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  • Airman to be awarded Medal of Honor

    President Donald Trump will posthumously award the Medal of Honor to the family of a fallen U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Combat Controller at a ceremony Aug. 22 for his extraordinary heroism in March 2002 while deployed to Afghanistan.

  • New strategy charts Air Force Medicine course

    The Air Force Medical Service is in a time of transition, with new leadership, evolving readiness requirements and congressional mandates all affecting its future. To address these changes and provide guidance and direction to Airmen, AFMS leaders met in July to chart a way forward for the

  • Finding healing through helping others

    Senior Master Sgt. Richard “Joe” Chwalik has been through a lifetime’s worth of setbacks; incidents that have left long-lasting emotional scars. Yet, he found his way through the darkness by asking for help when he needed it most.

  • Hill Airman reunites with sibling during deployment

    There is a period of time at the end of one’s deployment typically called a ’change-over,’ where service members exiting the deployed area of responsibility spend time to train their replacements on day-to-day operations.During this time, it is not uncommon to reunite with old friends, classmates,

  • PACAF takes entomology lessons learned to Sri Lanka

    Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) medics conducted an entomology discussion with Sri Lankan civilian public health officials, entomologists, military doctors, and military public health officials during a four-day exchange as part of Pacific Angel (PAC ANGEL) 18-4 in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Aug. 7-10.

  • AF keeps a pulse on advancing en route patient monitoring

    Researchers with the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are evaluating prototype noise-immune stethoscope technologies to assess their ability to function in dynamic high-noise environments on aircraft.

  • Air National Guard pararescue specialists train at Northern Strike 18

    Service members from all four branches taking part in Northern Strike 18 participated in a joint mass-casualty exercise, Aug. 10, 2018. This exercise enabled multiple units to work together to tackle complex issues, while securing, treating, extricating and evacuating simulated casualties.

  • Veterinarians, dentists repair K-9 canine

    When a military working dog injures a tooth, it’s up to a team of dentists and veterinarians to ensure their bite remains worse than their bark.Ricky, a military working dog, and his handler, Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Jordan Sison, paid a visit to the veterinarian clinic at Joint Base

  • 374th MDG hosts Joint Bilateral CBRN training

    Medical personnel from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Ft. Dietrick, Maryland, came to Yokota Air Base, Japan, to host the Offsite Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties (MCBC) Short Course, August 6-8, 2018.

  • Air Force Surgeon General visits Cannon

    Air Force Medical Service leadership paid a multi-day visit to Cannon Air Force Base, Aug. 7-9, 2018.U.S. Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg and the Medical Enlisted Force and Enlisted Chief, Chief Master Sgt. George Cum timed their visit to overlap with the base’s annual Emergency

  • 87th Medical Group hosts Army Troop Clinic

    Personnel from the 87th Medical Group and the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Command collaborated to support Soldiers participating in a joint training exercise called Operation Cold Steel II.

  • EMT Rodeo 2018

    Emergency medical technicians from 21 Air Force bases from around the world gathered at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, to participate in the 11th annual EMT Rodeo 2018, a two-day competition testing their knowledge and readiness training during high-stress scenarios.

  • Routine eye exam, rare diagnosis

    I recently made an appointment with the optometrist on base. It was my first eye exam in more than 10 years, and it couldn’t have been better timing.

  • 910th MDS Airmen maintain readiness at Spangdahlem

    Seven Airmen from the 910th Medical Squadron, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, went to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to supplement their active duty counterparts and receive training, July 5-19, 2018. The 15-day annual tour provided the Reserve Citizen Airmen invaluable insight and