Jan. 31, 2012 Airman injured at Kandahar awarded Purple Heart In Kandahar, Afghanistan, where East meets West in a struggle to defeat the Taliban lies an air base that's home to 30,000 servicemembers tasked with the job to assist NATO and Afghan nationals in gaining and maintaining security.During 2011 alone, more than 400 U.S. servicemembers died and more
Jan. 26, 2012 AF Surgeon General visits with 86th MDG, talks mission focus Lt. Gen. Charles B. Green, Air Force Surgeon General, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles Cole, Chief of Medical Enlisted Force, visited the 86th Medical Group at Ramstein Monday.During their visit, Green and Cole spoke with Airmen and toured various offices within the 86th MDG and saw first-hand their
Jan. 26, 2012 Keesler medic chief retires after 30 years Chief Master Sgt. Debra Strickland ends her 30-year Air Force career during a formal retirement ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 26 in the Keesler Hospital Don Wylie Auditorium. Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Dan Wyman, Air Combat Command command surgeon, will officiate.Chief Strickland is 81st Surgical Operations
Jan. 10, 2012 METC Command Chief selected as new Chief, Medical Enlisted Force Friday, January 6 could not have been a more perfect day for Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Kevin Lambing, command chief of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC). That day Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, the Air Force Surgeon General, confirmed Lambing will be the new Chief of the Medical
Jan. 10, 2012 Air Force dentist plays vital role in remote Afghanistan In a remote valley of war torn Afghanistan, a Joint Base Charleston Airman is playing a vital role enhancing the country's practice of dentistry.Major Courtney Schapira, from the 628th Medical Group at JB Charleston - Air Base, is currently assigned to the Medical Embedded Training Team at Forward
Jan. 9, 2012 Star spangled comfort: Wilford Hall displays Hero's Highway Flag 59th Medical Wing leaders conducted a ceremony at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center Jan. 5, 2012, to officially hang a Hero's Highway Flag.And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!These words, the final two lines of the last verse of
Jan. 3, 2012 TRICARE offers several pharmacy options after Walgreens contract not renewed As of January 1, 2012, Walgreens will no longer be a TRICARE network provider. If a beneficiary fills a prescription at Walgreens after Dec. 31, 2011, they will pay 100% of the cost and will need to file a paper claim for non-network benefit reimbursement (with a higher cost share). Additional
Dec. 28, 2011 Dietary Supplements Removed From Exchanges Due to Health Concerns One of the highest priorities of the Department of Defense (DoD) is the health of our Service members and their Families. DoD leadership recently became aware of reports involving two Soldier deaths and additional adverse health effects in some other US Service Members which may have been related to
Dec. 20, 2011 Air Force Surgeon General tours Kadena U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles Green, Surgeon General of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C., visited Team Kadena Dec. 16 and 17 to speak with the medical Airmen stationed here.Green toured the 18th Medical Group to see what new measures the Airmen were implementing to
Dec. 9, 2011 Balad hospital closes while redefining combat medicine It was a place of hope. A place where terrible effects of combat were sent so heroes in hospital garb could work their magic, perform lifesaving surgeries and get our brothers and sisters in arms headed home for more intensive medical care. Military members are alive today because of the warriors