June 19, 2012 Most junior U.S. Airman provides MEDCEUR 11 perspective Senior Airman Krystal Champ, 31st Medical Group medical technician from Aviano Air Base, Italy, is far from home but doing big things. Airman Champ traveled more than 1,200 miles to participate in the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe.As the most junior Airman
June 19, 2012 Exercise melds Bosnian-Herzegovinian military, civilian medical communities The four-day Critical Lifesaving Skills for First Responders course culminated in a mass casualty exercise here June 1.Medical professionals from seven countries attended and graduated the course where they exchanged ideas and techniques for how to care for patients in austere locations after
June 19, 2012 Global medical practitioners work to seamlessly integrate Instructors from the U.S. Defense Institute for Medical Operations are exchanging ideas and techniques with medical practitioners from the different countries participating in Exercise Shared Resilience 2012 May 28 - June 8 here.The information flow is driven from a class titled "Critical Lifesaving
June 18, 2012 Wyoming Air National Guard partners with Tunisia for life saving training Maj. Janice Weixelman and 1st Lt. Shane Ryan, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo., 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight surgeon and flight nurse, traveled to Bizerte, Tunisia, May 22-24, to participate in the Medlite 2012 exercise.The purpose of this exercise was to help the Tunisian
June 18, 2012 'Injured Airman' Adds to Exercise Dang if THAT doesn't look like it must hurt.Technical Sgt. Kenneth Glanzie spent most of Thursday with his leg wrapped up with a compound fracture of the fibula. And he had the screams and moans to go with it.Glanzie's leg injury was a fake. Part of an extensive exercise to test the ability of Air
June 15, 2012 PACANGEL 12 kicks off in Vietnam Approximately 58 U.S. military members, along with the Vietnam People's Armed Forces and two non-governmental organizations, Project H.O.P.E. and East Meets West, kicked-off Pacific Angel-Vietnam 12 in Nghe An Province, Vietnam, June 11.This iteration of PACANGEL-Vietnam includes humanitarian
June 8, 2012 Keesler nurse thwarts robbery of elderly lady Don't mess with an Air Force nurse.That may be what a purse-snatcher thought after 2nd Lt. Stacy Thomas, 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron surgical inpatient unit clinical nurse, and a friend thwarted an attempted theft May 24 in the William Carey University campus parking lot.Thomas said that she
June 6, 2012 The 2012 Nursing Services Executive Leadership Symposium opening ceremonies Maj. Gen. Kimberley A. Siniscalchi, Assistant Air Force Surgeon General, Medical Force Development and Assistant Air Force Surgeon General, Nursing Services and Chief MSgt. Cleveland Wiltz, Aerospace Medical Service Career Field Manager, welcomed Air Force nursing service attendees during the
June 6, 2012 Airman receives senior leadership award A member of the 59th Medical Wing is the recipient of the 2011 Air Force Medical Service Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Award.Senior Master Sgt. Lorraine A. Hieskill, superintendent of the 59th Surgical Inpatient Squadron, was recognized May 29 at the San Antonio Military Medical Center,
June 5, 2012 DGMC greets new leader A noticeable hoisting of temperatures brought about seasonal change to the 60th Medical Group following a change-of-command ceremony held Wednesday at David Grant USAF Medical Center. The medics of the Air Force's flagship hospital bade fair winds and following seas to their former commander, known
June 4, 2012 Medical 'C-code' not a deployment disqualifier Contrary to common belief, a medical assignment limitation code, commonly known as the "C-code," does not disqualify an Airman from deployment, and it does not identify an Airman for medical discharge.A "C-code" applied to a member's profile for medical reasons is one of the various tools AFPC
June 4, 2012 Military Surgeons General visit the Medical Education & Training Campus For the three military surgeons general to be in the same country at the same time is unusual. For all three to be in the same room at the same time is a rare event. Instructors and staff of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) received an extraordinary opportunity when Lt. Gen. Charles
May 29, 2012 Multinational medical exercise readies forces to save time, lives A two-week joint medical exercise began with a kickoff ceremony here May 28.Exercise Shared Resilience 2012 is an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored exercise with a goal to strengthen interoperability; facilitate training in disaster management and crisis response; and validate the
May 23, 2012 Medic joins 'Hunters' on hurricane awareness tour An 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron flight surgeon recently participated in the annual 403rd Wing Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour.Maj. (Dr.) Rhodora Beckinger joined the "Hurricane Hunters" of the Air Force Reserve Command's Keesler-based 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron during their travel
May 23, 2012 Former Keesler medic wins health care award A former member of the 81st Medical Group staff is the recipient of a national award.Maj. Don Smith, a group health care integrator and director of medical management until his move to Vance Air Force Base, Okla., at the end of 2011, was honored for his work at the Keesler Hospital.He is a national
May 21, 2012 Medics got it covered at 2012 Joint Service Open House Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical teamed up with the 11th Wing to conduct medical operations at the 2012 Joint Service Open House and Air Show. Over 109 medics working from across the National Capital Region included medics from U.S. Air Force 79th Medical Wing, Walter Reed National
May 21, 2012 Coalition Nations Sign International “Interfly” Proclamation of Understanding Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, along with the surgeons general of Australia, Canada and Great Britain, signed an international "Interfly" Proclamation of Understanding on May 14 during the Aerospace Medical Association Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The "Interfly"
May 21, 2012 Medic determined to achieve education goals Staff Sgt. Kayla Spiel, 81st Medical Operations Squadron Dermatology Clinic, is determined to meet the goal she set for herself when she enlisted in the Air Force - to further her education.The future physician accepted four of the six awards presented during the Spring CCAF graduation ceremony,
May 14, 2012 The Patriot Files: Langley NCO saves a life (Editor's Note: This story is part of an ongoing series highlighting Service members with exceptional experiences throughout their military careers.)It was a warm evening, and the sun had not yet set below the horizon as a car idled at the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Kiln Creek Parkway in
May 11, 2012 "Nurses: Advocating, Leading, Caring" Each year nurses around the world are recognized for their effort in keeping the world healthy during National Nurses Week, May 6-12. National Nurses Week is an internationally celebrated event that was first observed in 1954, marking the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's mission to