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Dr. Jessica Pruitt, McDonald Army Health Center lead pharmacist, discusses a prescription with a patient at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 9, 2017. Pharmacists and technicians are responsible for ensuring prescriptions are given to the right patient with the correct dosage, frequency and instructions on the label. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Teresa J. Cleveland)

May 16, 2017

MCAHC pharmacy cuts hours, shortens wait times

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — In today’s military, units are constantly looking to make improvements and achieve growth in customer care. This is no different for the medical professionals at McDonald Army Health Center at Joint Base Langley-Eustis.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Heidi Mon, McDonald Army Health Center commander, welcomes guests to the Women’s History Month ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., March 31, 2017. This year’s theme is “Trailblazing women in labor and business.” (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Teresa J. Cleveland)

April 5, 2017

Service members honor Women’s History Month

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Members of the Joint Base Langley-Eustis community gathered to celebrate those who have challenged the role of women, in both business and the paid labor force, during a ceremony at Fort Eustis, March 31, 2017.

Wendy Elvis, 633rd Surgical Operations Squadron lead mammography technician, demonstrates the use of a mammogram machine with Melissa McRae, 633rd Surgical Operations Squadron command secretary, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Oct. 17, 2016. Mammograms are recommended for women over the age of 40 and those whose family has a history of breast cancer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Teresa J. Cleveland)

Oct. 19, 2016

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: early detection saves lives

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — According to the American Cancer Society, about one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer during her lifetime. Joint Base Langley-Eustis’ women’s health clinics and mammography departments are encouraging women during October, recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to come in for regularly scheduled women’s health appointments and mammograms in order to detect and possibly prevent breast cancer.

Sept. 28, 2016

Kids Move helps fight obesity

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month and one in three children in the U.S. are overweight or obese. A survey of the data for McDonald Army Health Center in 2010 showed a similar prevalence of overweight and obesity in our military dependent children. The U.S. military needs volunteers to be healthy enough to answer the call for military service, but with more than 12.7 million overweight and obese children and teenagers in the U.S. the ability to meet this call is in jeopardy.