May 16, 2013 Good health means good morale! It is an environment filled with hard work and dedication, weight-lifting and pull-ups, intense facial expressions and sweaty shirts, leg exercises and treadmills. There is only one place on base where all these can be found together - the Whiteman Air Force Base Fitness Center.Fitness Center
May 15, 2013 Beneficiaries must sign up for TRICARE automatic payment by May 31 Beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select or TRICARE Retired Reserve who pay monthly premiums by check must switch to an electronic form of payment by May 31 to avoid losing coverage. TRICARE will only accept monthly premium payments using recurring automatic payments by credit or debit card,
May 15, 2013 TV announcements illustrate signs of suicide risk Officials at the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have produced three public service announcements to help families and friends recognize the signs of potential suicide in veterans and service members.The television announcements have aired since April on the Pentagon Channel and American
May 14, 2013 Maxwell medics return from supporting New Horizons Eight members of the 42nd Medical Group returned recently from Belize after supporting a 14-day medical readiness training exercise called New Horizons.The U.S. Southern Command joint humanitarian assistance exercise provides ear, nose and throat surgical procedures and hearing aids to patients
May 14, 2013 Occupational therapy: skills for the job of living It looks like any other medical office, with white walls and tables for patients to lie on, but the gadgets around the room are unusual. There is a short tree of clothespins on a counter next to a model of a hand with no skin. Another counter has a bin of hot, melted wax on it.The occupational
May 14, 2013 "Cookie Caper" to teach research strategies Keesler Medical Center nurses are using a fun way to introduce basic research strategies to staff nurses and medical technicians. The 81st Medical Group Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Research Function members will conduct a "Cookie Caper" from 1-3 p.m, May 8 during which 52-60 randomly-chosen
May 13, 2013 B-52 pilot aims for pilot physician He is a pilot on the B-52H Stratofortress and a flight surgeon. He is Capt. Dave Prakash; and, in less than two months, hopes to become a pilot physician. It's a title held by less than 12 Air Force pilots."In the past 20 years of military service I have had the opportunity to meet some of the most
May 10, 2013 Moving beyond PTSD: help is available Editor's note: This is the last of a three-part series on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.An estimated 11 to 20 percent of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, 10 percent of veterans of the Gulf War, and 30 percent of Vietnam veterans suffer from PTSD, according to the U.S. Department of
May 9, 2013 Cadets give final presentation on aeromedical evacuation prototype Seven senior Air Force Academy cadets returned to Scott Air Force Base May 3 to meet with 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron members to showcase their final patient loading prototype.This presentation was a follow-up to the one they made January, where they showed seven potential prototypes that
May 9, 2013 Air Force Medical Service now registering pediatric patients in MiCare The Air Force Medical Service is now registering children in its web-based secure messaging health application called MiCare.MiCare allows beneficiaries to communicate securely and privately with their health care teams anywhere and anytime. The secure tool is now available to more than 70 percent
May 8, 2013 Off-duty Coast Guard members go 'Carting for a Cause' Off-duty U.S. Coast Guard members have set out on an adventure; one that involves "Carting for a Cause."Beginning April 29, these service members have set out to drive an electric-powered golf cart thousands of miles across more than 10 states, all in an effort to raise awareness for the Wounded
May 8, 2013 Warrior Games 2013: Retired Airman struggles with PTSD while in training Second-year Warrior Games athlete George Stiltner recognized the look on retired Staff Sgt. Larry Franklin's face at the Air Force team's selection camp at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Stiltner had the same demeanor during his first year training for the Games. Now, he recognized a fellow former
May 8, 2013 Military’s Top Doctor Outlines Department’s Efforts to Address Traumatic Brain Injury Recent reports have again shined an important spotlight on the challenges confronting thousands of service members with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and the work being done in the military and civilian community to meet the needs of all who sustain this invisible wound.The Department of Defense is
May 7, 2013 Warrior Games 2013: Games makes injured man feel like Airman again Surrounded by his Air Force Warrior Games teammates as he trains to represent his service in archery, rifle shooting and sitting volleyball, Tech. Sgt. Alex Gaud-Torres feels like an Airman again.Since his childhood in Puerto Rico, Gaud-Torres wanted to join the U.S. Air Force, a dream he realized
May 7, 2013 Developing Standardization Throughout the MHS Military Health System Team-The need for standardization across the Military Health System is vital to our strength and efficiency as we meet our mission and move forward to provide world-class health care to our Service members and beneficiaries. After more than a decade of war, we have seen that
May 7, 2013 TRICARE Eases Prime Authorization Rules for West Region TRICARE West Region Prime enrollees referred for specialty care from April 1 up to May 18, 2013 do not need authorization before seeking care. The authorization requirement has been temporarily waived due to delays by UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans in processing referrals. TRICARE Management
May 6, 2013 From take off to drop off: Antarctic medical evacuation in only 60 hours A C-17 Globemaster III crew from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, together with Aeromedical Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team Airmen, safely evacuated an ailing individual from McMurdo Station, Antarctica Apr. 22 after responding to a request from the National Science Foundation,
May 6, 2013 Air Force nurses and medical technicians are saluted The Air Force Medical Service is celebrating Nurse and Medical Technician week May 6 - 12. This year's event is themed "delivering quality and innovation in patient care." "Nurses and technicians touch the lives of many people, in many different ways," said Col Jennifer Agulto, 82nd MDG deputy
May 3, 2013 59th Medical Wing supports Army South exercise in Panama Airmen of the 59th Medical Wing based out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, were in the municipality of Veraguas, Panama, for the start of the Beyond the Horizon medical readiness training exercise April 16.BTH 2013 is a U.S. Army South exercise deploying military engineers and medical
May 3, 2013 59th MDW mental health tech named AETC outstanding Airman A mental health technician from the 59th Mental Health Squadron has established herself as one of Air Education and Training Command's finest service members.Senior Airman Casey Anderson was named one of the command's outstanding enlisted Airmen of the year for 2013. The accolade comes on the heels