July 7, 2023 What’s bugging you Yokota? The 374th Medical Group entomology Airmen collect samples of insects from across Yokota Air Base, and submit the samples to a testing facility to look for any insect-borne diseases that may affect base residents and the nearby Japanese communities.
June 20, 2023 88th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron focused on ‘fit to fight’ force The 88th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron provides direct support to Air Force operations by promoting and sustaining force health, preventing injury and illness, restoring health and elevating human performance.
Jan. 27, 2023 332d Expeditionary Medical Squadron creates multi-capable Airmen The 332d Expeditionary Medical Squadron is working hard creating multi-capable Airmen, a concept that aims to generate additional capability while reducing the number of Airmen who must be put in harm’s way.
April 12, 2022 Air Force health services management career field named 2021 Chief Richard L. Etchberger award winner For the second year in a row, an Air Force Medical Service career field is bringing home the esteemed Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger award. This year, the award has been granted to the health services management career field, also known as 4A0s among medics.
April 5, 2022 445th ASTS partners with Navy to enhance medical training A group of 19 Airmen from the 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron consisting nurses, medical technicians and medical administration specialists arrived in San Diego March 14, 2022 to perform their two-week annual training at Naval Medical Center San Diego.
March 11, 2022 Air Force medics from Andrews treat patients at Cleveland Clinic In January and February of this year, twenty Air Force medics deployed to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio to provide support to one of the world’s elite medical facilities, working alongside their medical staff to ensure all patients received the care they needed.
Sept. 16, 2021 Growing the Flowers family business: Longest-serving Airman promotes son to brigadier general On September 7, Brig. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers, Jr. pinned on his current rank by retired Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers, Sr., who is the longest-serving Airman in U.S. Air Force history.
May 17, 2016 Enlisted Airmen graduate preparatory program, headed to medical school Two years ago, a path to medical school was only a distant dream for five enlisted Airmen. On May 11 that dream was achieved, as these Airmen crossed the stage of George Mason University and graduated from the Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, while slated to attend medical school
Oct. 7, 2015 Wilford Hall EMS first AFMS team to use infusion pumps The 59th Medical Wing Emergency Medical Services team at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center is improving the quality of medical care on ambulances with a safer, more accurate means of administering certain medications.The team is the first unit in the Air Force Medical Service to use the