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Volume 41, No. 7 A worldwide publication telling the Army Medicine Story ARMY MEDICINE MERCURY CONTENTS DEPARTMENTS Racheal Lane, Active Duty Clinic, inspects Automated External Defibrillator (AED) equipment at the beginning of daily operations. The MS2 program is designed to reduce accidents by building a safety-conscious culture in the workplace through the execution of safety practices and procedures. (U.S. Army photo by Kimberly Fritz, Kenner Army Health Clinic Public Affairs) FEATURE ARMY MEDICINE MERCURY US ARMY MEDICAL COMMAND ARMY MEDICINE PRIORITIES Commander COMBAT CASUALTY CARE Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho Army Medicine personnel, services, and doctrine that save Service members’ and DOD Civilians’ lives and maintains their health in all operational environments. Director of Communications Col. Jerome L. Buller Chief, MEDCOM Public READINESS AND HEALTH OF THE FORCE Affairs Officer Army Medicine personnel and services that maintain, restore, and improve the Jaime Cavazos deployability, resiliency, and performance of Service members. Editor Valecia L. Dunbar, D.M. Graphic Designers READY & DEPLOYABLE MEDICAL FORCE Jennifer Donnelly Army Medicine (AMEDD) personnel who are professionally developed and resilient, Rebecca Westfall and with their units, are responsive in providing the highest level of healthcare in all operational environments. The MERCURY is an authorized publication HEALTH OF FAMILIES AND RETIREES for members of the U.S. Army Medicine personnel and services that optimize the health and resiliency of Families Army Medical Department, published under the authority and Retirees. of AR 360-1. Contents are not necessarily official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. SOCIAL MEDIA CENTER Government, Department of Defense, Department of the Army, or this command. FOLLOW US ON The MERCURY is published Army Medicine monthly by the Directorate of Communications, U.S. Army LTG Patricia D. Horoho Medical Command, 2748 CSM Donna A. Brock Worth Road Ste 11, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234- 6011. BE CONNECTED ON Questions, comments Army Medicine or submissions for the MERCURY should be directed to the editor at SEE WHAT’S PLAYING ON 210-221-6722 (DSN 471-7), Army Medicine or by email; EXPLORE OUR PHOTOS ON Army Medicine The deadline is 25 days before the month of publication. Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are U.S. Army photos. START PINNING TODAY ON The MERCURY submission Army Medicine and style guide can be accessed JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON Army Medicine 3 | ARMYMEDICINE.MIL TSG SPEAKS! DHA: Unified Partnership By Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, U.S. Army Surgeon General I want to take this opportunity to And you my friends, are at the epicenter extend my heartfelt thanks and sincere of this historical and innovative approach appreciation to all those dedicated and to the way military healthcare is managed hard-working DA Civilians and active- for the foreseeable future. As we move duty personnel who have made, or will forward, events around the world make, the transition from Army Medicine continue to remind us of the importance to the Defense Health Agency (DHA). of maintaining the medical readiness of Each of you has been the foundation and the force and a ready, deployable medical anchor of Army Medicine for many years. force. Although the structure and size You provided the much needed continuity of the military forces will change over that allowed us to focus on our primary the coming years, our medical readiness mission - taking care of our wounded, ill mission will not. Your work to reform and injured Soldiers, their Families, and how we meet our mission requirements our Veterans. in the face of these changes is necessary And now, as part of DHA, you will play and valued. I have no doubt you will all an even larger role as your expertise and Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho be successful. I wish each and every one of knowledge will be shared by all military you the very best in the years to come. of the DHA back on October 1, 2013 services and their respective medical Army Medicine is, Serving to Heal... represented a starting point, not an end departments. As a result, all military Honored to Serve! point, to the military’s path for a stronger, Service Members, their Families and better, and more integrated system of care. Veterans will benefit. The establishment 4 | ARMYMEDICINE.MIL AMEDD GLOBAL Army Medicine Announces Inaugural Brain Health Consortium By Mike Elliott, Army Medicine Public Affairs World-renown medical leaders in recommendations for warfighters, the controls heartbeat, breathing, digestion, the military, academia, and research human dimension program and more. muscle movement, our five senses, and communities in neurology, neuroscience, “Brain health is the new frontier. is key to everything we do. It regulates psychiatry, and psychology are coming We are on the precipice of a major how we think, feel, and act. together in a first-of-its-kind Brain transformation to attain and sustain “The April Brain Health Consortium is Health Consortium, April 10-11. The optimum health, performance, and our first step towards building enduring goal is to better understand the state well-being. A major part of our relationships with academia, industry, of the science of brain health and to transformation has to do with the brain, and other experts to foster continued discuss ways to improve the brain health and how it influences health,” Horoho understanding of brain health. It will of Soldiers and the Army Family. The said. help the Army initiate a National consortium is being hosted by Lt. Gen. Brain plasticity is the brain’s unique dialogue to optimize health for the entire Patricia Horoho, the Army surgeon ability to constantly change, grow, and Army Family,” she said. general, and held at the Defense Health remap itself over the course of a lifetime. Outcomes of the Consortium will help Headquarters, Falls Church, Va. Army Medicine is transforming itself shape the future direction of brain health The theme for the two-day event is from an isolated, individual health for the Army, and will be leveraged to “Brain Health: Partnering to Explore service to an integrated System for strengthen the readiness and resilience of the New Frontier.” Among the topics Health. Soldiers, Families, and Retirees. being discussed are: The Performance Health is more than simply the Information on the Brain Health Triad (Sleep, Activity and Nutrition) absence of disease or injury. It’s a state of Consortium is available on the and its impact on brain health, readiness complete social, mental, spiritual, and Army Medicine Website at: http:// and resiliency, cognitive performance, physical well-being. The brain is the most armymedicine.mil/pages/Brain_Health_ neuroplasticity, mindfulness training and important part of the human body. It Consortium.aspx. 5 | ARMYMEDICINE.MIL AMEDD GLOBAL Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2) Commemorates 10th Anniversary By Warrior Transition Command Communications Division With a mission of providing said Col. Johnny Davis, AW2 director. personalized support to the Army’s most “Through the personalized support of severely wounded, ill, and injured, the AW2 advocates, our program ensures U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program continuity of care throughout the (AW2) has impacted more than 19,000 recovery and transition process, whether Soldiers, Veteran, and Families since Soldiers return to the force or transition 2004. to civilian life.” Recognizing the changing face of Today, AW2 is closely integrated into warfare and advances in Army Medicine the Army’s broader Warrior Care and that enabled more Soldiers to survive Transition Program (WCTP). Building battlefield injuries, the Army took a on the depth of their experience with historic step in creating this unique the most severely wounded, AW2 program. transition professionals provide input “This program plays an essential role to policy and guidance for many in fulfilling the Army’s sacred obligation elements of the recovery and transition Transition Units (WTUs) and nine to support the Army’s most severely process, impacting the more than 6,000 Community-Based Warrior Transition wounded, ill, and injured Soldiers, wounded, ill, and injured Soldiers Units (CBWTUs) throughout the Veterans, their Families, and caregivers,” recovering at the Army’s 29 Warrior country. AW2 Advocates on site at these units actively collaborate with other members of the interdisciplinary team on all aspects of the Soldier’s Primary Injuries Types Facing Comprehensive Transition Plan (CTP). Eligible Soldiers are enrolled in AW2 AW2 Population as soon as possible upon arrival at the WTU, and AW2 advocates participate in Soldier’s recovery and transition meetings. By working with AW2 Note: Many Soldiers/Veterans have multiple injuries. Advocates on site in the Veterans These numbers reflect the primary injuries facing the AW2 Affairs system, they facilitate a seamless population. transition and continuity of care for those Soldiers who transition out of the • PTSD: 65% Army. • TBI: 10% As AW2 commemorates a decade • Amputations: 6% of service, the program honors the service and sacrifice of every Soldier • Other behavioral health conditions: 4% who becomes wounded, ill, or injured • Extremity impairments: 3% while wearing the uniform, as well as • Other: 3% the Families, and caregivers who support • Paralysis: 2% them. • Disease: 2% For more information, please visit: • Blindness/Vision Loss: 2% http://wtc.armylive.dodlive.mil/ • Spinal/Vertebra Injuries: 2% category/warrior-transition-command/ uncategorized/page/10/ • Burns: 1% 6 | ARMYMEDICINE.MIL AMEDD GLOBAL Defense Health Agency Meets Major Milestones By Karen Carstens, Military Health System In its first 150 days, the Defense He also underscored that the contracts.” Health Agency has stayed on track Military Health System must adapt This “has allowed us to move more to meet major milestones in an to meet the needs of its beneficiaries quickly than we had anticipated, and unprecedented effort to streamline in the 21st century, just as the U.S.

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