Aug. 20, 2009 Iraqi official tours Joint Base Balad medical facilities The Iraqi deputy governor of the Salah Ad Din Province visited the Air Force Theater Hospital and Sgt. Ivory L. Phipps Clinic here Aug. 5 to develop ideas for improving health care within his district. Ahmed al-Krayem toured units within the facility and talked to several members of the hospital.
Aug. 20, 2009 Obama: Health Care Reform Won't Impact VA, TRICARE In ongoing discussions about health-care reform, President Barack Obama offered assurance to those receiving medical care through TRICARE or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): Your benefits are safe. Eligibility for health care under VA or TRICARE "will not be affected by our efforts at
Aug. 20, 2009 Obama: VA outreach aims at seamless transition The days of Department of Veterans Affairs officials waiting passively for veterans leaving the military to come and seek benefits and services are over, President Barack Obama told military reporters Aug. 4 here. Today's VA is reaching out, while servicemembers are still in uniform, to make sure
Aug. 20, 2009 Tricare deputy director highlights new programs Tricare officials are enhancing programs and services as part of an ongoing commitment to provide quality health care for military families, the new deputy director of Tricare Management Activity said. One of the key Tricare initiatives is to enhance the contact beneficiaries and their family
Aug. 20, 2009 Ophthalmology residency program receives top accreditation The San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Ophthalmology Residency Program at Wilford Hall Medical Center here has obtained the highest level of accreditation. Officials with the Accreditation Counsel for Graduate Medical Education have awarded the residency program a five-year
Aug. 20, 2009 Operation Lone Star a success Operation Lone Star, which provided health care to more than 11,000 South Texas residents in just two weeks last year, has expanded this summer to provide free health clinics in even more locations. Military personnel, state and county officials and hundreds of volunteers provided free health
Aug. 20, 2009 Timorese islanders receive 'house call' Four U.S. Air Force and three Royal Australian Regiment medical personnel provided basic family care support to 283 people in the tiny fishing village of Bikeli, Atauro in Timor Leste, July 22, in support of Operation Pacific Angel 09. The small group was flown to the island by the International
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