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  • Pediatricians care for young patients of Operation PACANGEL-Nepal

    More than an hour's drive along uneven, dirt roads outside a major city is the rural village of Manahari, Nepal, which is where the Shree Rastriya Rotary Secondary School can be found. Hundreds of Nepalese people line up outside the gate of the compound which is temporarily a site for health

  • U.S., Nepal celebrate PACANGEL opening ceremony

    Nearly 700 local men, women and children lined up outside the gates of Shree Rastriya Rotary Secondary School in Manahari for day one of Operation Pacific Angel - Nepal.U.S. and Nepalese service members came together alongside regional partners to celebrate the opening ceremony, which featured a

  • Payne takes command of AFMOA

    Col. Lee E. Payne assumed command of the Air Force Medical Operations Agency from Brig. Gen. Sean L. Murphy during a ceremony at nearby Port San Antonio Aug. 29.Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Travis, Air Force Surgeon General, presided over the ceremony.Payne takes charge of the agency responsible for executing

  • Minnesota Doctor Becomes Air Guard Brigadier General

    For the family of Brig. Gen. David Hamlar Jr., promotion ceremonies have been a normal event throughout his career. However, his most recent ceremony is different because of the special significance pinning the star on his shoulder means to the Minnesota National Guard. Hamlar was promoted to

  • Medical experts train counterparts in Mongolia

    The sounds of agony filled the air near the wooded back lot of the Central Armed Forces Hospital, or CAFH, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as an interpreter encouraged accident victims to 'ham up' their performances during mass casualty response training, as part of Operation Pacific Angel 14-4

  • Defense Health Agency Makes Quick Progress, Official Says

    As the Defense Health Agency approaches its one-year anniversary Oct. 1, it has already saved money and standardized health care in the Defense Department, Dr. Jonathan Woodson, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, said today."The new medical agency was set up to establish common

  • TRICARE Nurse Advice Line gave me peace of mind

    Panic.I feel it often as a brand new parent. Every cough, sneeze, hiccup and facial twitch has me searching the internet for strange diseases or terminal illnesses. I'm used to people telling me those things are normal and there is nothing to be concerned about. This time however, our baby girl's

  • Airmen arrive in Guatemala to share knowledge with partner nation physicians

    Six Airmen are spending this week in Guatemala to facilitate a subject matter expert exchange with the Guatemalan air force focusing on preventative health, individual readiness and aerospace medicine.Four Airmen from the Arkansas Air National Guard and two from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern)

  • New Wilford Hall to showcase patient-focused comforts

    Construction of the 59th Medical Wing's new Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center continues with an expected completion date in fiscal year 2016.The 681,000-plus square-foot, state-of-the-art treatment center will replace the existing medical center, which opened in 1957, and was named after Maj.

  • MHS Leadership July Message - Access to Care

    Military Health System Team,Since the TRICARE Prime benefit was first introduced in 1995, the Military Health System has established standards by which we hold ourselves accountable for access to health care.The standards are straightforward. If a patient enrolled to a military Medical Treatment

  • AF promotes new NC, MSC, BSC

     The 2014A Quarterly Captain Selection Process for the Chaplain Corps, Judge Advocate General Corps, Nurse Corps, Medical Services Corps and Biomedical Sciences Corps selected 460 first lieutenants for promotion July 18.To see the selection lists, go to myPers, select the active-duty officer

  • Medical training in hyperreality

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like if film makers added smell and other senses to your explosive, action-packed movie watching experience? This idea is probably not far from reality and most likely will make motion pictures even more dynamic.The Air Force Medical Modeling and Simulation

  • Report Shows DOD Contribution to National Prevention Strategy

    Hundreds of service members and civilian employees are eating healthier and getting more exercise at the Defense Logistics Agency, one of 14 military facilities serving as pilot locations for a new program that aims to help service members and their families become more health-conscious. The program

  • Joint exercise provides cost-effective, life-saving training

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the 81st Medical Group took part in Operation Magnolia Medical En route Care, a joint medical training exercise July 9 at Keesler AFB and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center.Keesler's Air Force Reserve weather recon unit and the active-duty med

  • Exercise shows JBER readiness for open house

    Clouds in the sky were heavy with rain on a cold Alaska morning, when suddenly a loud bang echoed from a parking lot and the sound of helpless groans arose from thick smoke covering the ground.The loud bang was a simulated bomb explosion used to kick off this year's mission assurance exercise, which