Time is running out to evaluate your 2023 health care coverage. TRICARE Open Season ends on Tuesday, Dec. 13. This is the last day you can make changes to your coverage taking effect Jan. 1.

The Military Health System offers service members and their families contraceptive care services—including access to all forms of medical and surgical contraception—for men and women.

Although the overall death rate from colorectal cancer has been on the decline in recent years, it remains the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. There has also been an increase in colorectal cancer-related death for people younger than 55, and an increase in diagnosis in patients between the ages of 40-49 over the past decade, according to the National Cancer Institute.

TRICARE Open Season is the time to make changes to your TRICARE health care coverage for the upcoming year. But is your information still current in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS)? If you’re unsure, now is a good time to check.

The U.S. Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Scott Dingle, presented the 2022 Army Surgeon General Physician Recognition Award (The Maj. Gen. Lewis Aspey Mologne Award), Nov. 15 to the Defense Health Agency’s Low Country Market Director and Winn Army Community Hospital Commander, Col. Jason Seery during a ceremony in San Antonio, Texas.

Individuals need to give serious consideration toward Influenza Vaccinations. The flu vaccine has been proven both safe and effective over decades of use.  It also significantly decreases the risk of developing a severe illness and death.

The Fort Stewart Iron Guardians earned recognition as the Best Soldier Recovery Unit – for the fourth time, on Oct. 27 by Medical Readiness Command, East.

Access to Care continues to evolve for the Defense Health Agency Low Country Market serving Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield medical treatment facilities, providing quality care to TRICARE beneficiaries.