Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, accompanied by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, on the military health care system.

Furthermore, care for military members, retirees, and their families in an all-volunteer force must be portable. Service members should not have to choose between volunteering and quality health care.

But the MHS is unlike any health care system in the United States – we go to war. From keeping service members healthy here at home to mitigating disease overseas, we keep guns in the fight.

Hagel released findings of a 90-day review of the entire military health care system, ... Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said the review identified care that was superior, ...

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is directing military medical officials to show within 45 days how they will improve care, patient safety and access to treatment at under-achieving ...

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work briefed reporters following the release of the Military Health System review. Secretary Hagel ordered the review in the ...

More than 155,000 military family members and retirees will be moved from the military hospital system to civilian health providers starting later this year, a process expected to last through mid ...

The work involved in their submission, ... aims to improve the quality of care within the Military Health System by identifying and implementing effective and scalable practices across the ...

Not only have Rumsfeld and staff rejected the idea of giving military officers greater control over health care resources, but they are expected to dissolve the advisory panel that backed the idea ...

Although most military health care providers have a positive attitude toward their work and seem genuinely concerned about the patients they serve, the lost connection between services rendered ...

The health system will oversee more than 11,000 healthcare workers, to include physicians, nurses, support and administrative personnel in the eight military treatment facilities across San Antonio.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, accompanied by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, on the military health care system. (AP Photo ...