b'THE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEMThe Military Health System (MHS) is one of AmericasThe MHS is a federated system of uniformed, civilian and largest and most complex health care institutions, and thecontract personnel and additional civilian partners at all worlds preeminent military health care delivery operation.levels of the Department of Defense and beyondfrom MHS saves lives on the battlefield, combats infectious dis- senior officials in the Office of the Secretary of Defense ease around the world, and cares for 9.6 million beneficia- to doctors and other health care providers in nearly every ries in one of the nations largest health benefit plans. community across the nation.The missions of the MHS are complex and interrelated: Operated by the Defense Health Agency, TRICARE is To ensure Americas 1.4 million active duty anddesigned to provide the integrated, high quality care 331,000 reserve-component personnel are healthy sothat millions of military families, past and present, de-they can complete their national security missions. serve. As such, it offers one of the most comprehensive To ensure that all active and reserve medical per- and affordable health benefits available to any Ameri-sonnel in uniform are trained and ready to pro- can. Integrated health care is offered through military vide medical care in support of operational forcestreatmentfacilitiesandthroughnetworksofcivilian around the world. providers operated by civilian managed care support To provide a medical benefit commensurate withcontractors in the United States and abroad. With 9.6 the service and sacrifice of more than 9.6 millionmillion beneficiaries, TRICARE would rank, if it was active duty personnel, military retirees and theira civilian health insurer, among the 10 largest health families. plans in the nation. MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM LEADERSHIPHON TomRobert L. Mabry, Lt. General Guy Kiyokawa Command Sergeant McCaffery MD, MBA Ronald J. Place Deputy Director, Major, Michael L. GraggAssistant SecretaryofPrincipal Deputy AssistantDirector, Defense Health Agency Senior Enlisted Leader,Defensefor Health Affairs Secretary of Defense Defense Health Agency Defense Health Agencyfor Health AffairsRichard W. Thomas, Lt. General RADM Lt. GenMD, DDS R. Scott Dingle Bruce L. GillinghamDorothy A. HoggPresident, UniformedSurgeon General of the ArmySurgeon General of the Navy Surgeon General of the Air ForceServices University of the Health SciencesH U.S. MEDICINE 2021 DIRECTORY OF FEDERAL MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIESH 109'