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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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)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161020032339im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/The%20Surface%20Warfare%20Medical%20Institute.ashx?mw=120)
Navy Medicine treats and prevents women’s health issues around the world, including at sea, using innovative technology and research
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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)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161020032339im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Navy%20Medical%20Augmentation%20Program.ashx?mw=120)
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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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)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161020032339im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/battlefield%20medicine.ashx?mw=120)
Through this course, the Air Force gets highly-qualified medics providing quality medical care in austere environments
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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)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161020032339im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/battlefield%20medicine.ashx?mw=120)
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)
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Air Force medics train in battlefield medicine course
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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.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161020032339im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Orient%20Shield.ashx?mw=120)
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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9/23/2016
![It is important for Soldiers to know what to expect when a MEDEVAC helicopter arrives and how to approach the helicopters, load patients aboard and how to interact with their crew chief and flight medic in order to do ground handoffs. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161020032339im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/helo%20training2.ashx?mw=120)
It is important for Soldiers to know what to expect when a MEDEVAC helicopter arrives and how to approach the helicopters, load patients aboard and how to interact with their crew chief and flight medic in order to do ground handoffs. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta)
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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)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161020032339im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/helo%20training1.ashx?mw=120)
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)
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Soldiers perform medical evacuation training
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