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JBA holds bone marrow registration driveNewsJoint Base Andrews is holding a bone marrow registration drive from July 27-31. By Airman 1st Class J.D. Maidens
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DoD Cord Blood Bank Improves Access To Care, Savings Archive
By Sharon Renee Taylor WRNMMC Public Affairs Staff Writer
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DoD Cord Blood Bank Improves Access to Care, Savings FeaturesEditor’s note: July is National Cord Blood Awareness Month.
By Sharon Renee Taylor WRNMMC Public Affairs staff writer
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Navy Band to host bone marrow registryArchive By Musician 1st Class Jennifer Stokes
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Fisher House is home for patients, families NewsTim and Michelle Fetz are back at Fisher House. It's the best place to be, even though they'd rather be home. The Warner Robins, Ga. couple stayed at the Joint Base Andrews Fisher House for four months last year, and returned April 30 to stay while Michelle is undergoing experimental treatments at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
by Chris Basham
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Detrick Participates in Marrow Drive ArchiveSergeant Maj. Thomas H. Tuttle, Senior Enlisted Advisor for the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, swabs his cheek during a Bone Marrow Drive sponsored by USAMRIID, June 29, at the Community Activities Center. The event was organized by Staff Sgt. Phineas Jackson when another USAMRIID Soldier needed a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with leukemia.
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Drive could save a lifeArchiveEarly this year a Soldier from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases was diagnosed with leukemia after routine lab tests were found abnormal. This came as a shock to the Soldier since he'd experienced no symptoms of illness. On the day he was diagnosed, he was immediately admitted to the hospital to undergo several chemotherapy treatments. By Shannon Bishop
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Bone Marrow DriveArchiveThe Garrison at Fort Detrick will be hosting a Donor Drive in support of the Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program on June 29 at the Lounge (10:00-3:00). This drive is being held in honor of a Fort Detrick Soldier who is in need of a bone marrow transplant. This event is FREE and open to all military personnel and their immediate family members, members of the National Guard and the Reserves, DoD civilian employees, contractors and retirees. All (participants or volunteers) must be between the ages of eighteen through sixty years old and in good general health. Please come out and support our efforts in bringing community awareness to this vital program. For more information, contact SSG Phineas Jackson at 301-619-4922 or phineas.jacksonamedd.army.mil. <1 Min Read -
Air Force Captain gives 10-year-old second chance at life FeaturesJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING, D.C.-- Air Force Capt. Travis Black, logistics readiness officer, never guessed that a simple mouth swab at a blood drive in his junior year of college would put him on a path to one day help save a little girl's life.
Senior Airman Susan L. Davis
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Feel it in your bones: Sergeants lead the way to donating marrow FeaturesSOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- "We start life, we live life, we defend life and sometimes we have to take life, but it's not every day when you get the chance to give life," said Tech. Sgt. Justin King, a 386th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron liaison officer, right before he went into lockdown for redeployment home. "Who knew that a form I filled out more than five years ago would suddenly give me the chance to give somebody a last chance at life?"
By Tech. Sgt. Stacy Fowler
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