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  • Flight surgeon busts lightning myths

    The Italian peninsula is no stranger to thunderstorms. The ancient Romans believed Jupiter hurled bolts of lightning and issued thunderclaps from his throne on Mount Olympus. Near Aviano Air Base in northern Italy, large storm cells sweep down from nearby mountains with little or no warning. Injury

  • Airmen learn hospitality of New Yorkers during AF Week

    Air Force Week in New York City cranked into high gear during its second day as about 50 Airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. toured the 9-11 memorial and the Freedom Tower Aug. 20. "We here today at the tribute center," said Master Sgt. Charles Kramer, first sergeant of the 732nd

  • VA medical center opens, keeps strong ties to Mike O’Callaghan

    Las Vegas's newest Veterans Affairs Medical Center will continue a long history of teamwork and cooperation with the Mike O'Callaghan Federal Medical Center.The VAMC was dedicated Aug. 6, and is estimated to service around 60,000 veterans living in Nevada. Many of those veterans currently receive

  • The essential Hearing Conversation Program

    Hearing, unlike a broken limb, can't be healed with a cast and physical therapy. Once you've experienced hearing loss - it's permanent and irreversible. The U.S. Air Force Hearing Conservation program is designed to help prevent and or minimize noise induced hearing loss to workers assigned in

  • Afghanistan Health Reconstruction Course introduced into PRT training

    Sustainability and self-sufficiency is the goal for the new Afghanistan Health Sector Reconstruction Course being introduced into all provincial reconstruction team training."We have taken what some would have considered a boring lecture series, expanded it and morphed it into a highly dynamic,

  • AF senior leaders stress safety over Labor Day weekend

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy issued the following message to all Air Force personnel:As our Nation pays tribute to American workers during Labor Day weekend, we thank all Airmen for your

  • Battle against pilots' sneakiest demon continues

    For years pilots have fought against hypoxia, a condition caused by a lack of oxygen that makes the lose capability to function normally. However, pilots are far from giving up the fight against this deadly foe.Just two weeks ago, the base began setting up the portable, high-tech, reduced oxygen

  • Medical staff offers course for sleep deprived

    A study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that nearly a third of American workers are chronically sleep-deprived by sleeping less than six hours. This CDC-dubbed "public health epidemic" spells potential health problems for the Air Force's active-duty members as well

  • The way back home

    Master Sgt. Nicole Culverhouse, 60th Medical Support Squadron element chief, was kidnapped off the streets of Bogota, Colombia at a young age. Her family was unable to find her because the orphanage that she wound up in changed her name. She then was adopted by an American family and brought to the

  • Medical personnel rehearse chemical decontamination

    There are reports of a chemical incident at the Exchange ... now what do you do? That was the exercise scenario for the 375th Medical Group as they spent three days learning proper procedures for decontaminating patients.The hands on portion of the training, called In-Place Patient Decontamination,

  • Edwards warrior gives wife second chance at life

    Wedding vows are often recited and many times the true test of what a couple promises comes in the face of adversity, and how a couple works through those difficult times.For Kirt and Becki Brooks, a Team Edwards couple, their trial of adversity came when Becki was diagnosed with end stage kidney

  • AF trauma chief cites sweeping changes in critical care

    From battlefield innovations to revamped health care systems, the military has radically transformed its trauma care over the past decade, a trauma expert here said.These advances have led not only to the nation's highest combat survivability rate in history, but also to countless saved civilian

  • Through Airmen's Eyes: Airman's quick reaction saves girl's life

    An Airman doesn't have to be on the battlefield to risk his life for others, to react within a moment's notice to a crisis and to be a hero.It started out as a beautiful weekend summer day at Sullivan's Island, S.C.Desperate pleas for help were echoing faintly over the rolling ocean waves. The pleas

  • Cancer survivors, Warren family join together in support

    More than 1,500 members of the Cheyenne community, along with two teams of Warren's active-duty Airmen, civilian personnel and family members, came to the state capital on a cold, raining morning Aug. 11.Some came to participate in the race, others came to walk - everyone involved was there to

  • Medical professionals recommend year-round immunizations

    August is National Immunization Awareness Month, the time of year when many parents rush their children to the doctor's office or clinic for their shots because of school requirements.However, emphasizing the importance of a regular immunization schedule is part of the everyday mission of health

  • Medical Airman's heroism lands her in 'Portraits in Courage'

    When a forward operating base in Afghanistan was attacked Aug. 28, 2011, an Airman's heroism and leadership resulted in the timely treatment of 75 active duty casualties -- all of whom lived to tell their stories.Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Bibb, a unit training manager for the 59th Medical Wing assigned to

  • Air Force's new nurse residency program: focus on patient-centered care

    Compassion and focus for the patient are some of the many takeaways for 12 graduates of the first class of nurses to complete the Air Force's new nurse residency program at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. First Lt. Jennifer Beasock, 2nd Lts. Alejandro Ayala, James Bickel, Rachel Castillo,

  • Fight the flu: keep vaccines current

    Incirlik's allergy and immunization clinic is encouraging Airmen, their families and all Department of Defense employees to raise their personal awareness during National Immunization Awareness Month in August.Vaccines protect people from dangerous diseases and play a key role in maintaining unit