Oct. 5, 2011 Medical walk-ins welcome at Pacific Angel Com Primary School is one of two locations that hosted Operation Pacific Angel, a health service outreach operation providing free medical care to the people of Timor Leste Sept. 19-23.Operation Pacific Angel is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance operation led by 13th Air Force at Joint
Oct. 4, 2011 Afghan docs gain valuable skills through mentorship program Afghan medical professionals graduated from a two-week mentorship program at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here Sept. 24, 2011.The Afghan Trauma Mentorship Program is a joint effort between coalition partners and Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Medical Group at Bagram Airfield designed to
Oct. 4, 2011 New TRICARE Prime enrollees pay adjusted annual fees Military retirees enrolling in the TRICARE Prime health plan after Oct. 1 will begin paying slightly higher annual fees, Pentagon officials announced Sept 30.The fee change for fiscal 2012 means the plan will cost $260 per year for members and $520 per year for members and family. The increase
Oct. 4, 2011 Keesler's implant dentistry clinic first advanced program in Air Force The 81st Medical Group can claim another first: the Air Force's only advanced clinical program in implant dentistry.Maj. (Dr.) Scott Lafont has the distinction of being the first dentist to participate in the one-year program. Arriving at Keesler from Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, in July, he is
Oct. 4, 2011 Team McChord delivers critical medical supplies to South Pole in total darkness For the first time in history, a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62nd Airlift Wing successfully completed a mid-winter nighttime airdrop at the South Pole.Airmen from the 62nd AW teamed up with the 446th AW to airdrop urgently needed medical supplies Sept. 1 at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole
Oct. 4, 2011 Awareness months highlight wellness As Suicide Awareness Month in September comes to a close, Domestic Violence Awareness Month follows in October.Awareness months are tools to educate and inform people about things going on that could affect them or someone they know. Suicide and Domestic Violence Awareness Months give agencies the
Sept. 29, 2011 Kandahar graduates basic flight medics Four medics recently graduated at the Kandahar Air Wing from the first Afghan air force Basic Flight Medic course, boosting the Afghan medical response capability. According to medical professionals, the goal of the 40-hour course was to combine ground and flight medical training to produce a
Sept. 26, 2011 UK lab awards highest honor to Wright-Patt scientist An Airman from the 711th Human Performance Wing here received the Special Commendation Medal from the United Kingdom's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on Sept. 14.The award is one of the highest honors bestowed upon Ministry of Defence researchers and this was the first time it was awarded
Sept. 23, 2011 Air Mobility Command's response saves lives In wars, natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies, the Air Mobility Command's real-time global response capability saves lives and brings people home, Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr. said this week.Johns, who commands AMC based at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., spoke to reporters here at a Defense
Sept. 23, 2011 Airmen participate in "Angel" humanitarian operation in Timor-Leste The Falintil Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste, U.S. Air Force and Australian International Stabilization Forces are conducting Pacific Angel 11-02: Timor-Leste, a joint humanitarian and civic-military operation, in Baucau and Com.Pacific Angel consists of several concurrent civil-military assistance
Sept. 23, 2011 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
Sept. 22, 2011 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
Sept. 22, 2011 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
Sept. 20, 2011 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
Sept. 20, 2011 MGMC's re-designation completes final phase of transformation of military medicine in the NCR More than 150 distinguished guests and visitors from throughout the National Capital Region were on hand Sept. 15, 2011, on Joint Base Andrews, Md., to mark the end of overnight inpatient services at Malcolm Grow Medical Center. As part of Base Realignment Act Closure Law 2005, MGMC will become a
Sept. 19, 2011 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
Sept. 19, 2011 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
Sept. 13, 2011 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
Sept. 9, 2011 Veteran Air Force nurses meet during 13th Bi-Annual Society of Air Force Nurses and World War II Flight Nurses National Convention The 13th Bi-Annual Society of Air Force Nurses and World War II Flight Nurses National Convention took place in Charleston, S.C. recently to honor Vietnam era nurses.Established in 1986, the Society of the Air Force Nurses is a non-profit veterans' organization that serves as an informational
Sept. 6, 2011 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