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Soldiers of the 168th Medical Detachment of Veterinary Support Services, located on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, conduct a mission to capture different creatures in Kuwait, in order to study them for diseases and any other medical dangers they may possess that could threaten our force. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Evan Anderson)
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Veterinary Services

Veterinary Services performs food safety operations and inspections to ensure deployed forces receive the safest food and water available. They also care for military working animals and provide public health services during humanitarian assistance missions.

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Jul 29, 2024

Celebrating One Year with Nalu: How Tripler Army Medical Center’s Facility Dog Makes a Difference to Patients and Staff Alike

Nalu the service dog poses with staff at Tripler Army Medical Center

Nalu, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever, is a full-time Tripler Army Medical Center hospital facility dog. He is present in the Child and Family Behavioral Health Service Clinic, where he works alongside Dr. Kathryn Egan, a child psychiatrist, and licensed clinical social workers.

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Feb 20, 2024

Dover AFB Veterinary Treatment Facility, Warm Zone Team Conduct Decontamination Training with MWDs

U.S. Army Capt. Alicia Bailey, right, Dover Air Force Base Veterinary Treatment Facility officer in charge, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Courtney Burns, 436th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, demonstrate decontamination techniques on Military Working Dog Zorro during a training session at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 10, 2024.

Members of the Dover Air Force Base Veterinary Treatment Facility, 436th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog section, and the 436th Medical Group Warm Zone Team held a training session on January 10, 2024, to practice the skills necessary to properly decontaminate MWDs and possibly save their lives in the aftermath of a nuclear, biological ...

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Feb 16, 2024

Newest Pacific Veterinary Treatment Facility Enhances Care, Strengthens Partnerships in Japan

Noncommissioned officer-in-charge, U.S. Navy Staff Sgt. Ryan Spach, examine military working dog Jutas from the Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo Kennels, Japan. Jutas made history as the very first patient at the newly opened Sasebo veterinary treatment facility following a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 18, 2024. (Courtesy Photo)

Despite intermittent downpours and cloudy skies, a palpable sense of excitement and anticipation filled the air as the Public Health Command-Pacific, Veterinary Readiness Activity, Japan and Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo leadership came together on January 18, 2024, to celebrate the opening of the newest veterinary treatment facility in the Pacific.

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Aug 1, 2023

Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital Celebrates Dog Days of Summer

Piper, an English Bulldog, loves sleeping and cuddling with her human, Carmen Rutledge, a military health assistant with managed care at BJACH.  (Photo: Carmen Rutledge)

“Dogs are like little mood boosters in hospitals,” said U.S. Army Capt. James Walker, hospital chaplain of Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital. He submitted a photo of his dog, Scout, to participate in DHA's Dog Days of Summer campaign, which raises awareness of facility dogs across the MHS. Everyone, including the hospital and dental commander, and ...

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Jul 17, 2023

Robot Dog Prepares Medics

U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Gabrielle Schrader, a veterinary service officer with the 422nd Medical Detachment (Veterinary Services), demonstrates how to properly check for obstructions in the airway on ‘Diesel’, an animatronic dog used to simulate realistic training, to U.S. Navy medical personnel during Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) and Global Medic on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 11, 2022. This demonstration was part of a joint branch training to prepare medical personnel throughout hospitals to treat and care for military working dogs. (U.S. Army Reserve photo: Spc. Veronica Hamilton)

“Diesel,” an animatronic dog used to simulate realistic care for military working dogs, assists medical personnel to treat and care for military working dogs.

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Jul 17, 2023

Clear Vision, Wet Noses

Senior Airman Joseph Fox, 22nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and military working dog Sani stand outside the veterinary clinic at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas May 30, 2023. A team of ophthalmologists from Kansas State University's Veterinary Health Center visited McConnell, where they provided free eye exams for military working dogs. (U.S. Air Force Photo: Airman Gavin Hameed)

A team of ophthalmologists from Kansas State University's Veterinary Health Center visited McConnell Air Force Base, where they provided free eye exams for military working dogs.

Last Updated: August 04, 2023
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