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The Armed Services Blood Program
Welcome to the Armed Services Blood Program's (ASBP) e-newsletter. With this e-newsletter you will get current news on how the ASBP is expanding and changing to meet the needs of the military family it serves. Please take a moment and forward this e-newsletter on to others so that they can join our mailing list too! You can also read more stories and schedule your blood donation appointment online by visiting our website at militaryblood.dod.mil. Warmest regards, The Armed Services Blood Program |
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ASBP Exhibits At The Pentagon's National Preparedness Fair
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency hosted the National Preparedness Fair at The Pentagon on 24 September 2008.
This event served to inform the public about our government's abilities and resources to react to and manage disasters and biological events. As a member of the 13-member AABB Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism, the ASBP was proud to participate at this event. The ASBP, in case of disaster, will coordinate our Nation's blood supply through unique channels within the military and Department of Defense, to ensure blood and blood products are readily available. |
A New Addition To The Okinawa Blood Collecting Team- Kimberly Reed
A warm welcome goes out to Kimberly Reed, the new blood donor recruiter at the ASBP's blood donor center in Okinawa, Japan.
The wife of an active duty Marine, Kimberly knows the value of readily available blood, "Knowing that my husband and his buddies may need blood some day, makes this job not just a job, but a personal mission to keep our soldiers safe."
"Kimberly
is extremely ambitious and energetic about making the program stronger
in Okinawa. We are very glad to have her," says Marty Ricker, Blood
Donor Recruiter Supervisor.
Welcome aboard, Kimberly! |
ASBPO Hosts Meeting With DOD Blood Banking And Transportation Officials To Discuss Improved Red Cell Manufacture and Distribution
The Armed Services Blood Program Office (ASBPO), through Joint Staff action plan, hosted a meeting 29-30 September 2008 to identify opportunities to improve timeliness on the availability of blood to United States Central Command (CENTCOM) treatment facilities. Attendees included ASBPO, Services Blood Program Offices (SBPOs), Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratories (ASWBPL), United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), Health Services Support Division of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff (J4), CENTCOM, and Service Regional Blood Managers. In this highly productive meeting, the group identified many action items to refine the blood collection, manufacture, and distribution process.
The ASBPO would like to send a big thank you to all who participated in the ongoing effort to save the lives of our men and women in uniform and their family members worldwide. "This is one of the most productive meetings I've been to. Everyone came prepared and determined to make improvements to the system and we concluded the meeting with a number of action items ready for immediate deployment," said Michael Libby, Director, Armed Serices Blood Program Office.
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 Knox's Blood Donor Center Set To Close In September
By SGT. John Swan, Blood Donor Recruiter, Fort Knox Blood Center
With more than 40 years of service to the military and the Fort Knox community, the Fort Knox Blood Donor Center will officially close its doors, forever Sept. 30, slightly more than a month away...
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Two Reasons to Give Today
If only one more percent of all Americans would give blood, blood shortages would disappear for the foreseeable future.
You get to wear a cool band aid for the rest of the day.
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