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Armed Services Blood Program

The Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP)—also known as the Military Blood Program—is the official military provider of blood products to U.S. armed forces.

As a joint operation among the military services (Army, Navy, Air Force), the ASBP:

  • Provides quality blood products for service members, veterans and their families in both peace and war.
  • Collects, processes, stores, distributes, and transfuses blood worldwide.
  • Work closely with our civilian counterparts in times of need.

Service members are often confused and erroneously believe that a civilian collection agency provides blood products to the military community. That is not true. The ASBP is one of four organizations that ensure our nation has a safe, potent blood supply.

Why Should You Donate Blood?

Blood and blood products are used for patients of all ages for many reasons—from cancer patients to those with battlefield injuries, military members and their families depend on blood donors every day.

Your donation can save:

  • A service member injured in action
  • A child with cancer
  • A family member in need of heart surgery

It's easy to save lives! By committing to give blood at least once a season, you help ensure that blood is available when it is needed most.

Find a Blood Donor Center

Theater Mobile Blood Management

The ASBP is pleased to have played a role in the Theater Mobile Blood Management Prototype. This application is designed to address the military blood program's needs in global areas of operation, with blood inventory and tracking in low or non-existent connectivity.  >>View the Theater Mobile Blood Management Fact Sheet to Learn More

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Breaking down blood: Platelets

Article
8/30/2016
Airman Brenda Prudencio, 81st Force Support Squadron customer support specialist, has her blood drawn by Amber Horne, 81st Diagnostic and Therapeutics Squadron medical lab technician, during a blood drive at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.

Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are small fragments of cells that help control bleeding by gathering at the site of an injury

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Soldiers’ donated blood accompanies their units to deployment sites

Article
8/26/2016
Blood donated at the North Fort Hood Mobilization Center by mobilizing Soldiers  will be processed and shipped for use by service members in Kuwait, Afghanistan and other regions where U.S. forces are deployed. (U.S. Army photo by Nick Conner)

An ongoing program is helping mobilizing service members protect their health and safety during deployments

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Breaking down blood: Plasma

Article
8/18/2016
Donors with type A, B or AB blood are often times good candidates to donate plasma. Type AB plasma is known as “universal plasma” which means that it can be received by anyone, regardless of their blood type. (U.S. Army photo by Nick Conner)

Donors with type A, B or AB blood are often times good candidates to donate plasma –type AB plasma is known as “universal plasma” which means that it can be received by anyone, regardless of their blood type

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Health and Human Services officials visit Walter Reed Donor Center for pathogen reduction demonstration

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7/26/2016
Dr. Karen Scott (center), chief medical officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, visits the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to review the first U.S. Department of Defense pathogen reduction technology.

HHS officials review the first DoD pathogen reduction system

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GMU researchers developing system to help ensure blood safety

Article
7/8/2016
The Armed Services Blood Bank Center at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., received a new state-of-the-art blood mobile May 5.

Researchers at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., are developing an automated validation and verification system to help ensure blood safety.

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Pathogen reduction technology funding approved, ASBP on the forefront of deployment

Article
6/27/2016
The Armed Services Blood Bank Center at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., received a new state-of-the-art blood mobile May 5.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to provide more than $48 million to fund pathogen reduction technologies

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New regulation may open doors for mothers to donate platelets, plasma

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6/20/2016
A service member is prepped to donate at a collection center. While there is still a chance that women who have been pregnant will be deferred from donating, the new HLA test opens the door for women to consider donating platelets and plasma for the first time in many years. (Courtesy photo)

A recent update the American Association of Blood Banks’s human leukocyte antigen regulations will open the door for many women to donate platelet and plasma for the first time in years

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New joint blood donation center operational in San Antonio

Article
6/15/2016
Army Lt. Col. Audra Taylor (center, left), director of the Army Blood Program, Navy Capt. Roland Fahie (center), director of the Armed Services Blood Program, and Air Force Lt. Col. Angela Hudson (center, right), director of the Air Force Blood Program, cut the ribbon at the new Armed Services Blood Bank Center-San Antonio, May 16.

The ASBBC-SA, located on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base, is the first joint blood donor and infectious disease testing center operating under the Air Force Blood Program license

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Advances in the Use of Whole Blood for Combat Trauma Resuscitation

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6/2/2016

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Armed Services Blood Program Research and Development Initiatives

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6/2/2016

Armed Services Blood Program-Research and Development Initiatives

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Pathogen reduction technology helps combat blood borne disease

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4/25/2016
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New pathogen reduction technologies are helping to mitigate risks to the blood supply

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Military blood program helps open transfusion center in Cambodia

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3/11/2016
Army Maj. Gen. Todd McCaffrey, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific Command cuts the ribbon at the new Provincial Blood Transfusion Center located in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.

The Armed Services Blood Program helped open the Kampong Cham Provincial Blood Transfusion Center in Kampong, Cambodia

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Donor Self-deferral Information Sheet to Reduce the Risk of Transfusion-transmitted Zika

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2/23/2016

This info sheet is to give to potential blood donors who have traveled to Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America in the last 28 days. BPL 16-02, Attachment 2

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Post-donation Information Sheet

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2/23/2016

This info sheet is to provide to blood donors after they give blood. BPL 16-02, Attachment 3

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Blood, platelet donor and ‘Ted E. Bear’ spread joy, save lives

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2/3/2016
Ted E. Bear, a teddy bear that travels with “Platelets Across America” founder Al Whitney, is a symbol of the importance of blood donations. The story behind Ted E. Bear began when Whitney bought a teddy bear for a young girl in need of a white blood cell donation.

Al Whitney has been a blood donor since 1965; in 2007 he started a journey – Platelets Across America – his mission to donate platelets in every state

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