Sept. 20, 2022 Combat-tested Travis paramedic earns prestigious AF award U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Peters, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron emergency medical technician, was selected as one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2022.
Sept. 19, 2022 JBER hospital hosts first K-9 combat medical training course The 673d Medical Group, with the help of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Veterinary Treatment Facility, held its first-ever K-9 Tactical Combat Casualty Care class at the JBER hospital Sept. 1.
Sept. 16, 2022 Air Force medical history of POWs; Operation Homecoming The year 1973 saw the end of the Vietnam conflict. Securing the safe release of American Prisoners of War was a vital concern for U.S. leadership, as was the physical and mental well-being of those returning.
Sept. 13, 2022 UNMC called nation’s top biocontainment resource Lieutenant General Robert Miller, MD, the surgeon general of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, toured UNMC in September and called UNMC the country’s premiere biocontainment resource.
Sept. 12, 2022 New Hampshire Airman saves life in boating accident On a gorgeous July day in Pelham, New Hampshire, Senior Airman Amy Granfield, a public health technician with the 157th Medical Group, was enjoying her day off wake surfing on Long Pond when she was called to action.
Sept. 12, 2022 97 MDG SNCO’s Ukrainian heritage supports coalition talks As a teenager starting a new life in the United States, Yuriy Papayanki never imagined that, as a Ukrainian immigrant, he’d one day be a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Nor did he imagine that those two worlds would one day come together.
Sept. 8, 2022 Monkeypox education recommended as U.S. cases continue to rise The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shed more light on the monkeypox virus as the number of cases continue to increase in the United States.
Sept. 8, 2022 Agents of hope: Suicide prevention program encourages all to ‘connect to protect’ Each September, the Defense Department highlights suicide awareness and resources available for service members and families across the military with National Suicide Prevention Month.
Sept. 8, 2022 37th TRW takes over aerospace physiology training program The 37th Training Wing took responsibility of the 344th Training Squadron Detachment 2 Aug. 25, 2022, after an official transfer authority from the 711th Human Performance Wing.
Sept. 1, 2022 AFRL professionals share inspirational talks during livestreamed event The Air Force Research Laboratory hosted its sixth annual AFRL Inspire, the lab's TEDx-style event, at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Aug. 23, 2022.
Sept. 1, 2022 316th MDG takes second in AF-wide Medic Rodeo A team of Airmen from the 316th Medical Group placed second in the 13th anniversary of the Medic Rodeo at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., held Aug. 15-18, 2022.
Aug. 31, 2022 FDA authorizes Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for use as a booster dose The U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to authorize bivalent formulations of the vaccines for use as a single booster dose at least two months following primary or booster vaccination.
Aug. 31, 2022 Novavax COVID-19 vaccine now available for 12 to 17 year-olds Adolescents ages 12 to 17 can now receive the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, the fourth vaccine to be authorized for the prevention of coronavirus.
Aug. 30, 2022 Novavax COVID-19 vaccinations now available for service members The Defense Department is now offering Novavax as an option among the range of COVID-19 vaccines available at military medical treatment facilities.
Aug. 26, 2022 103rd Medical Group partners with Hartford Hospital The 103rd Medical Group, Connecticut Air National Guard has partnered with Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut for annual medical training.
Aug. 26, 2022 Air Force Wounded Warrior Program aids Airmen, Guardians Life for injured or wounded military personnel can be painful as they may think there’s no treatment for what they’re going through, however, the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program helps Airmen, Guardians and families get the resources they need.
Aug. 26, 2022 Liberators hold South Pacific Air Force Multi-mission exercise The 459th Air Refueling Wing holds first ever South Pacific Air Force Multi-mission exercise planned to assess capabilities to deploy Airmen, and their ability to survive and operate in a challenging, degraded, and operationally limited environment.
Aug. 26, 2022 Reservists sharpen readiness, build relationships at Resolute Sentinel Resolute Sentinel is a new 12th Air Force (Air Force Southern)-led U.S. Southern Command exercise first held in 2021. Resolute Sentinel evolved from the longstanding New Horizons and Beyond the Horizons, annual joint humanitarian assistance exercises in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Aug. 25, 2022 17th MDG medics compete in 2022 Medic Rodeo This year, the 27th Special Operations Wing hosted its 13th annual Medic Rodeo, an Air Force-wide competition that incorporates teams from across the Air Force to participate in 30 challenges that test the strength and knowledge of each team.
Aug. 24, 2022 Mental Health Office helps AUAB members maintain readiness The Mental Health Office of the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar specializes in providing mental health care for AUAB members to ensure they can be the best versions of themselves.