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From left, Capt. Dustin Thomas, assigned to Medical Activity Japan, Camp Zama; Spc. Max Ramirez, assigned to the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade; and Sgt. Joseph Rudolph, also assigned to MEDDAC-J, train for the Army Ten-Miler at Zama Middle High School, Camp Zama, Japan, Aug. 27. (Photo Credit: Winifred Brown)
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U.S. Army Japan fields Army Ten-Miler team virtually during pandemic

U.S. Army Japan is holding a virtual qualifier for its Army Ten-Miler team, which will also compete virtually this year due to COVID-19, and still needs two active-duty women Soldiers to complete the...
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brenden Fowler, 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron independent duty medical technician, screens Airmen for COVID-19 symptoms before allowing them to travel to Plovdiv, Bulgaria for Thracian Summer 2020, Aug. 10, 2020. The screening consists of checking temperature and answering a series of questions about physical health and recent travel locations to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Devin Nothstine)
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Pandemic reactions at home and abroad

Despite us sending out good vibes and wishes, it seems that this pandemic continues to create uproar among us.
Dr. Roman Aranda, Supervisory Chemist, and Dr. Bo Liu, Chemist, process samples on the Panther Fusion at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia. (Photo by: Jeffrey Castro.)
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Army CID forensics team on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic

In the middle of March as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, the Army made mission adjustments to focus on protecting the force, posturing for global operational readiness, and supporting the national effort to fight the new novel coronavirus.
AFN sports programmers Willie Price (far left) and Jason Stevenson (right) program all the sports you see on AFN television. They work at the American Forces Network (AFN) Broadcast Center in Riverside, California.
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How AFN TV Sports evolved during the pandemic

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a major impact on the American Forces Network (AFN) Broadcast Center (BC) in Riverside, Calif., the network is once again broadcasting AFN|sports and AFN|sports2 separately instead of simulcasting them.
Navy Lt. Caroline Mosher, a nurse anesthesia student at USU's Graduate School of Nursing, conducts "proof-of-concept" testing using the “COVID-19 Airway Management Isolation Chamber,” or CAMIC. (Photo courtesy of LtCol Robert Long)
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New invention helps protect healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic

If necessity and innovation are the driving forces behind invention, then the “COVID-19 Airway Management Isolation Chamber,” or CAMIC, is the perfect creation.
Lt. Tiffany Bradley participates in fit testing for an N95 respirator and survival mask at Naval Hospital Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan March 27, 2020. The wearing of protective gear while battling the COVID-19 pandemic can cause adverse reactions in health care workers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Tori Sharpe)
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Combat stress techniques help military providers during COVID pandemic

Among the images from the heroic response to the coronavirus pandemic are the faces of medical professionals bruised by personal protective equipment worn during long hospital shifts.
A graphic created to inform about safety in natural water settings. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Jessie Perkins)
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Water safety remains important during a pandemic

With many local pools closed due to the pandemic, many find themselves itching for the chance to get out and enjoy the water this summer.
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‘Leadership matters’: Recruiters apply past lessons learned to current crisis

Riding in a V-22 Osprey over the jungles of Liberia in search of suitable terrain to build treatment camps during the 2014 Ebola epidemic, young Army engineer Major Anthony Barbina had no idea that he was preparing for a job he would fill years later.
Marine Corps Maj. Gen. James F. Glynn, the commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., visits The Citadel, a public military college temporarily used to stage poolees for a 14-day observation period in Charleston, S.C., May 5, 2020. The Citadel will facilitate the continuation of the Marine Corps’ mission of making Marines while enhancing staging capabilities for Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in response to COVID-19. (Photo By: Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Rebecca Floto)
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Naval Medical Research Center supports Marine recruits during pandemic

Naval Medical Research Center, or NMRC, has been on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 from the start and continues to provide scientific support to warfighters with the COVID-19 Health Action Response for Marines, a study known as CHARM.
Military Health System beneficiaries turn to online resources like the TRICARE Online Patient Portal (TOL PP) and MHS GENESIS Patient Portal to virtually manage their health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The TOL PP logged a record one million active users in May. (Courtesy Photo)
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MHS beneficiaries turn to online resources to manage personal care during pandemic

Military Health System beneficiaries turned to online resources like the TRICARE Online Patient Portal (TOL) and the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal in record numbers in May to remotely manage their health care during the COVID-19 pandemic.