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A soldier applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during a training exercise. (Courtesy photo)

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  • Dr. Vivek Murthy (left), U.S. Surgeon General, chats with (clockwise from top) Navy Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general; Dr. Richard Thomas, president at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; and Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director, Defense Health Agency, before a session at the AMSUS (The Society of Federal Health Professionals) 2016 meeting on Nov. 30, 2016, at National Harbor near Washington, D.C. Dr. Vivek Murthy (left), U.S. Surgeon General, chats with (clockwise from top) Navy Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general; Dr. Richard Thomas, president at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; and Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director, Defense Health Agency, before a session at the AMSUS (The Society of Federal Health Professionals) 2016 meeting on Nov. 30, 2016, at National Harbor near Washington, D.C. Related Photos

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  • Invoking the AMSUS meeting theme of “raising the bar,” Guice equated building a health care system for the military to building a skyscraper. “You must build carefully with clarity of purpose,” she said. This meeting attracted about 1,500 military and federal health practitioners and concludes Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Invoking the AMSUS meeting theme of “raising the bar,” Guice equated building a health care system for the military to building a skyscraper. “You must build carefully with clarity of purpose,” she said. This meeting attracted about 1,500 military and federal health practitioners and concludes Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Related Photos

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  • (Left to right) Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director, Defense Health Agency; Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Air Force surgeon general; Navy Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general; Army Lt. Gen. Nadja West, Army surgeon general; and Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Caravalho, Joint Staff surgeon, partake in a discussion on how the Military Health System was and continues to be built at the 2016 AMSUS meeting. (Left to right) Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director, Defense Health Agency; Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Air Force surgeon general; Navy Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general; Army Lt. Gen. Nadja West, Army surgeon general; and Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Caravalho, Joint Staff surgeon, partake in a discussion on how the Military Health System was and continues to be built at the 2016 AMSUS meeting. Related Photos

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  • Army Spc. George Tyler McGibbon mans the controls of his drone and pilots it on its maiden flight at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Naval Support Activity Bethesda. (U.S. Army photo by Bernard S. Little) Army Spc. George Tyler McGibbon mans the controls of his drone and pilots it on its maiden flight at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Naval Support Activity Bethesda. (U.S. Army photo by Bernard S. Little) Related Photos

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  • (Left to right) Dr. Paul Cordts, the Military Health System’s functional champion in the development of MHS GENESIS, the military’s new electronic health record keeping system, Stacy Cummings, program executive officer for the Defense Healthcare Management Systems, and Army Col. Richard Wilson, a division chief in the Health Information Technology directorate at the Defense Health Agency, talk about the development and deployment of MHS GENESIS at AMSUS 2016 on Nov. 29, 2016. (Left to right) Dr. Paul Cordts, the Military Health System’s functional champion in the development of MHS GENESIS, the military’s new electronic health record keeping system, Stacy Cummings, program executive officer for the Defense Healthcare Management Systems, and Army Col. Richard Wilson, a division chief in the Health Information Technology directorate at the Defense Health Agency, talk about the development and deployment of MHS GENESIS at AMSUS 2016 on Nov. 29, 2016. Related Photos

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  • “Guardian Angels” of the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron carry a patient by litter for evacuation during a mass casualty exercise at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Training scenarios are based on real-world situations that have been encountered in past operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa) “Guardian Angels” of the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron carry a patient by litter for evacuation during a mass casualty exercise at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Training scenarios are based on real-world situations that have been encountered in past operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa) Related Photos

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  • An 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk lands to extract patients during a mass casualty exercise at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The drill allowed pararescuemen, combat rescue officers and helicopter crews to rehearse their response to common scenarios encountered in theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa) An 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk lands to extract patients during a mass casualty exercise at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The drill allowed pararescuemen, combat rescue officers and helicopter crews to rehearse their response to common scenarios encountered in theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa) Related Photos

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