Story by Derika Upshaw | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 02.17.2023
PFC Dominique Lopez suffered a catastrophic injury at the end of Basic Combat Training and persevered through rehabilitation and graduating after 14 months at Fort Sill....
Story by Janet A. Aker | Defense Health Agency | 03.14.2022
The Defense Health Agency is expanding its capability for researching and treating eye injuries and vision problems to improve care for service members and veterans. Recent enhancements to the Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision RegistryDefense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry website, known as DVEIVR, are giving doctors and researchers new insights into ocular injuries......
Story by Christine Aurigema | Army Recovery Care Program | 08.26.2021
Electrotherapy treatment is an option for Soldiers assigned to the Fort Belvoir Soldier Recovery Unit in Virginia and cadre and staff are training to become more knowledgeable about it....
Courtesy Story | Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen | 06.30.2021
Approximately 180 people go to the emergency room every day with firework-related injuries in the month around the 4th of July holiday with 57 percent of injuries involving burns. Even a small amount of alcohol such as one beer or glass of wine, increases the risk of impaired judgment and the ability to properly set up and safely use consumer fireworks. (U.S. Army Public Health photo......
Story by Seaman Luke Cunningham | Naval Medical Center San Diego | 03.12.2021
Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) recognizes Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Month throughout March.
Story by Cpl. Karis Mattingly | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 02.24.2021
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- He went to recruit training in August 2019 and during the initial Combat Fitness Test his shins were accidentally struck with two ammunition cans. Searing pain shot through his entire body, but he kept on pushing through his training. He knew something was not quite right when he started to experience pain while walking several days after the incident. For......
Story by Christine Aurigema | Army Recovery Care Program | 01.21.2021
What do famed painter Vincent Van Gogh and a Soldier in Georgia have in common? They’ve both completed a painting named “The Starry Night.”...
Story by Christine Aurigema | Army Recovery Care Program | 01.21.2021
Grooming, saddling and riding a horse may not seem like the typical activities of a modern-day Soldier, but that’s exactly what some in the Army Recovery Care Program are doing as part of their adaptive reconditioning....
