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U.S. Army Medical Command welcomes 46th Army Surgeon General
January 26, 2024
U.S. Army Surgeon General Change of Command

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston hosts MEDCOM Career Counselor of the Year competition
March 1, 2023
MEDCOM Career Counselor of the Year competition

AUSA to host COVID-19 pandemic response forum
October 6, 2021
Staff Sgt. Brenda Collins (left), medical specialist from Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, administers the COVID-19 vaccination to a patient

MEDCoE, METC earn Wolf Pack award
November 19, 2020
Maj. Johnny Paul (right), Combat Medic Specialist Training Program Department chair, accepts the Army Medicine Wolf Pack Award from Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command.

Army medical program to improve individual Soldier care
October 1, 2020
Acting battalion commander Maj. Becky Lux (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. Bunesiha Jones case the colors of the Warrior Transition Battalion with Col. Thomas Bundt, commander of Madigan Army Medical Center, as part of the redesignation ceremony to the new name of Soldier Recovery Unit on Thursday, June 25, 2020, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Washington.

Knowledge, balancing resources vital to Army’s COVID-19 efforts
August 4, 2020
Capt. Stacey Johnson, critical care nurse from Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force-627, provides positioning aids to a COVID-19 patient, July 10, 2020 at Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

U.S. Army Medical Service Corps: supporting the Army since 1917
June 30, 2020
Army Medical Service Corps

Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle assumes command of Army Medical Command
June 29, 2020
Assumption of Command ceremony

Housing Health Registry added to all installation community resource guides
June 17, 2019
The Community Resource Guide digitally connects service members and Families to available resources based on their identified need. By linking the Housing Environmental Health Response Registry to the CRG, Army Public Health Center is hoping to leverage this resource to make sure all housing residents are getting the word about the Registry.

MEDCOM establishes Housing Environmental Health Response Registry
May 6, 2019
The U.S. Army Medical Command has established a Housing Environmental Health Response Registry to address Army Family concerns about housing and related health issues. The registry’s telephone numbersare 1-800-984-8523, DSN 421-3700 or 210-295-3700.

Health of the Force report focuses on Soldier injuries, tobacco use
March 29, 2018
Lt. Gen. Nadja West, the surgeon general of the United States Army and commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Command, has identified the Health of the Force as a tool to improve readiness.

Happy Birthday Army Nurse Corps!
February 12, 2018
Retired Maj. Gen. Jimmie O. Keenan, former deputy commanding general (operations), U.S. Army Medical Command and Chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, and 2nd Lt. Jorden Fitts help celebrate the U.S. Army Nurse Corps' 117th Birthday at a Brooke Army Medical Center ceremony Feb. 2.

Brooke Army Medical Center launches Army Virtual Medical Center
January 10, 2018
Navy Lt. Cmdr. C. Long, a Special Operations Forces physician assistant, performs a surgical procedure to stop the bleeding at the femoral artery on a manikin during training using augmented reality glasses, May 11, 2017. The Army recently opened a centralized virtual health medical center to promote the advancement of virtual health technology at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Jan. 4, 2018.

Beneficiary Town Hall with Army Surgeon General
January 2, 2018
Lt. Gen. Nadja West, Army Surgeon General, holds a beneficiary town hall at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 4 at the fourth-floor auditorium at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

JBSA-Camp Bullis hosts the best of the best at Best Medic competition
November 9, 2017
Staff Sgt. Lionel Semon and Sgt. Rolando Fender, assigned to the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade drag an injured Soldier out of harms way during the tactical combat casualty care (TC3) lane.

Army Surgeon General: caring for Soldiers, families is a shared responsibility
October 12, 2017
Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, commanding general of U.S. Army Medical Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and U.S. Army surgeon general, spoke at a forum at the annual AUSA conference inWashington, D.C., Oct. 11, about ensuring quality care, combatting opioid addiction, and optimizing support for behavioral health within the U.S. Army.

Commentary: Army Materiel Command recognizes JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Soldiers, organizations
January 3, 2017
Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche
U.S. Army Materiel Command
Deputy Commanding General

Army Surgeon General praises staff during BAMC visit
December 20, 2016
Lt. Gen. Nadja West (right), U.S. Army Surgeon General, talks with Army Staff Sgt. Peter Dubey during her visit to the Center for the Intrepid at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Dec. 14.

9/11 ceremony remembers fallen Medical Service Corps officers
September 17, 2015
Brig. Gen. R. Scott Dingle (left), U.S. Army Medical Command deputy chief of staff for operations, and Lt. Col. Marion Jefferson, executive officer, Office of the Chief, Medical Service Corps, salute to the sounds of taps during the presentation of a wreath in honor of fallen Medical Service Corps officers at a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony held at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.