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  • 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

  • Specialized skin cancer surgery available again

    The Keesler Hospital again offers Mohs surgery, a specialized technique for removing various types of skin cancer.Maj. (Dr.) Oliver Wisco arrived in July to restart the treatment that hadn't been available here for a year.Wisco, a member of the Air Force for 10 years, earned a bachelor of science in

  • Family liaison officers change lives

    Family liaison officers provide support and professional assistance to the families of active-duty members and wounded warriors when they've lost a loved one. "The FLO provides several services depending on family needs or the needs of the wounded warrior," Chaney Ferguson, 902nd Force Support

  • Hospital earns 89 out of 100 in rating

    A Health Services Inspection conducted by the Headquarters Air Force Inspection Agency, Directorate of Medical Operations has left the medical staff at David Grant USAF Medical Center in high spirits. In addition to successfully passing a no-notice inspection, the 60th Medical Group also received

  • Art that heals: Fairchild Hall exhibit features relics of Vietnam

    Medicine is sometimes referred to as the healing arts. People walking through Fairchild Hall in the next few weeks may gain a more full appreciation of both components of that term.Dr. Carl Bartecchi unveiled his exhibit, "Curing, Caring, and Healing: Vietnam Then and Now," at the Permanent

  • Immunizations or Vaccinations: What's the story?

    The terms immunization and vaccination are both derived from Latin, and while many people use the words interchangeably, it is important to know that there is a slight difference between the two.Immunization is derived from the word immunis, which means free from or exempt. Ancient Romans originally