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  • MHS Leadership Message - Transparency

    Military Health System colleagues,With a new year upon us, we have an important set of initiatives that will ensure the Military Health System (MHS) serves as a high reliability organization - deepening our culture that is focused on sustaining a high quality, safe health environment. In the coming

  • New Year New You: It’s Time to Put Your Best Foot Forward

    The start of a new year brings fresh starts, new opportunities, new goals and new dreams. This year, TRICARE in support of Operation Live Well, encourages you to make a determined approach to becoming a better you than you were last year.While you may not set New Year's resolutions, you can set new

  • Altus AFB medical group receives Quality and Patient Safety Award

    Members of the 97th Medical Group received an award during the Department of Defense's Quality and Patient Safety Awards Dec. 4.The Quality and Patient Safety Awards recognize efforts to improve the care delivered within the military health system and identify facilities that have shown innovation

  • Air Commando assists in motorcycle accident

    On Oct. 17, Senior Airman Laura Kinglocke, 1st Special Operations Aerospace Medicine Squadron medical technician, witnessed a motorcycle crash when motorcyclist Donald Dancer was thrown from his bike and onto the side of the road, potentially into traffic, on U.S. Highway 98.Kinglocke was the first

  • CASF ensures smooth transition for wounded warriors

    Wounded, away from loved ones and no idea what's going to happen next can be physically and mentally draining for those service members who get injured while on deployment.Airmen from the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility are trained medical professionals whose job it is to ensure those

  • Barksdale Airmen lead community training for Ebola response

    While the risk of an Ebola outbreak here remains low, 2nd Medical Group Airmen led training Nov. 14 with local civilian emergency medical services responders and hospital staff members in order to pre-emptively strengthen coordination efforts and increase awareness of procedures in the event they

  • October is National Physical Therapy Month

    October is National Physical Therapy Month, an annual observation hosted by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) to highlight how America's 88,000 physical therapy professionals can help transform lives by restoring and improving motion.  This is reflected in the APTA's new vision:

  • Ramstein Airmen support Ebola fight, mitigate risks at home

    As service members travel to Africa in support of Operation United Assistance, Ramstein Air Base here continues to establish itself as a power projection platform for Europe and Africa.Medical professionals from the 86th Medical Group, along with leadership throughout Ramstein AB, recently

  • Medical Airmen deliver Ebola treatment facility, return to Langley

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 633rd Medical Group were welcomed home by family and colleagues after supporting humanitarian relief operations in Ebola-stricken African nations, Oct. 20.While in Africa, the Airmen set up an Expeditionary Medical Support System and trained international

  • Eglin doctors give special operators jumpstart back to service

    Fulfilling the duties of U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen is no easy task. Every day, these operators put their bodies through extremes to accomplish their mission:  enabling global access, precision strike and personnel recovery, anywhere, anytime.However, this constant strain often leads to

  • METC welcomes its first Air Force commandant

    Brig. Gen. Robert I. Miller has taken the "stick" from Rear Adm. William M. Roberts to become the third commandant of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) during a Change of Commandant ceremony held September 24  at the Student Academic Support Building auditorium here.   Miller is METC's

  • Airmen deliver Ebola treatment facility to West Africa

    Airmen from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, partnered with representatives from the U.S. Public Health Service Sept. 26, to deliver a modular medical treatment center, as part of a government-wide effort to support humanitarian relief operations in Ebola-stricken African nations.Airmen from the

  • 2014 Warrior Games to kick off

    As the fog rises over the track and the mist hovers above the pool, a special group of American Airmen are set to compete for athletic glory, service bragging rights and the opportunity to represent the U.S. Air Force at the 4th-Annual Warrior Games.Beginning Sept. 28, for seven days, 40 Air Force

  • MHS Leadership Message - We stand together as a community to prevent suicide

    Military Health System colleagues,Every September is Suicide Prevention Month. The Department of Defense will take this opportunity, along with our partners in the VA and civilian community to refresh our attention to this important national problem.  September is only a one month fraction of our

  • 35th MDG hosts bilateral medical job shadow program

    Recently, the 35th Medical Group hosted a job shadow program for Japanese medical students from Hirosaki University in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.Held every summer for the past 13 years, the program provided seven days of on-the-job learning with professional Misawa physicians for the Japanese