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  • Obama proposes TRICARE changes

    Military retirees would pay an annual fee for TRICARE-for-Life health insurance and TRICARE pharmacy co-payments would be restructured under the deficit reduction plan President Barack Obama released Sept. 19."If we're going to meet our responsibilities, we have to do it together," Obama said during

  • Medic featured in AF's "Portraits in Courage VI"

    An Air Force medic is among 18 Airmen featured in the latest edition of "Portraits in Courage."Staff Sgt. Jack Williams, 88th Inpatient Operations Squadron, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, was the lead medic for a provincial reconstruction team in a highly populated, hotly contested area of Afghanistan

  • Deployed Barksdale medic earns Purple Heart

    NOTE: Wisconsin native Airman 1st Class Bryenna Brooks was honored during the Green Bay Packers regular season home opener against the New Orleans Saints Sept. 8, as part of a Packers program called "Operation Fan Mail' which pays tribute to active duty service members.Airman 1st Class Bryenna

  • CSAF, CMSAF release videos reinforcing resiliency, wingmen culture

    The Air Force chief of staff and chief master sergeant of the Air Force have released public service announcements Sept. 20 to reinforce the importance of resiliency and encourage all Airmen to look out for one another.Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy also

  • METC at full operational status, pays tribute to Heroes and Heritage

    The Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) announced it has reached full operational capability (FOC), a significant achievement in the nearly six years since the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) directed the co-location of virtually all enlisted medical training to Fort Sam

  • BRAC has positive impact on the Air Force's largest medical wing

    The Base Realignment and Closure Law of 2005 has finally come to a completion and the 59th Medical Wing enters a new era of military medical care in San Antonio. The BRAC law mandated many positive changes to medical care here. The successful transition of inpatient services from Wilford Hall

  • DTC provides comfort, eases transition for US service members

    The Ramstein Deployment Transition Center here recently opened its doors to service members from other branches of the U.S. military, 2,100 so far, allowing those teammates who are consistently in harm's way a method to ease into the transition of going home. Since July 2010, the DTC has been the

  • South Pole airdrop delivers critical medical supplies in total darkness

    Airmen with the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here airdropped urgently needed medical supplies Sept. 1 at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. The supplies will augment a South Pole medical team's treatment of an ailing civilian wintering there with the U.S. Antarctic

  • The last cry: "Big Willie'' says goodbye to labor and delivery

    Baby Laurel Perez made history on Aug. 28.She was the last baby born at Wilford Hall Medical Center and is now an important part of the 60-year history of labor and delivery here.The Hauth Birthing Center, located on the 5th floor of the nine story hospital known as "Big Willie," closed Aug. 29 and

  • Community College of the Air Force Accreditation Team Visits METC

    In a significant step forward to providing degree-credit programs to military students attending the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), an accreditation team from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) spent three days Aug. 23-25 reviewing affiliation candidacy status for several

  • Walter Reed closes, legacy lives on, commander says

    An ambulance carrying the last inpatient from Walter Reed Army Medical Center here slowly made its way out of the Georgia Avenue gate Aug. 27, pausing briefly for the crowd of flag-waving troop supporters and shouts of "Thank you for your service! We love you!"As the ambulance turned north on

  • Caring for People Survey results provide insight

    More than 100,000 total force Airmen voiced their opinions in the online Caring for People survey conducted from Dec. 1, 2010 to Jan. 3, 2011. After experts performed a comprehensive analysis, officials have released results to force support leadership. The survey allowed active duty, Guard and

  • Hospital consolidation going smoothly, commander says

    A large-scale realignment of military health care facilities is nearing culmination, and officials recently said they are pleased with the progress.Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical was created in 2007 to oversee a base realignment and closure law mandate to close Walter Reed Army