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Brandy Mitchell, Womack ‘s Supply Chain Clinical Analyst, received on behalf of the medical center, the 2026 Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) Supply Chain Excellence Award at a group conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Federal supply chain excellence awards Womack’s commitment to excellence

Aug. 20, 2026

The award highlights programs that improve clinical integration and operational efficiency.


TRICARE, Medicare, and Social Security: how your entitlements work together

TRICARE, Medicare, and Social Security: How your entitlements work together

Aug. 19, 2026

Signing up for Medicare Part A and Part B is required to get TRICARE For Life coverage.


Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Jason Adams, a visiting neurotologist from Brooke Army Medical Center, and Maj. (Dr.) Khang N. Lu, JBER's staff otolaryngologist, perform a complex ear surgery at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Adams traveled to JBER to provide specialized surgical care and train local medical teams, ensuring patients receive world-class treatment without having to travel thousands of miles. (Courtesy Photo)

Bringing healing home: The impact of the circuit-rider surgeon at JBER

Aug. 19, 2026

A highly efficient approach known as the "circuit-rider" model is flipping the paradigm by bringing the specialist directly to the patient.


U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alyssa Scruggs, 20th Medical Group pharmacy technician, poses for a Weasel of the Week portrait at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., May 13, 2025. The Weasel of the Week program, run by 20th Fighter Wing leadership, recognizes members for their commitment, performance, and dedication to the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mariana Tafur)

Know your TRICARE pharmacy options and learn where you can fill prescriptions

Aug. 18, 2026

TRICARE’s pharmacy options give you several convenient and affordable choices.


Defense Health Agency Physician Assistant Mikaela Altis logs into the Ambient Listening program to review a patient record at Munson Army Health Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Aug. 14, 2026. The program uses AI and speech recognition to quietly record and convert doctor-patient conversations into structured medical notes.The secure technology supports health care delivery by helping providers document visits more efficiently, allowing them to focus more attention on their patients.

Artificial Intelligence helps Munson health care provider focus more on patients, less on screens

Aug. 17, 2026

The program uses AI and speech recognition to quietly record and convert doctor-patient conversations into structured medical notes.


Benjamin Trautner, a 12-year-old student at Southampton Middle School in Bel Air, Maryland, practices his bug pinning skills during the 2nd annual Bug Camp hosted by Defense Health Agency-Public Health, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, July 1, 2026. Middle school students from Pennsylvania and Maryland learned about entomology’s public health role in protecting service members from insect-borne disease. (Defense Health Agency-Public Health photo by Rachel Stershic).

Professional tools, real-world science: Bug Camp inspires future STEM leaders

Aug. 17, 2026

We need to identify mosquitoes and ticks so we can keep our service members safe, no matter where they are deployed.


Aila Kim, a student helper for Defense Health Agency-Public Health’s 2nd annual Bug Camp, held June 29-July 3, examines a cluster of freshly hatched tick larvae clinging to a leaf, while collecting insect samples as part of tick drag on July 1, 2026. As a student helper, she guided 13 middle school campers through laboratory exercises, tick drags, and taught them the delicate art of insect pinning. (Defense Health Agency-Public Health photo by Rachel Stershic).

Bonding over bugs: How a U.S. Army entomologist and his daughter share a passion for science

Aug. 17, 2026

This hands-on access helped Kim's daughter learn how to identify insects down to their genus and species.


Senior leaders with the Defense Health Agency tour the Research, Development, and Acquisition/Component Acquisition Executive office (AD-RDA/CAE) display during the Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 4, 2026. MHSRS is the premier military meeting that focuses specifically on the unique medical needs of the deployed Warfighter. The symposium provides a venue for presenting new scientific knowledge resulting from military-unique research and development. (Defense Health Agency Photo by Cameron E. Parks/Released)

Future of battlefield medicine showcased at 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium

Aug. 14, 2026

The MHSRS is the premier military or civilian meeting that focuses specifically on the unique medical needs of the deployed warfighter.


Do you have an upcoming trip overseas? Whether you’re traveling for work or for fun, TRICARE covers you worldwide. Understanding how your TRICARE plan works when you go abroad helps you be prepared if any health issues arise.

Traveling overseas? Here’s how TRICARE travels with you

Aug. 13, 2026

Understanding how your TRICARE plan works when you go abroad helps you be prepared if any health issues arise.


Rear Adm. Tracy Farrill, director of Defense Health Agency’s Office of Warfighter Health Advantage and the Military Health System Digital Functional Champion, moderates a panel of service surgeons general and senior leaders from the services’ medical commands at the 2026 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, Aug. 11. On the panel were: Dr. Michael McGinnis, executive director of U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Air Force Brig. Gen. Gwendolyn Foster, chief of Air Force Nurse Corps; Army Brig. Gen. Jonathan Taylor, deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Medical Command; and Army Maj. Gen. Clinton Murray, Joint Staff Surgeon.

Data, technology, people vital for warfighter health advantage, says Defense Health Agency director

Aug. 13, 2026

DHITS focused on how DHA is “transforming data, technology, and people into decisive combat support advantage through innovation and modernization."