April 5, 2011 Mass casualty exercise prepares first responders The blaring sirens of first responder vehicles and spinning propellers of a C-130 couldn't drown out the plead for help from Airmen sprawled across the flightline.More than 30 Airmen were doing their part to add realism to a mass casualty exercise by creating a stressful environment for first
March 25, 2011 Operating room makes medical developments The operating room at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here rivals operating rooms found in the U.S., officials said.The CJTH is a place where advancements are made in medicine every day, said Tech. Sgt. Robert Wick, a CJTH operating room orthopedic technician."We are learning new methods, such as
March 25, 2011 Contingency aeromedical staging facility Airmen get wounded warriors home The transition from the Craig Joint Theater Hospital to home is made easier for wounded warriors with the help of Airmen at the contingency aeromedical staging facility here. Once a patient is in stable condition after receiving care at the joint-theater hospital, they are brought to the CASF, where
March 25, 2011 The value of $1 Having insurance is always good and not spending a lot on the coverage is even better. So, getting $100,000 in traumatic injury life insurance coverage for $1 is great.The Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection program rider provides for payment to service members who are
March 25, 2011 PACOM officials direct distribution of potassium iodide tablets As a precautionary measure, U.S. Pacific Command officials directed distribution of potassium iodide tablets March 22 here. Base officials, however, are stressing there is no indication of increased exposure here. "We want everyone who may need the pills to be prepared, whether it's because of
March 25, 2011 Medical group decontamination team freshens up skills The set-up outside of the 95th Medical Clinic here March 17 looked like a scene from a disaster movie. Medics dressed in plastic suits worked to decontaminate patients while acting as a barrier between the infected and the clean.Fortunately, the scene outside of the medical clinic was simulated. The
March 25, 2011 U.S.-Thai Airmen have a heart for handicapped children Servicemembers presented more than $1,300 in supplies to help Panyahukul Handicapped School students at a community outreach event during Cope Tiger, a multilateral joint and combined field training exercise in Korat, Thailand, March 18.The school staff welcomed U.S. and Royal Thai Air Force Airmen
March 25, 2011 School of Aerospace Medicine personnel begin moving into new complex at Wright-Patterson AFB The Air Force Research Laboratory took another major step toward the completion of Base Realignment and Closure when it took possession of the Maj. Gen. Harry G. Armstrong complex here in early March.The complex is composed of four buildings that will house mission units of the 711th Human
March 25, 2011 Raising a special needs child in the KMC Before they became parents themselves, Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Palmer and his wife Leah thought kids who threw tantrums in public needed firmer discipline. When their first child, Easton, was diagnosed with Autism, they soon realized tantrums sometimes can't be controlled."We would be out and see a kid
March 22, 2011 NATO, USAFE host international flight surgeons NATO Allied Air Component Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe hosted more than 200 military international medical personnel here March 14 through 18 as part of the 2011 European Flight Surgeons Conference and NATO Research and Technology Organization Short Course.Flight surgeons, public health
March 21, 2011 Airmen improve capability of Iraqi medical clinic With only three people working in a building no larger than most American apartments, the Iraqi medical clinic here is constantly operating at maximum capacity to provide care for more than 700 Iraqi airmen."Healthy airmen are essential for the Iraqi air force to successfully complete its missions
March 21, 2011 Leaders sign agreement for future military structure in San Antonio A year of positive transition is ahead as a new era of military medical care is established in the San Antonio area, as mandated by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Law.Air Force and Army Chiefs of Staff have signed an agreement that establishes the San Antonio Military Health System, or SAMHS,
March 21, 2011 VA launches new PSA on suicide prevention for veterans Department of Veterans Affairs officials are reaching out to veterans in crisis and their families in a new public service announcement to raise awareness about suicide prevention resources, such as the Veterans Crisis Line at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). "As more veterans return from Iraq and
March 21, 2011 Environment, safety, occupational health symposium set for March Approximately 1,200 Airmen are set to convene in Nashville, Tennessee, March 21 through 25 for 4 1/2 days of classroom training at the Air Force's 2011 Environment, Safety and Occupational Health Training Symposium. More than 525 class sessions and 175 technical sessions in the fields of safety,
March 21, 2011 General Schwartz: Taking care of families critical to mission The roles and responsibilities that Airman and family readiness professionals perform on a daily basis are critical to the Air Force's ability to help defend the country, the Air Force chief of staff said March 10 here.Gen. Norton Schwartz and his wife Suzie addressed more than 200 Air Force
March 21, 2011 Improving Afghan lives through women's empowerment Halfway around the world and five months into the deployment has drastically changed my preconceived ideas of what my role would be as the provincial reconstruction team's female medical officer. If you told me last June that I would be in Afghanistan meeting with provincial leaders from the
March 21, 2011 Stay TRICARE eligible: Keep DEERS up-to-date Beneficiaries who have recently experienced a life changing event, such as the birth or adoption of a child, or recent divorce or marriage should immediately record these changes in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System, or DEERS. If they wait, their TRICARE benefit coverage could be
March 21, 2011 Mullen urges communities to assist returning troops As the men and women who serve in today's military leave active duty, communities around the country should tap their potential as employees for the benefit of the nation, the top U.S. military officer said March 7.Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addressed hundreds
March 21, 2011 Chief Roy visits with Airmen at F.E. Warren Air Force Base Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy visited here March 2 and 3, the first of two planned visits to Air Force Global Strike Command bases."Here you man and guard our nation's most lethal weapons," he said. "Likewise, I see our Airmen as the Air Force's most important weapons. We must take