Aug. 20, 2009 Physical therapists keep servicemembers in the fight Aircraft mechanics make sure the airframes they are assigned to are in impeccable condition, fine tuning them, ensuring there isn't any excessive wear and tear so these precision machines are ready to do their part in the today's fight. The human body is also a precision machine and needs to be well
Aug. 20, 2009 Lackland officer wins Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Award The operating room flight commander at the 59th Surgical Operations Squadron here recently was selected the 2009 recipient of the Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Military Award in the field grade officer category by the Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated. Lt. Col. Jacqueline Mudd was presented the award at the
Aug. 20, 2009 Defense, Veterans Affairs officials collaborate on brain injuries More than half of U.S. servicemembers seriously injured in Iraq or Afghanistan and admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center here, suffer from traumatic brain injury, according to Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center officials. "The most common injury that we see is, of course, traumatic brain
Aug. 20, 2009 Enlisted Airman diagnoses, treats patients Military patients are used to having officers or civilians with doctorates of medicine as their primary care providers; however, patients sometimes take a second or third look as they see enlisted Airmen performing diagnosis and providing treatment, functions normally performed by doctors. Those
Aug. 20, 2009 59th Dental Group provides care to Guyanese patients Members of the 59th Dental Group, Wilford Hall Medical Center, participated in "New Horizons," a humanitarian mission to Guyana July 19 - 31 to give routine dental care to the locals. A team of six doctors and 14 enlisted airmen brought mobile dental equipment needed for the two week rotation to
Aug. 20, 2009 Recognize the warning signs Those of us who serve or work for the miltiary receive training on suicide prevention, but how many of us really apply what we learn? Are we watching for warning signs? Do we know who is at risk and how we can help them? Do we know what we can do to help? I don't know about you, but I always thought
Aug. 20, 2009 Graduation of endodontics residents another post-Katrina milestone Keesler marked another landmark in its recovery from Hurricane Katrina with the June 29 graduation of Keesler Medical Center's residency in endodontics class. Lt. Cols. (Drs.) David Bowers and Gerald Kaban were honored in the first graduation ceremony for endodonics residents since 2005, when the
Aug. 12, 2009 Initial letter from the new Air Force Surgeon General Today, I take the helm as Surgeon General for the USAF. As the 20th AF Surgeon General, I take great pride in our history and current success in operations around the world. We are rebuilding our hospitals, strengthening our graduate medical education and officer/enlisted training, and setting clear
Aug. 12, 2009 Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Green becomes 20th AF surgeon general Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green formally became the Air Force's 20th surgeon general during a Pentagon ceremony presided over by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz today (Aug. 11). General Green had been the Air Force's deputy surgeon general since August 2006. He replaced Lt. Gen.
July 31, 2009 Uncertainty about military suicides frustrates services The most frustrating part about suicide prevention is the uncertainty about what causes troops to take their lives, top military leaders said here July 29. This near-unanimous chorus was sounded on Capitol Hill when the second-ranking military officers of each service testified about military mental
July 31, 2009 Airmen save Iraqi girl's life after IED blast Security forces Airmen, emergency medics and hospital staff here saved an Iraqi girl after an improvised explosive device detonated at her feet in July near Joint Base Balad. The girl and her family had just attended a Joint Base Balad-sponsored clothing-and-toys distribution for local children at
July 31, 2009 Afghan military leader visits Wilford Hall The top air boss for the Afghanistan military visited Wilford Hall Medical Center July 17. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Dawran, Afghan National Army Air Corps commander, arrived in San Antonio, Texas, July 15 and spent time at Randolph Air Force Base and Camp Bullis, receiving briefings and touring
July 31, 2009 CSAF's remarks at the AFMS 60th Anniversary banquet Provided here are Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz's remarks delivered at the AFMS 60th Anniversary banquet in San Antonio June 25. PDF
July 29, 2009 DOD announces new Tricare regional care contractors Department of Defense officials here have announced the selection of new Tricare managed care support contractors for the North and South Tricare regions in the United States. The third generation contracts are worth an estimated $55.5 billion more than the base and five options periods. Transition
July 29, 2009 Flight surgeon uses Eastern medicine to treat patients Acupuncture is a skill that has been used in Eastern medicine for thousands of years. In the last 20 years, a handful of Air Force doctors have begun using this skill in addition to familiar Western medical practices. Lt. Col. (Dr.) Tim Duffy, 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron flight doctor here,
July 29, 2009 Air Force, community support Airman following surgical complications A 9th Intelligence Squadron Airman assigned to Beale Air Force Base, Calif., is hospitalized at the University of California Davis Medical Center. Airman 1st Class Colton Read is being treated there following complications from a July 9 surgery at the David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force
July 29, 2009 Winners announced for Rodeo 2009 competitions Air Mobility Rodeo 2009 ended here July 24 with a closing ceremony and the announcement of 74 awards including the coveted "Best of the Best" Award. The competition is the Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's premier mobility competition and included seven international competitors and observers
July 28, 2009 Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Roudebush says thank you, farewell The day is here. I will step into the ranks of retired Airmen on 6 August 2009. Much has changed since I first pinned on butter bars some 36 years ago as one of the very first HPSP students. As my retirement approaches and I reflect on my time in the Air Force Medical Service, I think about how much
July 23, 2009 Cannon 'Mighty Medic' one of AF's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year As June began, there were more than 262,000 enlisted Airmen in the U.S. Air Force. Of those, only 12 were named Outstanding Airmen of the Year, one of whom is stationed right here, hidden away in the corridors of the 27th Special Operations Medical Group's Mental Health clinic. Tech. Sgt. Marisol
July 23, 2009 Wounded Warriors Return to Iraq Six wounded soldiers, all amputees, returned here last week hoping to close the door on the combat that changed them forever. The last time Sgt. Christopher A. Burrell was in Iraq, he was pulled from a burning vehicle in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. A tourniquet applied by another soldier saved