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Intensive Care Unit Certified Nurse Specialist instructor LCDR Elaine Medley (right) assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth instructs Major Joanna Bailey and 1st Lieutenant Kristin Salcedo assigned to McDonald Army Health Center in simulated training on how to administer respiratory care to a COVID-19 positive patient with increasing respiratory distress in preparation to support the medical center during the USS Comfort’s deployment in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 29, 2020

Teamwork during COVID-19: McDonald Army Health Center provides support to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Twenty-seven medical personnel assigned to McDonald Army Health Center at Fort Eustis are poised to provide medical support to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After U.S. Army Private 1st Class Alex Hogan’s mother passed away, he found solace in the same addiction as his mother—alcohol. Not wanting to follow her same path, he found support through the U.S. Navy’s Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program.

Oct. 18, 2017

Success in sobriety: Soldier overcomes battle with alcohol

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — “A lot of people are ashamed of it; I was ashamed of it,” he said. “It was the only way that I knew how to numb my mind.” After U.S. Army Private 1st Class Alex Hogan’s mother passed away, he found solace in the same addiction as his mother—alcohol. Not wanting to follow her same path, he found support through the U.S. Navy’s Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program.