Navy Medicine is encouraging Sailors, Marines, and their families to become a partner in their health in 2017.

Throughout the new year, Navy Medicine will provide Sailors and Marines information on how they can be proactive partners in their health and make healthy lifestyle choices.

"There is no better time than now to improve your readiness by improving your health," said Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). "Living a healthy lifestyle is essential to mission readiness and can prevent health problems before they occur."

Utilizing innovative methods, such as tele-health services at Naval Medical Center San Diego and Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Navy Medicine helps Sailors, Marines, and their families improve their physical health, resilience, and ability to make healthy behavior choices in their efforts to live a healthy lifestyle.

"Navy Medicine is entrusted to provide Sailors and Marines the best care our nation can offer," Faison said. "We do this by focusing on health, not health care -- but we need your active participation in order to succeed."

As a partner in health, Navy Medicine provides programs to help Sailors, Marines, and their families improve their physical, mental, and behavioral health.

The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center's "Crews Into Shape" and Navy Operational Fitness and Fueling System (NOFFS) help Sailors and Marines maintain a healthy weight through good nutrition and exercise.

The Naval Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control improves the cognitive health of Sailors and Marines by promoting resilience and providing best practices for maintaining their mental health.

Navy Medicine military treatment facilities have integrated behavioral health consultants to help our beneficiaries manage work, relationships, and their personal life. Behavior health programs also include tobacco cessation services such as counseling, medication, and self-help tools to provide Sailors and Marines the education and resources to quit tobacco.

Navy Medicine is a global health care network of 63,000 personnel that provides health care support to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, their families and veterans, in high operational-tempo environments, at expeditionary medical facilities, medical treatment facilities, hospitals, clinics, hospital ships, and research units around the world.

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