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  • Angel of the Battlefield: One year later

    More than 2,000 service members have died and almost 20,000 have been wounded fighting in Afghanistan. Becoming one of those statistics was not what Senior Airman Taylor Renfro had in mind when she deployed there in 2013. But on May 29, 2013, two weeks before redeployment home, the vehicle she was

  • Medical leaders visit Afghanistan as operations transition

    As the war draws down and coalition forces continue to withdraw from Afghanistan, joint medical leaders visited the area May 3-10 to assess the current state of medical operations in theater and meet with joint forces currently deployed. Led by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs,

  • Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Orders Military Health System Review

    Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby provided the following statement:"On Tuesday, Secretary Hagel outlined the parameters of the comprehensive review he ordered of the department's military health system."The 90-day review will be led by Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, with the

  • Air Force Health Promotion aiming to build a culture of health

    Air Force Health Promotion will undergo significant changes over the next year. Many Airmen equate Health Promotion with the "HAWC" (Health and Wellness Center), but that's an outdated view, according to Colonel (Dr.) John Oh, Air Force Medical Support Agency Health Promotion Chief. "Health

  • McConnell medic earns Heroes of Military Medicine award

    A Team McConnell medic received the 2014 Heroes of Military Medicine award, May 1, in Washington, D.C., for his work advancing and impacting military medicine.Senior Master Sgt. David Smith, now a career advisor with the 22nd Force Support Squadron, provided medical care for more than 500 Joint

  • Nurse's and medical technician's week celebrated

    In observance of National Nurses Week 2014, Air Force Medical Service and the 66th Medical Squadron will observe Nurse and Medical Technician Appreciation Week scheduled May 5 through 9. The theme of this year's nurse's week is "Nurses and Technicians: Leading the Way."In recognition of this theme,

  • Medic, part-time construction worker, student: Deployed Airman does it all

    She stands on top of scaffolding at a school addition construction site in Belize, profusely sweating from spending more than 12 hours per day out in the sun, fatigued from laying block after cement block and covered from head to toe in dust and debris. You might think that she has spent every day

  • Therapy of four legs

    Air Force Reserve Capt. Allyson Dossman played an integral role on a surgical team during a deployment to Afghanistan, but still had a lot on her plate when she returned home to Massachusetts in January 2013.She married another Air Force Reserve officer and started making plans to move with him to

  • Chief nurse statements of intent due April 25

    Statements of intent for Nurse Corps officers interested in chief nurse positions are due by April 25, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today. The nurse corps development team will convene May 5-9 to select candidates for projected calendar year 2015 openings."There are 86 chief nurses -

  • Airman saves mother's life with organ donation

    (Editor's Note:This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.)As she lay on the cold metal table in an operating room in Virginia, the profoundness of what she was about to do began to set in. Body

  • Surgeon general testifies before Senate on budget request

    The medical capabilities honed from 13 years of war must continue to expand for future needs, the three military surgeon generals' told Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on defense April 9.Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis, the Air Force surgeon general, testified with Lt. Gen. Patricia

  • Iddins takes command of 59th Medical Wing

    Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Bart Iddins took charge of the 59th Medical Wing during a change of command ceremony April 10 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center.Iddins replaces a retiring Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, who led the 59th MDW through its integration with Army medical services as part of the new

  • Service members required to get Hep B immunization

    The Department of Defense recently updated its immunization guidelines, requiring all service members to receive the hepatitis B virus immunizations. Hepatitis B is a potentially fatal liver disease spread by contaminated blood or body fluids.Since 2002, the Air Force has administered the

  • 376th Expeditionary Medical Group in Kyrgyzstan inactivates

    The 376th Expeditionary Medical Group here inactivated during a ceremony April 5, 2014, ending another era of providing world-class care to troops transitioning through Kyrgyzstan."You were the panacea that kept our Airmen in the fight, enabling combat airpower in Afghanistan," said Col. John C.

  • Belizean, US officials make final preparations for Corozal MEDRETES

    Belizean government and U.S. military officials met March 24 to discuss final preparations for the upcoming New Horizons medical readiness training exercises, or MEDRETES, in the Corozal region in Belize. Belizean and military medical providers will use the MEDRETES as an opportunity to learn from

  • Through the ranks, medical commander faced challenges, rose to the occasion

    She's had a busy and storied 26-year career -- from the University of Texas to the National Defense University; from the White House to the Office of the Surgeon General and now she serves the Fairchild community as the 92nd Medical Group commander and isn't looking back."I never imagined myself