Army News

One Health Week: Promoting comprehensive public health
November 4, 2020 — Did you know this is One Health Week? Observed during the first week of November, One Health Week strives to raise awareness around the world to highlight the need for comprehensive public health using the One Health approach. ... MORE

Observed during the first week of November, One Health Week strives to raise awareness around the world to highlight the need for comprehensive public health using the One Health approach. (Courtesy graphic by U.S. Army Public Health Center)

Alma learns to walk again: Army, Navy join forces to help working dog heal
October 28, 2020 — Sit!” yells Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Angelow, a military working dog handler, to his dog Alma, a patrol explosive detector dog onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo. MWD Alma returned to duty in early May following an injury, when she tore seven of eight flexor tendons in her right hind leg; she is the first MWD to return to service following such an injury. On Oct. 14, Alma initiated her first bite training since returning to duty onboard CFAS... MORE

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Angelow stands with his military working dog, Alma, onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan. Alma recently returned to full duty following a tear of seven of the eight ligaments in her right hind leg. (Photo Credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Geoffrey Barham)

Halloween pet safety in Hawaii
October 25, 2020 — Halloween is right around the corner, and while it may be the spookiest night of the year for people, always remember to keep your four-legged friends safe. Here are some considerations from the Schofield Barracks Veterinary Treatment Facility to keep your pets safe this scary season! ... MORE

Halloween is right around the corner, and while it may be the spookiest night of the year for people, always remember to keep your four-legged friends safe. (U.S. Army Graphic by Amber Kurka)

World Rabies Day: How military communities can help end rabies
September 26, 2020 — Did you know Sept. 28 is World Rabies Day? Established in 2007, World Rabies Day is a global health day of action meant to increase awareness of the rabies virus and its impacts around the world. The day focuses on rabies prevention education, as well as inspiring community action to prevent transmission of the disease. This year’s theme is “End Rabies: Collaborate, Vaccinate,” which emphasizes combined efforts around the world to eliminate dog-associated human rabies by 2030... MORE

World Rabies Day: How military communities can help end rabies (U.S. Army Graphic by Amber Kurka)

Army veterinary food inspectors keep Sailors safe at sea
September 16, 2020 — Imagine you’re a U.S. Navy Sailor out to sea in 5th Fleet, Naval Forces Central Command region. During deployment, you’re enjoying lunch in the galley with your shipmates. As you look down at your food, you appreciate the fact that you have fresh lettuce and tomatoes on your hamburger. The taste reminds you of home and being back in America. You feel good knowing that you have food that makes you feel recharged and able to do the mission... MORE

Sgt. Naim Chisolm, Sgt. Mariah Flores, Sgt. Shauna Bihlmaier and Sgt. Anthony Rodriguez, veterinary food inspection specialists from Public Health Activity-Guam, at Naval Base Guam, Guam, Aug. 11, 2020. Recently these Soldiers participated in the U.S. Army Public Health Command's Ship Rider program to help keep Sailors safe while at sea. Established as a Memorandum of Agreement with the Military Sealift Command, the Ship Rider program deploys an Army sergeant or staff sergeant veterinary food inspection specialist to select MSC Combat Logistics Force ships to inspect food shipments during deployments and exercises. During these operations, Soldiers are assigned to a ship for five to six months at a time, living and working side by side with Sailors, usually as the only Army member aboard a vessel. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Sgt. Christopher Harris)

Soldiers, Airmen train to evacuate injured military working dogs
August 28, 2020 — Airmen assigned to the 459th Airlift Squadron, 374th Security Forces Squadron and 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, worked together with Soldiers assigned to the Public Health Activity-Japan, Veterinary Treatment Facility, to participate in a C-12J, K-9 air evacuation training, August 20... MORE

U.S. Army Capt. James Gaffney, Public Health Activity - Japan, Veterinary Treatment Facility OIC, briefs members of the 374th Security Forces Squadron and 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron during a C-12J Huron, K-9 evacuation training scenario, August 20, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Airmen assigned to the 374th SFS and 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron practiced K-9 evacuation procedures and best practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Torres)

Madigan inducts 20 new NCOs in ceremony
August 28, 2020 — Twenty new staff sergeants and sergeants were welcomed to the U.S. Army’s Corps of Noncommissioned Officers Aug. 7 in a socially-distanced ceremony held at Evergreen Theater here. The NCO induction ceremony is a time-honored event celebrating the promotion of Soldiers in the rank of specialist to sergeant, or the lateral appointment of specialists to corporal... MORE

Newly inducted into the NCO Corps, a group of sergeants stands before the NCO arch after their induction ceremony, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Aug. 7, 2020. Twenty NCOs from Madigan Army Medical Center and Regional Health Command-Pacific were recognized during the ceremony. (Photo Credit: Christopher Larsen)

PHC-P EMBLs shift gears to fight COVID-19
August 27, 2020 — For Public Health Command-Pacific Environmental Molecular Biology Laboratory personnel keeping others safe from disease is a top priority. Located at Camp Zama, Japan, and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, the EMBLs’ mission is to protect the health of the force from vector borne diseases found in ticks, mosquitos, and fleas by testing arthropod samples found in austere environments... MORE

Gary Crispell, a Public Health Command-Pacific microbiologist, simulates how to test a sample for at the Naval Health Research Center satellite laboratory co-located at Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan. Crispell was one of three people to work around the clock this past spring operate the only Department of Defense COVID-19 testing lab in Japan. (Courtesy photo)

Trust allows Camp Zama veterinary team to accomplish mission under COVID-19
August 26, 2020 — Staff at the Camp Zama Veterinary Treatment Facility have always worked diligently to gain the trust of their clients, and today under COVID-19 restrictions, those efforts are paying off. “I trust them,” said Carolina Chong, shortly after handing over her two dogs’ leashes to Cpl. Madison Green, an animal care specialist, so they could go in for their appointments without her Aug. 25... MORE

Layla, a beagle, sniffs Spc. Stacey Martin, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Camp Zama Veterinary Treatment Facility, as she clips the nails of Roxy, a shepherd mix, during an appointment at the facility at Camp Zama, Japan, Aug. 25.

What you need to know to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Hawaii
August 13, 2020 — Over the last few weeks, new COVID-19 cases have broken record numbers in Hawaii. As the state grapples with the uptick in positive cases, local leaders have implemented new restrictions and guidelines to help slow the spread of the virus... MORE

(U.S. Army graphic by Amber E. N. Kurka)