A Message from the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

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Colleagues-

As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish each of you a safe, satisfying holiday.  Even before Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November, Americans have been gathering in the autumn for harvest feasts and reflection. Whether you will be at home or traveling, cooking for a crowd, joining friends and family, watching football, or enjoying some solitude, please know that as I consider all that I have to be grateful for, you and all of the people of the MHS are high on that list.  What you do every day is not easy, or often enough recognized, but it is vital to our mission to take care of people.

Please take a moment this week also to remember our colleagues who won’t have the day off, but instead will be on duty, providing emergency medical care and keeping our installations safe, and those who are stationed far from home.  These quiet heroes deserve our gratitude and support.

Get some much-needed rest and relaxation this weekend and come back next week refreshed for the work ahead. As we navigate the next several weeks of change, I know each of you will be guided by your commitment to our mission and that the MHS will continue to provide the quality health care services our beneficiaries deserve.

Happy Thanksgiving!

VR,

Seileen

Seileen M. Mullen

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

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