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October 22, 2015
Vol. XXXII No. 42
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Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, Navy surgeon general and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, receives his flu shot from Seaman Carl Parker Jr. at Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Va. Navy Medicine is urging all personnel to get their flu shots early.
Navy Medicine leaders urge readiness for flu season By James Rosenfelder U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs Office October is the unofficial start of flu season, and the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery wants to make sure all Sailors, Marines, and beneficiaries are ready. Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, Navy surgeon general and chief, BUMED; Rear Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, deputy surgeon general; and Force Master Chief Terry Prince, director of the Hospital Corps, received their flu shot at Defense Health Headquarters Oct. 15. By getting their flu shot early in the flu season Navy Medicine leaders aim to encourage all beneficiaries to do the same. “It’s important to get your flu shot. The readiness of our Sailors, Marines and their families is vital to the operational success of our Navy and Marine Corps team,” Nathan said. According to the Center for Disease Control, last year’s flu season saw 125,462 positive tests for influenza, up 42 percent
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from 2013-2014. To help prevent the spread of the virus, Navy Medicine administers approximately 1.2 million flu vaccines every year. The height of flu season is in December and January, but getting your flu shot early can help prevent the spread of the virus. Early action benefits Sailors, Marines, their families, and the community. “Getting your flu shot is in your own best interest and in the interest of those around you, including coworkers, family and friends,” said Cmdr. Eric Deussing, head of Public Health, Emergency Preparedness and Response, BUMED. Stressing the importance of taking the necessary precautions, Deussing says the flu vaccine is the single best way to protect against flu. Everyday preventive actions can also provide added defense against the flu virus. “Hand washing is one of the most important things that people can do, in addition to limiting contact with sick people,” he said. While personal hygiene combined with other precautions,
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such as coughing into your sleeve and being aware of surfaces can help as well. Deussing encourages everyone to get their flu vaccines in order to prevent illness. Navy Medicine military treatment facilities around the globe are preparing to administer the flu vaccine to more than one million Sailors, Marines and their families in 2015. Navy Medicine beneficiaries can receive their flu shot at a local MTF or at a retail pharmacy free of charge. For more information visit the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center. Navy Medicine is a global health care network of 63,000 Navy medical personnel around the world who provide high quality health care to more than one million eligible beneficiaries. Navy Medicine personnel deploy with Sailors and Marines worldwide, providing critical mission support aboard ship, in the air, under the sea and on the battlefield. For more news from Navy Medicine, visit www.navy.mil/local/mednews/.
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Navy Credentialing Opportunities On-line launches new website By Center for Information Dominance Public Affairs Office Navy Credentialing Opportunities On-line, a program providing Sailors a way to take the skills they have learned on the job and translate them into civilian credentials, introduced a new website Oct. 16. “We’ve made things easier to read, easier to find, and easier to use, whether you’re at your desk or on your phone,” said Keith Boring, Navy COOL program manager. “We know today’s Sailors look for information in different ways, and we want to make sure that information about this very important program is accessible to them, wherever they are and however they are connected online.”
Navy COOL helps Sailors find information on certifications and licenses related to their jobs and can even provide funding to pay for credential exams and maintenance fees. The website upgrades include a responsive design that adapts to the device a Sailor chooses to use to explore the site, whether on a desktop, tablet or phone. Interactive credential tables also give Sailors more tools when looking at credentials related to their rate, designator or collateral duty. Applying filters and sorting and searching by key words help create customized, printable lists. “We reorganized the content, too,” said Boring. “All of the supporting information on COOL, from the credentialing steps along the top of each page to the pages you access from
the top navigation bar, has been redesigned and rewritten to make it easier to understand credentialing and what it means to you. Most importantly, it makes it easier for you to understand what you need to do to get a credential.” A new site-wide search box also provides results in three tabs, showing all results, military occupations on summary pages and COOL credential snapshots pages. Along with the Navy COOL website, the Department of Navy COOL portal site has also been updated. The Navy COOL office is located at the Center for Information Dominance based at Corry Station, part of Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. CID is the Navy’s learning center
that leads, manages and delivers Navy and joint forces training in information operations, information warfare, information technology, cryptology and intelligence. With nearly 1,300 military, civilian and contracted staff members, CID provides training for approximately 22,000 members of the U.S. armed services and allied forces each year. CID oversees the development and administration of more than 200 courses at four commands, two detachments and 12 learning sites throughout the United States and Japan. For more information on the Navy COOL program or to start your credentialing, visit www.cool.navy.mil/usn. For more news from Center for Information Dominance, visit www.navy.mil/local/cid/.
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tioning. CBCT for PTSD improves the interpersonal environment of the client that exists on a day-to-day basis by capitalizing on the support of their spouse and/ or other significant relationships while they work through PTSD treatment. In this way, CBCT for PTSD helps improve relationship issues that often occur with PTSD and makes the most of the relationship to make each individual better. There are numerous individually delivered treatments for PTSD that are effective, but they can be challenging to tolerate and there isn’t evidence to advocate that individual therapy will improve one’s relationship. Couple’s therapy may be necessary following these treatments.In contrast, CBCT for PTSD
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