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Health Readiness

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Health Readiness Policy and Oversight is the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) for all medically related Department of Defense policies, programs, and activities. The office is responsible for deployment medicine, force health protection, medical readiness, international health agreements, deployment related health policy, theater information systems, humanitarian and health missions, and national disaster support.

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Navy Shock Trauma Platoon rehearses pediatric care, procedures

Article
10/18/2016
A series of Broselow pediatric emergency kits, weight-based resuscitation medical kits for children, lie atop a stretcher during pediatric malady training. Shock Trauma Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted the training during PHIBLEX 33 to prepare its Sailors to treat child patients. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

U.S. Navy medical officers and corpsmen conducted pediatric malady training

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Navy Medicine is prepared to care for women at sea

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10/17/2016
Navy Medicine treats and prevents women’s health issues around the world, including ships at sea, using innovative technology and research. The fleet ensures that its ships are equipped to support basic women’s health needs. While the depth of resources depends on the size and mission of each ship, all are equipped with emergency and routine birth control options, basic testing for sexually transmitted infections, equipment for well-woman exams and sick call examinations, and most importantly a professionally trained medical provider. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy Medicine treats and prevents women’s health issues around the world, including at sea, using innovative technology and research

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Health Readiness, Women's Health

Organized chaos: Corpsmen conduct hands-on training

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10/13/2016
Navy corpsmen treat a notional casualty during a training evolution on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The Navy Medical Augmentation Program Sustainment Training brings corpsmen from up and down the east coast to Camp Lejeune to get hands-on training. The corpsmen are all attached to the 2nd Medical Battalion but are assigned at different stations throughout the east coast. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jon Sosner)

Corpsmen converged on Camp Lejeune for the Navy Medical Augmentation Program Sustainment Training where they practiced skills unique to a combat zone

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U.S. Sailors hold medical training with Kenyan Defense Forces

Article
10/12/2016
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Mettler, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, races a Kenyan Defense Force combat engineer during a buddy carry lesson for the tactical combat medical training portion of Deliberate Kindle. The medical training was one portion of the course taught by Task Force Sparta, which is currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

U.S. Sailors taught tactical combat medical training to Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) soldiers and officers

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Health Readiness, Building Partner Capacity and Interoperability

Department of Defense continues commitment to Global Health Security Agenda

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10/12/2016
Dr. Karen Guice, acting assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, addressed attendees on the second day of the 2016 Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Summit Sept. 14, 2016.

Department of Defense and other senior U.S. government leaders travel to the Netherlands to attend a summit on the Global Health Security Agenda

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Health Readiness, Global Health Engagement, Building Partner Capacity and Interoperability, Global Health Security Agenda, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch

Women’s health essential to force readiness

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10/11/2016
Women with a U.S. Marine Female Engagement Team operating in Europe demonstrated their capabilities in Marine Corps martial arts, non-lethal weapons, foreign weapons handling and combat lifesaving to Romanian and U.S. Women comprise more than 27 percent of U.S. Marine Corps and Navy personnel, making women’s health essential to force readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Michelle Reif)

Women comprise more than 16 percent of U.S. Navy, and 6 percent of Marine Corps personnel respectively

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Air Force medics train in battlefield medicine course

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9/28/2016
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Triana, left, 347th Operations Support Squadron independent duty medical technician-paramedic, addresses injuries on a simulated patient during a tactical combat casualty care course, in Okeechobee, Florida. The course tests and reinforces participants’ lifesaving medical skills while they are in high-stress, combat scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Callaghan)

Through this course, the Air Force gets highly-qualified medics providing quality medical care in austere environments

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U.S., Japanese medics participate in bilateral medical training exercise

Article
9/26/2016
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force medics carry a casualty from an ambulance to a JGSDF helicopter while a U.S. Army medic calls directions during a bilateral medical training exercise.

Orient Shield is Japanese-American medical training exercise that includes providing care while taking fire, setting up a mobile triage and evacuating casualties by ground and air transport

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Soldiers perform medical evacuation training

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9/23/2016
Soldiers from the 7th Mission Support Command, Medical Support Unit-Europe conduct medical evacuation training with Staff Sgt. Jessie Turner, flight medic with the 1st Armored Division's Combat Aviation Brigade. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta)

Army Reserve medics and active duty helicopter pilots worked together to practice loading and transporting patients

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U.S. Army medical brigade trains Ukrainian soldiers on field litter ambulances

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9/20/2016
A Ukrainian Soldier uses hand signals during a ground guide exercise of field litter ambulance familiarization on the driving range at Yavoriv Training Area, Ukraine. A team of medics and a mechanic from 557th Medical Company and 212th Combat Support Hospital are working together to conduct field littler ambulance and medical equipment familiarization with the Ukrainian military. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jeku)

Field litter ambulances provide mobility for emergency situations and provide a quick link between battlefield casualties and emergency services not available on the front lines of battle

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U.S., Japanese forces conduct Big Rescue Kanagawa 2016

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9/20/2016
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Reginaldo Cagampan, left, and Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Rocky Pambid, members of the U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka Emergency Response Team, treat a simulated patient during the 2016 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Joint Drill in Yokosuka city, Japan. Multiple agencies took part in the drill including the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force, as well as personnel from the Japan Self-Defense Force and Japanese government agencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Greg Mitchell)

Big Rescue's mission is to strengthen interoperability between participating medical units, other agencies and bolster the resilience of local communities against disaster

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Health Readiness, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief

Vitamins D and B12 play important roles in health and wellness

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9/19/2016
Adequate intake of B vitamins is important to ensure optimum energy production and the building of muscle tissue.

Vitamins D and B12 are key nutrients to staying healthy and having a balanced diet

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Health Readiness, Nutrition

USS Decatur MEDEVAC exemplifies importance of US, ROK partnership

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9/16/2016
A Republic of Korea navy UH-60 Black Hawk takes off from the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur. The ROKN helped in an emergency medical evacuation of a U.S. Sailor. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Dudley Reynolds)

USS Decatur was assisted by the Republic of Korean navy in an emergency medical evacuation of a Sailor

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Hospital's sterile-processing techs are 'Gladiators' of patient safety

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9/14/2016
Army Staff Sgt. Oscar Domino (left), operating room technician, hands a sterile pack to Army Maj. Jerry Rivera-Santiago, sterile processing's officer in charge. Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center's Sterile Processing Department assembles and packs more than 400 surgical units monthly. (U.S. Army photo by Gloria Montgomery)

Sterile-processing medical technicians are the multipliers of hospital safety who clean, disinfect and sterilize the hospital and dental clinic's surgical tools

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Health Readiness, Military Hospitals and Clinics, Quality and Safety of Health Care, Patient Safety

Civilian nurses offered specialized training

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9/13/2016
Opening up the existing perioperative, or operating room, course to civilians and developing a new ER training course for civilians allows Madigan to invest in its civilian employees, which comprises nearly 68 percent of the hospital staff. (Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Cousins)

Opening up the existing perioperative, or operating room, course to civilians and developing a new ER training course for civilians allows Madigan to invest in its civilian employees

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