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  • Program reduces disability benefits waiting period after separation

    Air Force officials held a training conference recently to teach those operating the Integrated Disability Evaluation System how to process service members who, because of medical conditions, may no longer be able to serve in the Air Force. The conference, held jointly between the Air Force

  • Wounded warrior program cares for injured Airmen

    When his convoy was hit Sept. 15, 2009, by an explosively formed penetrator blast, .50-caliber gunner Staff Sgt. Phillip Newlyn was taken back to his forward operating base in Baghdad, Iraq, then evacuated to Balad Air Base before being transported to Landstuhl, Germany, and onward to Walter Reed

  • A life for a life: By saving her, he saved himself

    Rescue: to free from confinement, danger or evil. - Merriam-Webster DictionaryTen years ago when former Senior Airman David Sharpe adopted a pit bull puppy from a rescue shelter, he thought he was saving her life. In a dramatic twist of events just a few months later, she ended up saving his.Sharpe

  • Recycling saves Keesler hospital $62,000

    The Keesler Hospital's operating room is once again "going green."In 2004, Capt. Wendy Wilkins, an 81st Surgical Operations Squadron operating room nurse, began reprocessing the Flowtron compression hoses used in the operating rooms. Unfortunately, the reprocessing program wasn't re-established

  • Air Force leaders issue holiday safety message

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy send the following holiday safety campaign message to all Air Force personnel:"'Safety never takes a holiday' is the theme of this year's holiday safety

  • Luke, friends honor WWII nurse

    When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, and the United States entered World War II, there were fewer than 1,000 nurses in the Army Nurse Corps. Anna "Det" Dorsey was one of them. She would go on to serve 22 years as an Air Force nurse, retiring as a major. Now 98, Det, a childhood

  • Federal Employee Health Benefits Open Season has begun

    Federal Employee Health Benefits Open Season began Nov. 14 and will continue through Dec. 12. Air Force-serviced civilian employees must enroll in health insurance electronically through the Employee Benefits Information System (EBIS) web application or the Benefits and Entitlements Service Team

  • Use eating tactics to buoy holiday health

    As the saying goes, "A minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips," and the holiday season provides a lot of tasteful minutes that often come back to haunt people when they step on the scale. According to a 2000 Nutrition Review article, a study showed that people gain an average of about a pound

  • Wounded warrior program cares for injured Airmen

    When his convoy was hit Sept. 15, 2009 by an Explosively Formed Penetrator blast, .50 cal gunner Staff Sgt. Phillip Newlyn would be taken back to his Forward Operating Base in Baghdad, Iraq, then medavaced to Balad Air Base before being transported to Landstuhl, Germany and onward to Walter Reed

  • Hospital offers service to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries

    The Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital is undergoing a few changes which positively benefit its current and future patients. "Nellis was recently selected to be a 'medical center,' which brings a tremendous amount of new resources our way," said Col. John DeGoes, 99th Medical Group commander. "We can

  • TRICARE data breach

    Letters are being mailed from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to affected military clinic and hospital patients regarding a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI). On Sept. 14, 2011, SAIC reported the loss of backup tapes

  • Airmen help provide aeromedical evacuation Libyan freedom fighters

    A team of 18 Airmen is preparing to evacuate 26 seriously wounded Libyan fighters to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston and four critical cases to Germany for immediate care. The team consists of eight Airmen from the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 10 from 10th Air Force.Capt.

  • Airmen transport wounded Libyan fighters to U.S.

    Nearly two dozen wounded Libyan fighters were evacuated from Libya to here Oct. 29 aboard a C-17 Globemaster III. At the request of State Department officials, the Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta directed two missions supporting the humanitarian assistance effort in Libya. In the first mission,

  • PLAYpass cards help foster resilience

    The PLAYpass card program is one way Air Force quality of life programs help build a resilient force.The cards, valued at more than $500, allow eligible members to participate in Air Force Services activities such as trips, sports and childcare at either a reduced cost or free of charge. Eligible

  • AF officials launch Respite Care Program for families

    Air Force officials have teamed with the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies to launch the Air Force Exceptional Family Member Program Respite Care Program. The program is built around providing a break for parents with special-needs children. It allows parents to

  • Spooky dreams may be just what the doctor ordered

    Ghoulish figures, demonic clowns, man-eating zombies and vampires...there is enough frightening stuff out there today that even the most fearless may get spooked this year. So which of these nightmares are still keeping you up at night? For some individuals out there, Halloween is not their only

  • Medical technician supports pararescuemen as they save lives

    Jumping out of C-130s, rappelling out of helicopters, and saving lives are all in a day's work for the pararescuemen of the 212th Rescue Squadron. Their hard work has been featured in the local newspaper and Men's Fitness Magazine.The 212th RQS has had a total of 56 saves already this year and one

  • Medical staff simulate saving lives

    Combat medics from the Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Resolute, 7th Sustainment Brigade, conducted standardized combat medical training at the Medical Simulation Training Center Oct. 8 on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Soldiers and Airmen participated in training under combat conditions to