Mission briefing of military medical personnel at water reed hospital standing beside specialized transport vehicle and prior to execution
April, 2026 – Support Our Troops® was privileged to meet a quick response need at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD in support of incoming wounded troops medevacked stateside from Operation Epic Fury. Five (5) cases of 309 brand-new blank t-shirts in specified sizes and bold, positive colors of gold, white, and Irish green were delivered onsite within two days of the request. America’s finest merit great treatment and positive surroundings as they heal from their work protecting everyone here at home and our nation’s safe future during Operation Epic Fury. MWR = Morale, well-being and recreation.
U.S. Navy Lt. Abena Nimako, MEDEVAC Officer in Charge, reviews documents beside specialized patient evacuation vehicles prior to a mission at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Walter Reed's MEDEVAC team is composed of officers and enlisted personnel from the Navy, Army and Air Force — including registered nurses, paramedics, corpsmen and medics — representing the inter-service approach to military medical evacuation. (DOW photo by Ricardo J. Reyes). Today, military medicine is performing around the world, on land, at sea and in the air, saving lives and safely transporting patients to military emergency care within minutes of the initial injury and on to a stateside military treatment facility within 22 hours. Patients are transported, from theater, to Joint Base Andrews by the Medical Evacuation (Med Evac) and the Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT). The CCATT’s mission is to operate an intensive care unit in an aircraft cabin during flight, adding critical care capability to the U.S. Air Force Aeromedical Evacuation System. CCATT patients have received initial stabilization, but are still critically ill or wounded and require evacuation from a less capable, to a more capable hospital and evacuation from the combat zone.