Military hospitals and clinics are the core of the Military Health System. They are located on military bases and posts around the world. Military hospitals and clinics are also referred to as Direct CareDirect care refers to military hospitals and clinics, also known as “military treatment facilities” and “MTFs.”direct care, military treatment facilities or MTFs.
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10/13/2016
![Early detection of the breast cancer can provide early treatment for the service member and or their beneficiaries. For those women diagnosed with localized (Stage 1) breast cancer there is a more than 98 percent probability that they will survive five or more years. (U.S. Air Force photo by L.A. Shively)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161019020030im_/http://health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Army%20Breast%20Cancer%20Awareness.ashx?mw=120)
Army Medicine is diagnosing and treating service members with cancer using state-of-the-art techniques and tools that many civilian hospitals can't provide
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9/16/2016
![Nurse Advice Line](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161019020030im_/http://img.youtube.com/vi/CRNGjlcOvNo/default.jpg)
You can call the Nurse Advice Line 24/7, at no cost to you, to talk to a registered nurse who can answer your urgent care questions, help you find a doctor, schedule next-day appointments at military hospitals and clinics and more.
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8/31/2016
![Army Capt. Gregory Lacy, 228th Combat Support Hospital urologist, (center), assists Army Col. George Newton, 228th CSH general surgeon, (right), while Army Spc. Marinel Armstead, 228th CSH surgical scrub technician, (left), observes during MEDEX. During the medical exercise, Soldiers integrated with Airmen to train for responding to potential real world contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Araceli Alarcon)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161019020030im_/http://health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/MEDEX%2016.ashx?mw=120)
Airmen and Soldiers integrated their assets, personnel and procedures, increasing the capabilities of Misawa Air Base’s medical treatment facility
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8/11/2016
![Medical personnel from the Air Force and Navy treat a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio. San Antonio is deployed with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161019020030im_/http://health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Air%20Force%20Navy%20Integrate%20at%20Sea.ashx?mw=120)
Airmen from the U.S. Air Force 379th Expeditionary Medical Group (EMG), Mobile Field Surgical Team (MFST) and Expeditionary Critical Care Team (ECCT) are embarked aboard amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio.
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7/19/2016
![The National Intrepid Center of Excellence, a directorate of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., helps active duty, reserve, and National Guard members and their families manage their traumatic brain injuries and accompanying psychological health conditions through diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning, outpatient clinical care, and TBI research.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161019020030im_/http://health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/NICoE.ashx?mw=120)
The National Intrepid Center of Excellence, a directorate of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, helps active duty, reserve, and National Guard members and their families manage their traumatic brain injuries
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