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  • 2015 DOD Warrior Games begin June 19

    The opening ceremony for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games is scheduled for 11 a.m. EDT, June 19, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia.The Air Force will be represented by 40 team members and five alternates, including 22 active-duty and 23 retired or separated

  • Help eliminate tobacco use on World No Tobacco Day

    All TRICARE beneficiaries can celebrate World No Tobacco Day on May 31.Created in 1987 by World Health Organization, World No Tobacco Day encourages tobacco users all over the globe to go tobacco-free for 24 hours to raise awareness about the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and its negative

  • Officials announce new prescription website

    The TRICARE Pharmacy provider, Express Scripts, has a new website at www.express-scripts.com/tricare containing enhanced features.Beneficiaries can see all their current prescriptions, check their status, turn on or off the automatic refills, and order refills of their home delivery prescriptions.

  • DOD helps protect beneficiaries from deceptive pharmacy practices

    In the face of recent aggressive and deceptive marketing practices of some compounding pharmacies targeting TRICARE, the Defense Health Agency is taking aggressive action to help TRICARE beneficiaries, DHA's chief of pharmacy operations said in a recent interview.Dr. George Jones described

  • 48-hour battle results in Air Force Cross, Silver Star medals

    Three special tactics combat controllers were awarded the Air Force Cross and two Silver Star medals here May 6, for extraordinary heroism and gallantry in the face of danger while on a deployment to Afghanistan in September 2014.The Airmen, all from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, were

  • New VA website encourages veterans to tell their stories of hope

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To commemorate the month, officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs are encouraging veterans, along with their families and friends, to visit and chronicle their recovery journey on the website, MakeTheConnection.net at http://maketheconnection.net/.Make

  • Retired military working dog relieves Airmens’ stress

    When Tech. Sgt. Ashley-Marie Umstead adopted retired military working dog, Sato, she said the 5-year-old Belgian Malinois needed something constructive to do with his robust energy and instincts.After serving as a bomb dog for the 10th Security Forces Squadron, Umstead said she knew Airmen and

  • May issue of Airman magazine now available

    The May issue of Airman magazine is now available to download and is viewable through a Web browser.In the cover story, titled "Standing Up," you'll meet Afghan air force Maj. Sahar Ahmad, who's among the first class of eight Afghan airmen who started training in the A-29 Super Tucano at Moody Air

  • Caregivers mirror wounded warrior struggles

    Megan Fugitt was enjoying life as a newlywed when in an instant she went from being a wife to a caregiver.Fugitt's husband, Chris, a former Airman with the 96th Maintenance Squadron here, was on the mend of a kidney renal infarction in 2013 when he suddenly suffered a stroke as a result of blood

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