ground-breaking ceremony for new hospital on Fort Belvoir, Va.

Nov 16, 2007

Oct 31, 2007

This month the Army and Air Force completed the largest training and equipping effort of digital medical recording systems to date.

Oct 31, 2007

Sgt. Jill Stevens, combat medic, recent university graduate and reigning Miss Utah 2007, visited wounded warriors Oct. 24 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Oct 22, 2007

A new Army health system is firmly in place to assist Soldiers as they prepare for return to duty or transition to civilian life. Aca,!A"We are ready and prepared to receive you,Aca,!A? said Capt. LaAca,!a,,cShonia White, interim commander for the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Warrior Transition Unit (WTU) that oversees the program for Soldiers stationed at Baumholder, Kleber, Landstuhl, SHAPE, Wiesbaden and Vicenza.

Oct 22, 2007

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) recognized the dedicated men and women of the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner (OAFME), for the dignity, honor, respect, and professionalism, which they deliver each day in exercising their duties, at a special ceremony held on Sept. 30, 2007, at the College's annual meeting.

Oct 22, 2007

The Army Medical Department Adventure Van, a joint medical recruiting project with the U.S. Army Accessions Command, made its debut with a ribbon-cutting and walk-through Oct. 11 in Alexandria, Va. Maj. Gen. Gale S. Pollock, Commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command and Acting Surgeon General, introduced this new venue to attendees and cut the ribbon.

Oct 7, 2007

Oct 4, 2007

Staff Sgt. Russell Burnham, U.S. Army Medical Command, has amassed quite a list of achievements in nearly six years of service in the Army. The 2003 Forces Command Soldier of the Year, 2003 Department of the Army Soldier of the Year, 2004 American Legion Military Spirit of Service awardee and 2007 Medical Command Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, to name a few.

Sep 28, 2007

At Okubo Barracks, near Brooke Army Medical Center, renovations have been under way for some time to make navigation and daily routines easier to accomplish for wounded service members. The project is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of fiscal year 2008.

Sep 28, 2007

The Army is making great strides in treating Soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and wants especially to ensure that civilian health-care providers are informed about the symptoms of these ailments, Army medical leaders told medical reporters on Sept. 26. Medical professionals outside the military health-care system may treat service members or their Families. ItAca,!a,,cs important for them to have visibility on our internal efforts to address PTSD and TBI.

Sep 28, 2007

The five-and-a-half-foot tall RP-7 mobile robot (left) can roll to a patientAca,!a,,cs bedside and enable two-way, real time communication between a physician and a patient, patientAca,!a,,cs family, other physicians and nurses. RP-7 at Brooke Army Medical Center takes telemedicine to the next and very personal level.

Sep 28, 2007

Maj. Gen. Gale S. Pollock, acting surgeon general and commander, U.S. Army Medical Command.

Sep 28, 2007

SFC Dennis Collett, medic, and LTC Anthony Pasqualone, nurse practitioner, are veterans of the Vietnam War now serving with the 399th Combat Support Hospital. Both work in the intermediate care ward of the Multi-National Forces Hospital in Al Asad, Iraq.

Sep 28, 2007

LTC Hattie Hayes-Cushenberry, a psychiatric nurse with the 113th Medical Company (Combat Stress Control), speaks to Soldiers at Camp Liberty, Iraq. Her class emphasizes the importance of a positive outlook in stressful situations.

Sep 28, 2007

As an Army nurse, my job is taking care of patients. Throughout my career I have done that in a variety of settings, from inpatient medical-surgical nursing to emergency room nursing, even in outpatient clinics.

Sep 28, 2007

The Veterinary Corps recognized three officers this summer for outstanding service. Receiving the first Daniel Holland Leadership Award was LTC Neal Woollen, commander of the 248th Veterinary Medical Detachment. CPT Jim Pratt of the AMEDD Center and School was named Exceptional Junior Officer of the Year and CW2 Budd Dodge of the Central Pacific District Veterinary Command was named Exceptional Warrant Officer of the Year.

Sep 7, 2007

The 2003 Soldier of the Year will return to Fort Lee Oct. 1 - 5 seeking the Department of the Army NCO of the Year title. Staff Sgt. Russell Burnham, 32nd Medical Brigade at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, who will be representing the U.S. Army Medical Command, said there isnAca,!a,,ct anything else he would rather do than compete.

Sep 4, 2007

The Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) test lane of the Expert Field Medical Badge, test recently hosted by the Arctic Wolves of the 1/25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, begins as the exhausted young medic carefully but quickly repacks his aid bag.

Aug 31, 2007

The US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine website if filled with important material about suicide prevention, including brochures, help cards, news articles, and a variety of multimedia resources for Soldiers, Families and Leaders.

Aug 22, 2007

The 3rd Medical Command, Fort Gillem, Ga., transferred responsibilities as the commanding medical unit in Iraq to the 62nd Medical Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash., during transfer of authority ceremony Aug. 15 at Al-Faw Palace at Camp Victory.

Aug 17, 2007

Though its number of suicides increased in 2006, the Army's suicide rate still is lower than the rate for the same age and gender group in the overall U.S. population, according to a report the service released Aug. 16.

Aug 17, 2007

An Army study released today indicates that during calendar year 2006 Soldier suicides reached their highest level since 1980.

Aug 16, 2007

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Aca,!" In a brightly lit room in Hospital Escuela here Aug. 14, two U.S. hand surgeons bent over the hand of a 64-year old Honduran man.

Aug 15, 2007

The Fort Bliss Medical Simulation Training Center held an open house to mark its official opening, July 19. Four human patient simulators took center stage at the event. These simulators are the most innovative training tools Soldiers will use to train on combat lifesaver skills, said Joe Ricondo, Jr., Military Education and Government Systems and Programs.

Aug 10, 2007

Spec. Jamiell Goforth, a combat medic with Headquarters Support Company, 404th Aviation Support Battalion, won the 2007 Forces Command Soldier of the Year competition at Fort Bragg, N.C, July 29-Aug. 3. She is the first female Soldier to win this title.

Aug 6, 2007

CSM Bobby Moore discusses Soldiers in combat and stress.

Aug 4, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 3, 2007Aca,!"The Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) has come under fire recently in Greensboro, N.C., and Columbus, Ohio, due ironically, to a groundswell of support from passionate individuals who are not active-duty military, but who wish to offer their blood Aca,!" a most precious commodity Aca,!" to help save the lives of our troops. These individuals who want to support the Armed Services Blood Program in its missionAca,!"to supply blood and blood products to service members and their families in both peace and warAca,!"want to know why they are not called on to volunteer as blood donors.

Jul 19, 2007

HEIDELBERG, Germany Aca,!" There is a killer lurking among us. Every 10 days, it takes as many American lives as the events of 9/11 and the global war on terrorism combined.

Jun 19, 2007

The Army meets its "10 Quick Wins" set forth under its Medical Action Plan.